Comparison

ADHD Planner vs CalmCatch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ADHD Planner

This app offers a structured approach to managing tasks and ideas, organizing them into distinct categories like Areas, Outcomes, and Lists. It aims to reduce overwhelm by providing dedicated spaces for different types of thinking, from fleeting ideas to actionable tasks. Built for the Apple ecosystem, it integrates seamlessly with Spotlight and Shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Hierarchical organization (Areas, Outcomes, Tasks)
  • Dedicated spaces for Ideas and Lists
  • Integrated Notes
  • Today view with customizable sections
  • Apple ecosystem integration (Spotlight, Shortcuts)
  • Focus Filters for work/life separation
Features
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A powerful, completely free planner for tasks, projects, goals, lists...your life. It's built around a simple idea: different kinds of thinking deserve different places to live. A passing idea isn't a task. A reference list isn't a project. A note from a meeting isn't something you need to "do." When everything gets dumped into one inbox as a list of tasks, it all starts to feel equally urgent and equally easy to ignore. Outcomes gives each kind of thinking its own home, organized around what you're actually trying to achieve. GIVING YOU A HELPING HAND Many people switch to-do apps time and again, often due to one or more of the following: - Their inbox overflows. - They can't keep up with all the tasks in the app. - They roll over tasks from one day to the next over and over, making their "Today" list overflowing. Outcomes helps keep things in order with the following features: - Catch Up to make processing inbox items quick and easy. - Tidy Up to quickly go through all tasks based on context, providing hints for items that might be stale. - Wrap Up to handle tasks left over at the end of the day. - Fresh Start for any tasks that are left over from previous days. BEYOND TASKS • Inbox for quick capture, with nothing to organize yet. • Ideas as a parking lot for thoughts that aren't ready to become anything. • Lists for the things that aren't tasks -- books to read, gifts to buy, restaurants to try. • Notes attached where they belong, not floating in a separate app. • Today for what you've actually committed to broken into sections that mirror your personal day. BUILT FOR THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM Outcomes is native on iPhone. No separate account required. Spotlight reaches into your outcomes, tasks, and lists. Shortcuts and the Control Center control let you capture without opening the app. Focus Filters keep work and home from spilling into each other. If you've cycled through task managers looking for one that respects the difference between an idea and an obligation, this is built for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CalmCatch

This app helps manage overwhelming thoughts and tasks with a simple capture-first approach. It transforms scattered ideas into actionable tasks, scheduled events, and organized notes, making it easier to manage ADHD-style planning.

Highlights
  • Brain dump for messy thoughts
  • Task overload management
  • Capture first, organize later workflow
  • Separates thoughts into tasks, events, notes
  • ADHD-style planning support
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CalmCatch is a focus-friendly brain dump app for messy thoughts, task overload, and ADHD-style planning. When your mind feels overloaded, traditional todo apps can feel like one more thing to organize. CalmCatch is designed around a simpler workflow: capture first, organize later. Just write down what is on your mind in one sentence or paragraph. CalmCatch helps separate it into clear tasks, scheduled events, and saved notes, so you can quickly turn scattered thoughts into something easier to act on. Terms of Use: https://destinyi.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://destinyi.com/privacy/

Screenshots

ADHD Planner4 screens
CalmCatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: CalmCatch at free with in-app purchases against ADHD Planner's subscription. CalmCatch also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ADHD Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CalmCatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ADHD Planner against 5.0 for CalmCatch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADHD Planner ships an update weekly, CalmCatch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ADHD Planner versus CalmCatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADHD PlannerCalmCatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSliver Craftworks LLC敏 刘

Customer experience

ADHD Planner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CalmCatch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ADHD Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Outcomes monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Outcomes annual14 Days trial$24.991 Year
2 purchases

CalmCatch

Subscriptions2
  • Calm Catch Pro Month$7.991 Month
  • Calm Catch Pro Year$49.991 Year

Questions

Is ADHD Planner free?
ADHD Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalmCatch free?
CalmCatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ADHD Planner or CalmCatch?
ADHD Planner and CalmCatch are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ADHD Planner or CalmCatch have ads?
Neither ADHD Planner nor CalmCatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADHD Planner or CalmCatch?
ADHD Planner ships an update weekly, and CalmCatch fortnightly. Most recently, ADHD Planner was updated on October 5, 2026 and CalmCatch on October 1, 2026.

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