Comparison

ADHD Timer vs WHYD Time Tracking

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

Head to head
About

ADHD Timer

This app makes time visible with a color-changing screen and vibration pulses as deadlines approach. It helps you accurately estimate task durations by tracking actual time spent versus your guesses, improving future planning.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown timer with color changes
  • Task mode for estimating and tracking time
  • Planning multiplier for estimate accuracy
  • Focus routines for sequential timers
  • Home screen widget for quick start
  • Colorblind-friendly palette
Features
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You don't have a motivation problem. You have a time problem — you genuinely can't feel it passing, so a "quick" task eats the afternoon and you never see it coming. This app works on that from both ends: making time visible while it passes, and showing you how badly you misjudge it. WATCH TIME PASS The whole screen is the timer. It shifts from calm green to amber to urgent red as your deadline approaches, so you always know where you stand without reading a number. Vibration pulses intensify in the final stretch. No tiny digits, no abstract progress ring — just color you can read from across the room. FIND OUT HOW LONG THINGS REALLY TAKE Switch to Task mode, name what you're doing, and guess the time. When your estimate runs out the timer doesn't quietly stop — it asks whether you actually finished. If you didn't, it keeps counting, and the real duration is what gets recorded. Not the one you hoped for. YOUR PLANNING MULTIPLIER After five tracked tasks, a single number tells you how far off your estimates are. 1.7x means a task you think is 30 minutes usually runs 52. It's broken down task by task, so you learn which work always overruns and which you actually judge well. KNOW BEFORE YOU START Set 25 minutes on something you've done before and the app tells you what it will really take. Plan against your own history instead of your optimism. SCHEDULE IT, AND ACTUALLY ARRIVE Put a task on a day and time with your own estimate, and the app reminds you 25 minutes before, 5 minutes before, and when it's time to start. The reminders don't just say "soon" — they tell you what that task really runs to, so "in 25 minutes" becomes an amount of time you can feel. Tap one and the timer is set up and waiting. Miss one and nothing nags you. ALSO INSIDE • Focus Routines — chain timers into a sequence and just hit start • Insights — this week's focus time, plus sessions, streaks and patterns with Pro • A Home Screen widget to start a session without opening the app • Presets from 5 to 45 minutes, plus custom lengths • A colorblind-friendly palette • No account. Nothing to set up. It works offline. Free to use: the timer, Task mode, the estimate gate, your first three forecasts, your first custom timer and one scheduled task cost nothing. Pro unlocks your full planning multiplier, unlimited forecasts, custom timer lengths, unlimited scheduled tasks, your own routines, full Insights and complete history. Built for ADHD brains that can't feel time passing. Because when time is invisible, focus breaks — and every estimate is a guess. Privacy Policy: https://maciejplaneta.github.io/privacy-policies/time-blindness-timer/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WHYD Time Tracking

Features
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What Have You Done?! is a simple time tracking companion for people who do actual work and then immediately forget what it was. The WHYD iOS app lets you submit time to your WHYD account from your phone or other device, so you can capture work while it’s still fresh — before “quick client fix” becomes “mysterious Tuesday blob.” Whether you’re a freelancer, consultant, developer, agency human, or professional context-switching machine, WHYD helps you track time against your clients and projects without turning time tracking into a second job. Why use WHYD? • Submit time quickly from your iPhone • Track work by client and project • Keep your time records cleaner and less “archaeological dig” • Capture billable work before it escapes into the mist • Use WHYD’s simple web app for reporting and invoicing workflows WHYD is built around one very reasonable question: What have you done? Not in a judgmental way. For the most part. Use the mobile app when you’re away from your desk, between meetings, on-site with a client, or lying on the couch suddenly remembering that you worked for 47 minutes on something important and never logged it. Simple time tracking. Less guilt. Better records. Your future invoicing self says thanks.

Screenshots

ADHD Timer4 screens
WHYD Time Tracking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WHYD Time Tracking at none against ADHD Timer's 3. ADHD Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WHYD Time Tracking asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADHD Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, WHYD Time Tracking weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ADHD Timer versus WHYD Time Tracking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADHD TimerWHYD Time Tracking
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaciej PlanetaKurt Overberg

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ADHD Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annually3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

WHYD Time Tracking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADHD Timer free?
ADHD Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WHYD Time Tracking free?
WHYD Time Tracking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ADHD Timer or WHYD Time Tracking have ads?
Neither ADHD Timer nor WHYD Time Tracking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADHD Timer or WHYD Time Tracking?
ADHD Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and WHYD Time Tracking weekly. Most recently, ADHD Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and WHYD Time Tracking on October 28, 2026.

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