Comparison

ADHD Timer vs Squibo

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

Squibo

This app helps individuals with ADHD visualize time passing with a melting acorn timer. It offers focus sessions, routine guidance, and a unique 'body doubling' feature without requiring cameras or strangers. The core features are free, with an optional Pro upgrade for more rooms and routines.

Highlights
  • Visual melting acorn timer
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
  • Home screen widget for quick focus
  • Offline ambient 'body doubling' rooms
  • Guided morning and evening routines
  • Radically private, no account needed
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TIME IS INVISIBLE. SQUIBO MAKES IT MELT. If you have ADHD, you know the drill: "just five more minutes" becomes an hour, deadlines sneak up, and clock numbers mean nothing. That's time blindness — and abstract numbers can't fix it. Squibo turns time into a physical thing: a glowing acorn that visibly melts as minutes pass. Your brain finally SEES time moving. That's the whole trick, and it works. MEET SQUIBO A friendly robot squirrel who collects an acorn every time you finish a focus session. Skip a day? Nothing breaks. No streaks, no guilt, no shame mechanics. Squibo is on your side. FOCUS THAT LIVES ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN - Live Activities keep your countdown visible without unlocking your phone - Dynamic Island shows your remaining time at a glance - Home Screen widget starts a focus in one tap - A gentle notification tells you when your acorn is ready Because unlocking your phone is where focus goes to die. BODY DOUBLING — NO CAMERAS, NO STRANGERS The "someone is working next to me" effect, without awkward video calls. Four built-in ambient rooms: Library, Café, Night, and Rain. Sounds start with your focus, pause when you pause, and keep playing with the screen locked. Works fully offline. MORNINGS ON AUTOPILOT Morning and evening routine cards walk you through one step at a time. Finish a card, flip to the next — or skip with zero guilt. Your routine stops being a memory test. RADICALLY PRIVATE - No account. No login. No cloud. - Everything stays on your iPhone - Privacy label: Data Not Collected — because we literally collect nothing FREE FOREVER, UPGRADE IF YOU LOVE IT The melting acorn timer, the Library room, Live Activities, and the widget are free. Squibo Pro unlocks all four ambient rooms and routines: - $4.99/week or $39.99/year, both with a 3-day free trial - Cancel anytime in Settings - Terms: https://squibo.app/terms.html Squibo is a support tool, not a medical device, and doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. It's just a very determined robot squirrel who wants you to finish that thing. Download Squibo and watch your first minute melt.

Screenshots

ADHD Timer4 screens
Squibo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ADHD Timer at 5.0 against Squibo's 2.0. ADHD Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Squibo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ADHD Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ADHD Timer versus Squibo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADHD TimerSquibo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaciej PlanetaSerkan Coskun

Customer experience

ADHD Timer

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

Squibo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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
2 purchases

Squibo

Subscriptions2
  • Squibo Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Squibo Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ADHD Timer free?
ADHD Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Squibo free?
Squibo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ADHD Timer or Squibo?
ADHD Timer is rated higher. ADHD Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Squibo averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ADHD Timer or Squibo have ads?
Neither ADHD Timer nor Squibo shows ads.

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