Comparison

Overlay One vs ADHD Notes

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

Head to head
About

Overlay One

Features
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Overlay is an AI assistant with a memory. Capture anything — a note, a task, a link, a half-formed idea — and Overlay's brain organizes it, connects it, and remembers it. Then you can chat with everything you know. Most apps make you file things away and dig them back out. Overlay does the filing for you and brings the right context back the moment you need it. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture in one tap — Jot a quick note from anywhere. Overlay's brain decides whether it's a note, a task, or something worth remembering, so you never stop to choose. • Chat that actually knows you — Ask questions and get answers grounded in your own notes, tasks, and saved pages — not a blank-slate chatbot. • Tasks, automatically — Action items are pulled out of what you capture. No separate to-do ritual. • A brain that grows — Overlay builds a living memory from what you save: the people, projects, and topics you care about, and how they connect. • Your best prompts, saved — Keep the prompts you rely on a tap away. ONE BRAIN, EVERYWHERE Overlay works on iPhone, in your browser, and on the web — all synced. Save a page from your laptop and it's waiting in your pocket. Every capture is tagged with where it came from, so nothing gets lost. BUILT ON THE BEST MODELS Overlay runs on leading AI models, including Anthropic's Claude and Google Gemini, choosing the right one for the job. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your knowledge is yours. Everything is secured per-account, and you stay in control of what Overlay remembers. Stop losing your best thinking. Scale your brain.

About

ADHD Notes

This app helps manage tasks and reminders for individuals with ADHD. It offers a simple, flat interface to capture thoughts and provides focus tools, gentle reminders, and a daily summary to reduce mental clutter.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts from anywhere
  • Focus mode with quiet timer
  • Recurring nudges and daily briefs
  • Full context on every task
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Low-stimulation mode
Features
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Your head, but quieter. ADHD Notes is a calmer task and follow-up app built for brains that run many threads at once. Stop holding everything in your head. Capture it, keep it in context, and let the app surface what needs you next. WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Most task apps make you file everything into projects and nested folders. For an ADHD brain, too much structure becomes friction. ADHD Notes keeps work visible on one flat board with a simple promise: get it out of your head, and let the tool carry it. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE Type it, paste an email, speak it, use Siri, or tap the Home Screen widget. The assistant can turn messy thoughts into clean tasks with the right dates, people, and context. ONE THING AT A TIME A focus mode with a quiet timer, gentle check-ins, and a live countdown on your Lock Screen. No noise, no nagging. IT REMEMBERS FOR YOU Recurring nudges resurface what slips. Follow-ups can move out of sight until tomorrow. A plain-language Daily Brief tells you where things stand. Reminders bring tasks back exactly when you asked. FULL CONTEXT ON EVERY TASK People, customers, meetings, notes, subtasks, links, and history live on the task card. Nothing scattered, nothing lost. RIGHT FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch support. Ask Siri to capture a thought. Find tasks with Spotlight. MADE FOR YOUR BRAIN Flat by design, with no nesting to get lost in. Calm colors, quiet motion, lighter visual noise, and forgiving undo patterns. Deleted items wait in Trash for 30 days, so mistakes are easy to recover. Free to start. You could be carrying less in five minutes.

Screenshots

Overlay One3 screens
ADHD Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ADHD Notes at every 4 days against Overlay One's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Overlay One ships an update fortnightly, ADHD Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Overlay One versus ADHD Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverlay OneADHD Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer玉苏甫江 艾西热甫Useful Tools LLC

In-app purchases

None

Overlay One

No in-app purchases

None

ADHD Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Overlay One free?
Overlay One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ADHD Notes free?
ADHD Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Overlay One or ADHD Notes have ads?
Neither Overlay One nor ADHD Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Overlay One or ADHD Notes?
Overlay One ships an update fortnightly, and ADHD Notes every 4 days. Most recently, Overlay One was updated on October 9, 2026 and ADHD Notes on October 17, 2026.

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