Comparison

ADHD Notes vs Perch

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

Head to head
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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Less to hold in your head. ADHD Notes is a calm place to capture thoughts, see what needs you, and follow through. Keep tasks, notes, meetings, and plans together without turning organization into another full-time job. CATCH THE THOUGHT Save a quick thought in Remember. Keep your original words, then decide what belongs in a task, a note, or your plans. Use text, voice input, Siri, the share extension, or a widget when it is convenient. SEE TODAY CLEARLY Find due and overdue tasks in Today. Use Board for the bigger picture, priorities, and waiting work. Due dates, reminders, and recurring nudges help bring open loops back into view. KEEP NOTES USEFUL Write notes, make checklists, pin what matters, and keep a journal. Find your ideas again instead of rebuilding them from memory. MAKE MEETINGS LEAD SOMEWHERE Keep the agenda, notes, people, and follow-ups in context. Carry the next step forward from one conversation to the next. GIVE YOUR PLANS A PLACE Use calendar and agenda views to see time alongside your work. Keep projects moving and separate work, personal, and school life with workspaces. FOCUS YOUR WAY Choose one task and an optional timer. Focus is there when it helps, without requiring another routine to maintain. ON THE DEVICES YOU USE Use ADHD Notes on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Home Screen widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, the share extension, and Spotlight give you more ways to capture and find things. Your account also connects with the web and Android apps. Features vary by platform. YOUR WORDS, YOUR CHOICE Optional AI workflows explain what will be sent and ask for permission. Review suggestions before saving them. Core organization does not require accepting an AI suggestion. Some features require an account, permissions, a paid plan, or service availability. ADHD Notes is an organizational tool, not medical advice or treatment. Start with one thought. Carry less.

About

Perch

Capture your thoughts effortlessly by speaking them aloud. This app organizes your ideas into a visual map, distinguishing between urgent tasks and those that can wait. It intelligently resurfaces saved information when it's most relevant, helping you manage a busy mind.

Highlights
  • Brain dump thoughts out loud
  • One-tap capture for voice, photo, text, links
  • Visualizes thoughts on a live map
  • Sorts tasks by urgency and relevance
  • Intelligently resurfaces saved ideas
  • No folders or tags required
Features
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Too much in your head? Say it out loud. Open Perch and talk—in any order, half-finished, all over the place. When you’re finished, your thoughts become something you can look at. Brain dumps help make sense of what’s on your mind: recurring themes, things that feel tangled, and a small next move when there’s something worth trying. Some days bring a deeper reflection. Others are simply a moment worth keeping. The rest of life has a place too. Capture a thought, voice recording, photo, screenshot, drawing, or link. Save a video and get the gist. Add your own thoughts whenever something comes to mind. No folders. No tags. No system to set up and immediately abandon. Then, quietly, Perch brings things back. Saved notes resurface over time, and you can choose a date to bring something back yourself. With Perch Pro, related notes find connections, collections form automatically, and weekly recaps help you look back. • Talk it out with brain dumps. • Capture text, voice, photos, drawings, and links. • Keep your original words and recordings. • Find themes and useful next steps with Pro analysis. • Revisit saved thoughts through resurfacing. • Explore automatic collections, connections, and weekly recaps with Pro. Your first onboarding brain dump includes a full analysis. Continue capturing with Free, or choose Perch Pro for ongoing insights. Friendly by design—useful for anyone whose head runs faster than their notes app. Your notes are yours. Terms of Use: https://yourperch.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://yourperch.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

ADHD Notes4 screens
Perch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Perch at 5.0 against ADHD Notes's 4.2. ADHD Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Perch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ADHD Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Perch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADHD Notes ships an update every 5 days, Perch every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ADHD Notes versus Perch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADHD NotesPerch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings55
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUseful Tools LLCAnthony Dragone

Customer experience

ADHD Notes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Perch

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ADHD Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Perch

Subscriptions2
  • Perch Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Perch Pro — Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ADHD Notes free?
ADHD Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Perch free?
Perch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ADHD Notes or Perch?
Perch is rated higher. ADHD Notes averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Perch averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do ADHD Notes or Perch have ads?
Neither ADHD Notes nor Perch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADHD Notes or Perch?
ADHD Notes ships an update every 5 days, and Perch every 4 days. Most recently, ADHD Notes was updated on November 5, 2026 and Perch on October 31, 2026.

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