Why long to-do lists can backfire
Most planners ask you to write everything down and sort it out later. If you have ADHD, you may know how that goes: every item looks equally urgent, choosing one takes energy you don't have, and the unticked ones pile up as guilt. The planner turns into one more thing you're behind on.
Dayflint skips the sorting. You make one decision, once a day, and the rest waits.
How a day works
- At 9 pm the night before, you pick tomorrow's one thing. If you forget, you can pick it in the morning instead.
- At 9 am, if you allow notifications, a gentle nudge reminds you what today is for. It's one reminder, never a nag.
- When you're ready, you press and hold to start a focus session and put your phone face down.
- When you finish, you get a quiet chime and a happy flame.
A visual ADHD timer
Time can be hard to feel, both when you're deep in something and when you're avoiding it. Dayflint's focus timer is a ring that fills as you work, so you can see how much is left instead of guessing. Sessions are 25 minutes on the free plan, with 50 and 90 minutes on Plus. If you'd rather use your computer, our free pomodoro timer runs in your browser.
What happens when you miss a day
With the weekly rest day on, the first day you miss in a Monday-to-Sunday week doesn't break your streak. A second miss in the same week does. Either way, you can pick the same thing again or choose something new.
Dayflint for iPhone and Android
Start with one thing.
Dayflint is free to start, and there's no account to create. Open it and answer one question, and your planning for the day is done.
Free to start · No account · iPhone (iOS 17+) and Android (8.0+) · See what Plus adds
Dayflint is a productivity app. It isn't a medical device and doesn't diagnose or treat ADHD.
