One of the apps in this comparison is our own — clar by Lautini. It comes first because we built it and know it best, not because a jury picked it. Everything else here is verifiable: features, language, platform, price. Where another app does something better, we say so — and for clar we list what it cannot do.
Why we built it at all: I live with ADHD myself — as a father and as a professional, a special-needs teacher, speech therapist and language-development specialist. Every one of these apps exists because something was missing in my own day. That does not make us more objective than anyone else. It only explains why we have a stake in this.
What an app can do about ADHD — and what it cannot
An app replaces neither a diagnosis, nor therapy, nor medication. It can do three things, and those are not small.
Make time visible. The core problem is rarely a lack of will, but a lack of time perception. A timeline that shows passing time as an area works differently from a clock reading.
Shrink the first step. Not «tidy the kitchen», but «plates into the dishwasher». The first step is the whole hurdle.
Remember so you don't have to. Anything written down stops occupying working memory.
What apps cannot do: produce attention, replace motivation, or make up for surroundings that show no consideration.
The overview
| App | What for | Language | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| clar by Lautini | Family daily life: day, household, shopping, medication history | DE · FR · EN | from CHF 3.90/month |
| Tiimo | Visual day planning, making time visible | DE | free tier, paid full version |
| Forest | Focus sessions away from the phone | DE | paid |
| MyTherapy | Medication reminders and diary | DE | free |
| hiToco | Parents of children with ADHD (ages 4–11) | DE | on prescription in Germany |
| Inflow | Understanding ADHD, self-coaching | EN | subscription |
Prices and features change. What you read here was publicly available on 26.09.2026 — please check before you buy.
clar by Lautini — four small tools instead of one big app
clar · tag · heim · markt · log
from CHF 3.90/month · all four CHF 9.90clar·tag — day structure, routines, ADHD toolbox.
clar·heim — the household in single steps: 29 workflows, over 600 steps, three levels of detail.
clar·markt — shopping list sorted by store zones, focus mode, photo scan.
clar·log — a stimulant diary with a history for the doctor's appointment.
The shared idea: only one step visible at a time. No overview needed, just the next tap. All four support family sharing for up to five people. Built in Switzerland, data in Frankfurt, compliant with the revised Swiss data protection act, no tracking, no ads.
So you don't buy the wrong thing: not a medical device and not a DiGA — clar·log documents, it does not diagnose or treat, and no health insurer pays for it. No medication reminder in the classic sense — MyTherapy does that better, and for free. No focus timer with rewards — that is Forest. Not an app from the store, but a web app in the browser.
Tiimo — when lists overwhelm you
The strongest answer to the time problem: a visual timeline with icons and colours, plus a calm countdown. Fully localised in German, which is rare among ADHD apps. Syncs with Apple Calendar and Reminders.
Strength: time becomes an area instead of a number.
Limit: it plans the day — it does not take on the household or the shopping.
Forest — against the phone in your hand
You plant a tree, it grows during the focus session and dies if you leave the app. It sounds silly; it works for many people.
Strength: one thing, done well.
Limit: helps you stay with it, not start.
MyTherapy — medication, free
Reminds you to take it and keeps a diary you can bring to the appointment. Explicitly designed for parents supervising a child's medication too.
Strength: free, and reliable at exactly one job.
Limit: no day structure, no record of effect and rebound.
hiToco — the first DiGA for children with ADHD
Approved in Germany by the BfArM, available on prescription, covered by the statutory health insurers. Aimed at families with children between four and eleven, based on the THOP therapy programme.
Strength: on prescription, with a professional basis.
Limit: there is no equivalent in Switzerland — here you pay for everything yourself. And a prescription covers 90 days at first.
Inflow — knowledge rather than a tool
Courses and exercises to understand ADHD and build your own strategies.
Strength: explains the why.
Limit: English only, and it organises nothing in your day.
Which one fits you?
- «I never know how long something takes.» → Tiimo.
- «I can't get started, and then the day is gone.» → clar·tag or clar·heim. Both work in single steps rather than lists.
- «Family organisation doesn't work in our house.» → clar with family sharing. Otherwise a shared calendar, if everyone really maintains it.
- «The doctor asks how the last three weeks went — and I don't know.» → clar·log for the history, MyTherapy for the plain intake. See also Getting ADHD medication right.
- «My child is seven and we need professional support.» → in Germany, hiToco on prescription. In Switzerland: find a specialist service, use an app alongside.
- «I keep losing myself in my phone.» → Forest.
Two things that matter more than the app you pick
Take two at most. Every further app is one more place where something might be. Three apps means, in practice, that none of them gets maintained.
Give it two weeks. In the first week any structure feels like a foreign body. Whatever is still open after fourteen days is the one that fits.
This comparison is current as of 26 September 2026 and will be updated. Is an app missing, or is something no longer accurate? Write to us.