iPhone daily planner
A planner built for how ADHD brains actually work
Not another system to feel guilty about. A visual timeline that shows you your day as a shape instead of a list, so you can see where the time went and what is actually left.
Free to start. No account, no email, no trial timer.
You have tried planners before
Paper ones you filled in beautifully for three days then abandoned. Apps that looked calm in the screenshots and felt exhausting to open. Systems with contexts and tags and weekly reviews that quietly require you to be a different kind of person to maintain.
And every time one stopped working there was that quiet voice. Why can’t I just do this.
Most planners are built around how neurotypical brains plan. They assume you will check in consistently, that a long list reads as information rather than as an accusation, and that seeing everything you have not done yet is motivating.
If that is not how your brain works, the planner is not broken and neither are you. It just was not built for you.
Time as a shape, not a list
Cadencia lays your day out vertically, so an hour takes up an hour of space. Long tasks look long. Gaps look like gaps. An over committed day looks over committed before you live it.
That matters because duration is genuinely hard to feel when you have ADHD. A layout gives you an external reference for something your internal sense keeps getting wrong, and it does it without you having to calculate anything.
Visual timeline
Your whole day laid out as blocks you can move with your thumb. Drag something when the day changes, which it will.
Color coded projects
One color per area of your life. After a couple of weeks you read the shape of a day without reading a word of it.
- Work
- Home
- Health
- People
- Self
Repeat tasks and routines
Set the recurring things once and stop re-entering them every week. Fewer decisions is the entire point.
Built in timer
Start a task, let it run, find out what things really take. Most people are wrong about at least two of their regular tasks.
An inbox for everything else
Capture in three seconds without deciding when. Pull it onto the timeline later, when you are actually planning.
No account, ever
Download and start. Nothing to sign up for, no email to hand over, and your data stays on your device.
Three steps, then you are using it
1
Add your projects
Work, home, health, whatever your real categories are. Give each one a color. That is the setup, and it takes about two minutes.
2
Put today on the timeline
Fixed things first, then a few real tasks sized by how long they actually take. The layout shows you whether it fits.
3
Move things when the day moves
Something will run long by eleven. Drag the rest down, drop what no longer fits, carry on. No streak to break, no guilt built in.
Free, and then optional
The free tier is properly free. No trial countdown, no card, no nagging. It covers the timeline, the timer, the inbox and repeat tasks, with up to three color coded projects and one routine.
Cadencia Pro adds unlimited projects and routines, calendar sync, time blocking, auto-reschedule and accent palettes. It is $8.99 monthly, $44.99 yearly, or $79.99 once for lifetime access. Full breakdown on the pricing page.
Fair questions
I have tried planners. They never stick.
Most planners fail ADHD brains because they are rigid, not because you are undisciplined. The thing that usually breaks is that fixing a plan costs more than ignoring it. Cadencia is built so rearranging your day takes one drag.
What if I stop using it for a week?
Then you open it and carry on. There are no streaks to lose and no notification telling you that you missed three days. Your tasks are just there, waiting.
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. There is no account because there is no server holding your tasks. More detail is on the FAQ page.
Is it on Android?
Not yet. Cadencia is iPhone only right now, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise.
On visual planning
The ideas Cadencia is built on are worth understanding whether or not you use the app. Start with the complete guide to visual planning for neurodivergent adults, or go straight to building a visual daily schedule, what color coding does to an ADHD brain, or whether you need a timeline or a list.
Try it for a few days
If it is not the right fit, delete it. You will have lost nothing, because there was never an account to close or a card to cancel.