Stowe
ADHD-friendly by design

A planner for brains with too many tabs open.

Stowe listens to the whole messy dump, hands back 3–5 doable things, and shows them one at a time. No shame mechanics, no red, no wall of overdue tasks.

Download on theApp Store

iPhone and Apple Watch.
Free to use. Stowe Pro is optional.

Stowe's Now screen showing a single next-up task with Done and Not today buttons — one thing at a time.
Why it fits

Built calm, because overwhelm is the enemy.

Every rule in Stowe exists to lower the cost of starting, and to make missing a day survivable.

Dump it all, out loud

Racing thoughts don’t arrive as tidy tasks. Tap the mic and say everything — tangents included. On-device AI sorts it into tasks, routines and things while you keep talking.

Today is 3–5 things. That’s a rule.

Not seventeen. A day you can actually finish beats a list that shames you by 4pm. Everything else waits its turn, out of sight, without being lost.

One thing at a time

The Now screen shows a single next thing and nothing else. No list to re-read, no re-deciding. Do it, tap done, meet the next one.

Streaks that bend before they break

Miss a day and a freeze holds your streak. There is no red, no “streak lost”, no guilt screen anywhere in the app — a bad Tuesday shouldn’t cost you a month.

The evening closes properly

Whatever didn’t happen rolls to tomorrow in one tap. Nothing carries shame overnight. Tomorrow starts from what actually happened, not from a backlog.

Private enough to be honest with

Everything you say is understood on your phone and stays on your devices and your private iCloud. It even works in airplane mode. No account, no server, no feed.

Stowe is a planning tool, not a medical product. It doesn’t diagnose or treat anything — it’s simply designed the way many people with ADHD tell us planners should have been all along. Curious what the research actually says? I wrote it up honestly: does planning help ADHD? and why a long list freezes you.

Questions

What people ask about Stowe and ADHD.

A voice-first planner is a different shape than a to-do list — here's how it holds up.

Is Stowe designed for ADHD brains?
Stowe is built the way many people with ADHD tell us planners should have worked all along: no shame mechanics, no red overdue lists, one thing shown at a time. It's a planning tool, not a medical product — it doesn't diagnose or treat ADHD.
Can I just talk instead of organizing my own tasks?
Yes. Say the whole messy brain dump out loud, tangents included, and on-device AI sorts it into tasks, routines and things for you.
Why does Stowe only show 3–5 things a day?
Because a day you can actually finish beats a list that shames you by 4pm. Everything else waits its turn, out of sight, without being lost.
Does Stowe punish me for missing a day?
No. There is no red, no "streak lost" screen. A freeze holds your run so a bad Tuesday does not cost you a month, days off never touch it, and the things Toki keeps for finished days and comebacks are never taken away.
Is my voice and task data private?
Yes. Everything you say is understood on your phone and stays on your devices and private iCloud. No account, no server, no feed.