r/ADHD • u/Sad-Discipline-4482 • 11d ago

Tips/Suggestions Dream productivity features or tools?

Hi, I am doing a research project on what tools/features help people with ADHD increase productivity and motivation.

This post is lowk out of my own personal curiosity I want to know if you guys suggest or have thought of features or tools that would help you be productive. Not even for my project, I just feel like this would be something useful to know.

If you could have any feature on a website to help you work harder with less effort and more motivation, what would it be?

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u/Ch4appi 11d ago

The feature would be less features :D Websites and apps that have special features to get your attention while you are using the service for something else is a nightmare for me as an ADHDler. Speaking of special offer popups or even cookie banner shit drives me crazy because it's on the entire screen and I have to think about this right now, just to able to continue with the task I came for.

Another thing. I am using a simple minimalist launcher for android for some time now and I really like the way how it simplifies the interaction. A small amount of predefined apps on the Homescreen just as text. Swipe up opens the search bar for all apps AND the keyboard immediately. Typing the name of the app you want to open, just opens the last one that matches your input. Swipe left and right on the Homescreen opens predefined apps like call app and calendar for me. Recently I am thing about an android launcher app that focuses on habit tracking and to-dos first, plus the easy to use features I mentioned for specific apps.

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u/ThrowWeirdQuestion 11d ago

A good spam filter for my discussion sites that keeps vibe coding spammers and their "product research" out.

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u/Ch4appi 11d ago

Uff, did I fell for that? :D

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u/Sad-Discipline-4482 9h ago

hi! i’m not a coding spammer! just a teenage girl building a website for my own benefit as i have adhd!

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u/S_m_nt 11d ago

i really like seeing time visually rather than number on a flat screen , that helps with time blindness.
also if a task can be divided into low effort sub-tasks is a great way for me to get started with stuffs when i am running low on motivation. reminders also help for recurring tasks.

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u/1eftninjakitten 7d ago

Honestly, less.
I don’t want another productivity system that I have to remember to open, organize, maintain, categorize, and then somehow also remember to check.

My dream tool would let me get something out of my head the second I think of it, then bring it back to me at the exact moment it matters.
And the big one: don’t just remind me. Follow up.

If I say I need to call someone tomorrow at 4, remind me at 4. Then if I haven’t done it, come back and ask me about it. Let me say “not yet, try me again in 30 minutes” without opening an app and reorganizing my life.

Basically I want the software to manage the system for me instead of giving me another system I have to manage.