Top 5 Favorite ADHD Apps & Tools 🧠️🛠️

[@BryanJenks]

The Apps, affiliate links and coupon codes for them, and i hope they help you as much as they've helped me! 1. Textsniper: textsniper.app/?ref=bryanjenks 2. Todoist: doist.grsm.io/p7v0i8sx9hnx 3. Morgen: morgen.so/?ref=bryanjenks1| COUPON CODE: TALLGUYJENKS-TEN-1YEAR 4. Gingkoapp: gingkoapp.com/ 5. Shortform: shortform.com/bryanjenks See other tools i use and have found useful: www.bryanjenks.dev/tools-courses

[@kevinsullivan8130]

My toxic trait is starting a new productivity system periodically and simply "forgetting" or dumping my old system. Do you have this issue and if so how do you get past this issue/

[@BryanJenks]

not really, i find something that work and i stick with it until i find something better that i try with a small amount of work, gage if it works well, and then migrate only if the pain of migration is offset by the value gain of the new system

[@Dierre]

That's expensive if you're using the paid versions

[@VonzWorld]

Same but I don't even give things a chance because either I forget or I start something new.. Have so many apps that I haven't even opened wasting space on my phone

[@TODOMATIO]

I recently developed a printable planner. It's available for all ADHD friends. Having physical system won't help you forget

[@kimberlysmith4095]

My problem as well.

[@shruthituplur188]

Wow just found your channel and I’m so glad!! I’m switching to software engineering from a legal career and I also have ADHD that’s affected my life pretty badly so it’s cool to see another ADHD programmer :)

[@BryanJenks]

welcome!

[@youtuba6711]

I’m a lawyer with ADHD considering a career switch because law firm practice is just too demanding and hard to manage. Was this the reason why you decided to change?

[@itsShinju]

Just got recently diagnosed with ADHD as a 30yo women and I'm super grateful for your ADHD videos! I would definitely love a PC/android version for Text Sniper as it does seem life saving. Ginkgo and Shortform seem awesome as well. Thanks a lot!

[@BryanJenks]

hope they help!

[@gingeas]

I'm 2 months in and Ginkgo Writer has been nice for work - whenever I go down a rabbithole and need to do thing x, but x requires x1, x2, x3, and x1 requires y1, ... y10, the tool has been pretty good at capturing that level of nesting. Recently starting a new job has really made me stop putting off seeking help though, so I recently got my ADHD-C diagnosis (and got prescribed Concerta). As much as I do somewhat regret needlessly stressing over things during my undergrad that I could have alleviated by seeking treatment earlier, it is definitely better late than never. I see you've been busy with school and work as well, so I hope for the best in both of our ventures. Your videos have supercharged my Obsidian usage at work, and with more practice I'm sure Ginkgo will do the same. Looking forward to what you'll make for us next!

[@BryanJenks]

glad youve gotten such benefit from my videos! more great stuff to come!

[@FaradayAcademy]

Now I want to try Morgen, but I also feel a lot of stress thinking about switching from my already decent task management system. I love the way you can link tasks with time blocks though.

[@BryanJenks]

dragging the tasks onto time blocks is pretty convenient TBH

[@EnderSpy007]

Just started watching this, but I love the way you talk at the beginning. I feel like if I showed this to anyone else they would say "what the fuck is he going on about" but I literally go round in circles saying the same basic things in different ways ALL THE TIME. It's not intentional but it ends up helping me say what I want to say, the different ways of saying something help narrow down my thoughts by cutting off potential mis-interpretations.

[@BryanJenks]

Neurodivergent communication at its finest 😅️

[@hallenedarland1938]

I just stumbled upon your channel for ADHD app recommendations. I was really excited to see you are a developer! I haven't really met anybody with ADHD in the field so it's nice to see some representation. Do you have a video about your experience as an ADHD person in the industry?

[@johnnyaxenov5111]

Same , I was like wtf , but it’s interesting lol

[@BryanJenks]

i dont have a video on that but i will say there are a LOT of us in the industry

[@krimsonsun10]

Thanks for introducing me to todoist! I have always used Edge Chromium "Read out loud" for the functions in Textsniper. Only caveat is that it does not have OCR but does most PDFs. The voices are much better too.

[@BryanJenks]

Danny hatcher does the same thing, the only thing is, i dont care for Edge xD

[@krimsonsun10]

@@BryanJenks I am totally with you, I only use it for the page translations and reading docs and the Read-out-loud functions.. nothing else because it is spyware in some sense with telemetry and all.

[@heidibock1017]

Thank you! I'm 40 & have started struggling a lot more w/ executive function in my private life, and I'm wanting to launch my own side business, so I need a lot of help as far as keeping to a schedule & tasks. I really appreciate you sharing these applications with us!

[@heidibock1017]

Also, fellow pagan shoutout!

[@BryanJenks]

hope it helps! #HeathenHeartPaganPride!

[@MountainBabyRoses]

As encouragement, Ive heard ADHDers tend to be more creative and make great business owners. Good luck on your business endeavers.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Read to me features are essential to me as well !!! I use MS edge for PDF's I used todoist for so long, I am now using Morgen instead... has all the task info I need. You using Ginko instead of Obsidian or alongside it? I don't read things that are on shortform but it is a nice tool.

[@BryanJenks]

gingko is just for writing longform structured text like papers for school or my newsletters, my ideas and linking them together is absolutely obsidian only :)

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@BryanJenks ah ok. I do it all in Obsidian but it looks cool.

[@patho977]

@@BryanJenks do you recommend any tutorials to learn to link ideas regardless of the tool you use? Of course in the PKM context.

[@CamFromOz]

I’ve got ASD, not ADHD but so much of this resonated with me. I’ve been using ToDoist on and off for years, and currently heavily invested in making it work. Just started with Morgen, love it so far. I currently work with a large multinational company, getting accomodations like this aren’t easy to get through IT Security, but hopefully once I do, things will be so much easier. So glad I stumbled onto your content, it’s awesome, thanks heaps! 😊

[@BryanJenks]

glad you found it helpful!

[@jesseskellington9427]

7:57 let me know if you end up making this app I would definitely like to use it. I'm a windows/android user. In the meantime. I use (Google-Translate) within the (Google-Photos) then use Talk Free or T2S apps on my phone

[@BryanJenks]

One day!

[@hugocast]

13:04 Killer feature of Morgen IMHO. I wish there was a way of doing the same with Things 3. The workaround is having Things and iCal open at the same time on my 2nd monitor while I work, which works fine, but I just wish drag and drop was better integrated.

[@BryanJenks]

yeah their time blocking integration is pretty awesome, a few more features desired to push data back to todoist but for what they got already its RAD

[@patho977]

Try Tick tick. They have the time blocking and calendar option.

[@hugocast]

@@patho977 Thanks! will check it out

[@HJOTech]

Looking forward to the todist vid! TY, as a fellow software developer with ADHD, your videos are invaluable

[@BryanJenks]

it's up now!

[@alexthorpe510]

So glad I found your channel! I am knee deep in picking apps and designing my pkm workflow and I've been following 2nd brain concepts for a while. I also have ADHD and am studying to be an ADHD coach. I have a passion for tech/apps and ADHD. I'm thinking I want my niche for my ADHD coaching practice to be helping ADHDers organize their minds/knowledge. Thank you so much for your content. I will probably be referencing you in my future blogs/podcasts/videos *not sure which I will use for my marketing strategy) for my future business. :)

[@BryanJenks]

Look forward to reading/listening to them!

[@ICantMakeUpAName100]

As a recommendation for hearing back text on your screen, this is the main use case for screen readers (assistive technology for blind folks). On Mac, they have a built in Accessibility setting called "VoiceOver" complete with a tutorial. On Windows, you'll need to download a third party reader, like NVDA (free) or JAWS (paid, popular). I use these as a sighted person, but need them to test web accessibility as a web dev.

[@BryanJenks]

I haven’t tried many there was one I tried on windows for accessibility but it was utter trash. I wrote something In Python in 45 minutes that worked better >.>

[@CodyKrantz]

Thanks for the recommendations Bryan!

[@BryanJenks]

Haha hey man!

[@NadDew]

omg 😂 your type of ADHD reminds me of mine, the way you try to capture the words as they'll run away from you, the way you look around, and the way you describe how you need to have as many inputs through your senses as possible.

[@BryanJenks]

🙃️ it always a party

[@Dr.JudeAEMasonMD]

Fam, this is AMAZING! I knew I needed something to get on top of my work life, but had no idea how to describe the accommodations that would help me get organized. 👌🏽

[@BryanJenks]

Good luck! :)

[@FlamencoDeniz]

really like morgen, but mobile is essential for me in a calendar app. the day morgen comes out on Android - and there's nothing better app yet - I will install Morgen on PC and phone

[@BryanJenks]

Yeah it’s a pain point for me too, only consolation is that it aggregates all my calendars and I spend a LOT of time on my computer

[@charlesbonfante9188]

I liked the idea of being able to drag/drop todoist into Morgen calendar slots for time boxing. Biggest drawback was that time/dates of todoist tasks did not change when you manipulate in Morgen. Major letdown. Google Calendar Integration was perfect! interesting video. Thank you

[@BryanJenks]

there could definitely be some better syncing of data across the apps but maybe that was intentional?

[@charlesbonfante9188]

@@BryanJenks Can't see why? Cron nails it so problem solved!

[@justinborchardt]

Hey Bryan great video. I have a new set of tools to check out for myself :). Also, a tool I started messing with this week is called sunsama.. think brain dump, task list and calendar all wrapped up in one.

[@BryanJenks]

Glad you liked it!

[@brunotdantas]

I noticed that you made to create a system but how do you keep motivating yourself to keep organized? My problem is that i'm good to create but i struggle when cadence is needed (for everything) :/

[@BryanJenks]

It’s not so much motivation as a buoy in the chaos ocean of my life, I need these things to remain grounded so I just do them

[@drackaris_]

Hey Bryan! Have you tried using obsidian as a task manager in the way you are using todoist? What made you not do that if so? I try to let everything live in obsidian (I know some people don't like that). But I also realize sometimes I open obsidian in the morning fill out my to dos and intentions for the day and then forget to open it again after I get home from work.

[@BryanJenks]

yes, and i didnt vibe with it. i need centralization and single source of truth otherwise my ability to function starts to unravel

[@blue.berry.]

Oh Morgen is a very good name for the calendar app. It means tomorrow or morning in Dutch and German (maybe more languages that I don’t know), so it says something about the application. Also it sounds very smooth in English, never realised it!

[@BryanJenks]

yup :) i took 3 years of Desutsch in school so i thought it was a cool reference :)

[@blue.berry.]

@@BryanJenks Definitely a very creative name! Wishing you the best of luck with your app man!

[@schlend4]

any updates on a python version of textsniper or a windows or even android compatible alternative?

[@BryanJenks]

not yet, its on my laundry list of things i want to do but im not there yet

[@mikhaeldito]

How do you link Todoist and your notes? I like adding ToDos when writing in logseq or obsidian, but I find those to be a bit messy to manage tasks...

[@BryanJenks]

theres plugins for it in both apps now i think? or maybe im thinking of potentially dendron? but i generally keep my todoist tasks separate from my PKM related tasks

[@laurabrown9943]

Great video! Just out of interest why text sniper and not speechify?

[@BryanJenks]

Never heard of the latter 🤷🏻‍♂️ and text sniper just works

[@Jaxs3003]

I love all your videos Bryan. I too have ADHD. I have actually watched this over and over. Is there anything similar on the WIndows platform? I am looking at a few but wanted to see your recommendations. Keep these types of videos coming!! I havent got to you Obsidion videos yet, but I will. Gonna check out your Patreon page as well

[@BryanJenks]

glad youre enjoying the content! hope you enjoy the other videos!

[@vaisakh_km]

wow.. i have been looking for a proper to do / calender app , but i wasn't sure which one i have to take.... most for those apps are not available on mobile, or too much work, at which point i just put a alarm on my phone or system. i have heard about todoist, but as it wasnot FOSS, i didn't looked at it. now anyway i check, ho god, this was the whole thing i wanted. at this point i don't care about foss and i really need one ... :) thanks for your recommendation, i will also check out task warrior

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ayusharora2019]

Why use text sniper & not native macOS text to speech, which also gives same features for free 😅

[@BryanJenks]

screenshot OCR text and read from the screen shotted text too?

[@qrubmeeaz]

@BryanJenksTech A lot of these tools are not available in my corporate workplace.

[@BryanJenks]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@qrubmeeaz]

@@BryanJenks Yah I know. Any general suggestions for this kind of a situation?

[@DannyBloomfieldBK]

Hey Bryan! So glad to find your channel, been really enjoying the content. Per your advice I've adopted Morgen. I'm trying to figure out the value of this integration. When I drag the task into the calendar, it just creates a calendar event object on one of my personal calendars. You mention building task blocks by dragging them over and checking them off upon completion. How are you doing that? Thanks!

[@BryanJenks]

the tasks in the left hand side bar are draggable, and i have the integration with todoist too

[@ironmanlifts]

Hello Bryan, thanks for the videos. I noticed that you did not mention Obsidian and you haven't done any Obsidian videos recently. Do you still use it or did you move on to something else?

[@anooshmichael]

I’m curious about this as well

[@BryanJenks]

Still use it, just have a backlog of videos and talking about things that don’t require as much through research is easier for me at the moment with all my priorities. Really trying to finish school and reclaim more of my bandwidth :(

[@ironmanlifts]

@@BryanJenks I know what you mean, same here I have 3 final exams next week. Good luck.

[@blakethefish]

are there any good apps for learning new languages? i want to learn swedish but learning new languages is SUPER hard for me bc of adhd and i want to find an app that goes slow enough for me but still teaches me.

[@BryanJenks]

there's a lot of them! one of my go-to channels for language stuff is @LindieBotes

[@mynameissurya19]

Any writing apps for mobile phones??

[@BryanJenks]

you can use obsidian on mobile but i dont really prefer writing on mobile personally

[@laptoprelaks]

dam bro finally found out about adult adhd.. I knew about kids ADHD but I never believe or would think I am an adult adhd partially because the world tells you to "don't play victim try harder"... I work in non IT field but I'm a hobbyist programmer I was really into programming at such a young age...but I never really improved much since the age of 17yo to now 31 yo... so I was pretty IT savvy but I noticed that I NEVER master any of it(I could be messing with reverse code engineering,assembly,webdev,mobile apps dev, 2d to 3d game dev and others)...one of the field I was trying is 2D game development.....I would always take some udemy course ofcourse and never would actually finish it because to actually learn one thing I would need to refer to 10 more videos just to learn one concept, which is obviously not a cool place for an ADHD dude.... any tips from you that pushed you to atleast have mastery in your field?

[@BryanJenks]

i just followed the hyperfixation lol

[@dande_lion]

Thank you so much! Really helpful! Keep the ADHD-work going. ;-)

[@BryanJenks]

my pleasure!

[@laurapoliti9102]

Thanks for the video

[@BryanJenks]

my pleasure :)

[@mmohseni69]

What would be the chances if I wanted to write a book of my life with this gift that I have and just discovered? Thanks for the input 👍

[@BryanJenks]

❤️

[@massageyogasoul4460]

Thank you Bryan! Tons of tons of tons of thank you - recently diagnosed ADHD adult who went back to college in her early 40's and S T R U G G L E D. So Thank You!!

[@BryanJenks]

[@freakazoid9889]

Have you found a Windows alternative thats comparable!?

[@BryanJenks]

nope

[@freakazoid9889]

​@@BryanJenks I have been using Read Aloud chrome extension and it's nice for anything in the web browser, but I wish I could find something desktop oriented. thanks for the response.

[@PinkFlowers365]

thanks

[@BryanJenks]

You're welcome!

[@jorikfischer1893]

Dude you can not make content about Ahdh and then have an intro. This got me so annoyed that Im writing this comment. Rest of the Video might be great tho gonna continue watching now. Hope you dont take this as an offence its just I really hate intros they take so much time and never offer any information or whatsoever

[@BryanJenks]

Thanks for the feedback! I can’t change old videos but I’ve since removed intros in my later videos

[@ballindare9277]

I watched this video 4 times 😂

[@BryanJenks]

awesome!

[@hueypju]

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[@jaclyn1358]

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[@BryanJenks]

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[@carolhart8049]

Can you get ginkoapp and morgan in UK?

[@BryanJenks]

I don’t see why not?

[@mr_red13]

Do you have an opinion on TickTick vs Todoist?

[@BryanJenks]

never used ticktick because todoist has always met my needs

[@mr_red13]

@@BryanJenks do you sync Todoist with your calendar?

[@BryanJenks]

@@mr_red13 morgen has a todoist integration that i use to timeblock my tasks :)

[@mr_red13]

@@BryanJenks I’ll have to look into that, thank you!!

[@wsk5nwytscnkfsu]

Thank you for recommending Textsniper. It is about to change my work life.

[@BryanJenks]

its a wonderful tool i use daily

[@dannijay6635]

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[@mcknight88]

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