Hi, I'm Will. I built this for me first.
I was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD at 37. A lot of things suddenly made sense, including why every to-do app I'd ever tried ended up abandoned.
For years I thought I was just bad at lists. I'd download a new app, spend an evening setting up projects, tags and colours, and feel organised for about a week. Then it filled up with things I'd meant to do, each one quietly overdue, and I stopped opening it.
What I actually needed
After my diagnosis I started noticing where things fell apart. It was rarely the doing. It was the gap between having a thought and writing it down. If capturing something took more than a few seconds, or asked me to pick a category or a date, the thought was gone.
Every app I tried was more complicated than it needed to be. Streaks, badges, priorities, settings. All of it was more to manage, and more to feel bad about.
I didn't need a better system. I needed fewer steps.
So I built one button
ADHDictate started as something just for me. I'd tap the button on the walk to the station and ramble about the dentist, the oat milk and the email I'd been putting off. A bit of AI tidied it into three clear tasks before I got there.
It helped me stop forgetting things. And because there was nothing else to fiddle with, my mind stayed on what I needed to do instead of on managing an app. My head felt quieter.
It's not just for people with ADHD
I built it around how my brain works, but you don't need a diagnosis to want less clutter. If you've ever had a head full of small things and no patience for a complicated app, it's for you too.
It's an organisational tool, not a medical one. It just makes getting things out of your head a little easier.
Promises I'll keep
- One big button, always.
- No streaks, scores or guilt.
- No ads, and never selling your data.
- Only adding things that keep it simple, like Type.
Thanks for being here. If you have an idea, or something isn't working, email me at will@adhdictate.com. I read everything.
