Families with ADHD work better with backup.
FocalNest holds what ADHD brains struggle to hold: what to do next, what matters most, and how long until you leave. Kids see what's next without asking you. You stop being the family's memory.
It's a tool, not a program. You set it up around how your family already works.
Free during the closed beta · one household · see pricing
You're the one holding it all together.
In most homes, one person ends up as the family's memory, alarm clock, and referee. With ADHD in the house, that job often lands on the person who finds it hardest.
FocalNest moves that work out of your head and into the house.
Kids who know what's next.
A kid opens FocalNest and sees one thing to do, with a big picture. A child who can't read yet hears it read aloud.
Every task they finish brings a piece of a card from a set like dinosaurs or rocks and minerals, or a short puzzle game they can't lose. With every piece in, they put the picture together and the card is theirs. Now and then it's a real-life reward you set up.
Play mode turns chores into an adventure they pick. Medicine and safety tasks are never dressed up.
A screen where it happens.
Put a cheap tablet in the kitchen, the hallway, or at the homework desk. It shows what's coming up and how long until someone has to leave.
Timers and spoken time checks run on the same screen. “It's 7:15.” The screen says it so you don't have to.
Real life doesn't repeat every Tuesday at four.
Water the plants roughly every few days. Medicine three times a day, six hours apart. A form that matters a lot but isn't due for weeks. FocalNest records each task the way it really works, including how much it matters if it slips.
Tasks shift from green to amber to red as they come due, so you can read the house from across the room.
One thing to do next.
Choosing from a list of twenty is where an ADHD day stalls. FocalNest weighs deadlines, how much each task matters, and your energy, then shows you one. Pick something else any time.
And the admin
Tasks find a time
Tasks get placed around your calendar and re-placed when the day changes. Pinned and important ones stay put.
Forward it, forget it
Forward a school email, photo, or PDF. Dates land on the calendar and to-dos become tasks.
Big projects, drafted
Describe a birthday party and get a plan to edit. Or start from a ready-made routine.
Better together
Assign a task to your kid or partner and it shows up on their screen. See who's stuck and offer a hand.
See the overload coming
The planner shows how full each person's week is before it starts.
While you're here
In the kitchen already? See everything else that needs doing there.
One house. No two brains alike.
Everyone starts with the everyday support on, and you dial it up or down for each person. Someone who wants a plain shared list can switch it all off.
Time awareness
Countdowns, generous buffers, and a “leaving in 40 minutes” cue.
Getting started
A two-minute first step, and tasks matched to your energy.
Focus & attention
A calm focus mode, and an easy way back in after an interruption.
Transitions
A heads-up before a change, and your other tasks for the room you’re in.
Anyone can also choose larger text, easier-reading spacing, or a dark theme.
A bad week costs you nothing.
There are no streaks to break. A missed day just waits for you, with no catch-up debt, and partial progress counts.
Built on ADHD research.
The core idea is externalization: put what's hard to hold in your head somewhere it stays put.
Generous time estimates
ADHD brains underestimate how long things take, so FocalNest leaves a buffer.
Your real bandwidth, on screen
The planner compares your week with what it can hold, and flags an overloaded week before it starts.
The hardest hours
Late afternoon is when medication wears off for many kids. The AI planner keeps demanding work out of that window.
Motion you can turn off
Every animation can be switched off for anyone sensitive to movement on screen.
Out of your head, into the nest.
FocalNest is in a free closed beta. Request access and we'll send you an invite. No ads, and no pop-ups asking your kid to rate the app.