Time Awareness
Your internal clock works differently. UpOrbit makes time visible so hours stop vanishing.
Countdowns + coming-up view
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How It Works
UpOrbit is a free tool designed around common ADHD challenges.
Your internal clock works differently. UpOrbit makes time visible so hours stop vanishing.
Knowing what to do and starting are different brain functions. Pick your #1 and start in 5 minutes.
The gap between activities is where plans break. Heads-up reminders and step-by-step routines make the next thing visible.
Your output peaks and dips. The Right Now panel suggests when to tackle hard work and when to pick something lighter.
Missed a day? A week? UpOrbit welcomes you back, rewards the return, and carries unfinished tasks forward.
You planned it for a reason. UpOrbit reminds you why it matters, not just that it exists.
The research below informed our design choices. UpOrbit is not a medical device or clinical intervention — it is a productivity tool.
Your brain processes duration differently. UpOrbit keeps time visible on your screen — not a clinical tool, just a practical one.
Time perception depends on the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia. Meta-analyses find that people with ADHD, on average, estimate and reproduce time intervals less accurately than people without ADHD.
A Coming Up panel and Today / Tomorrow / This Week lists keep your day visible. The focus timer can count down in your tab title. Reminders arrive before timed tasks, not when you're already late.
The barrier is never the task. It's the start.
Starting depends on executive functions that are often weaker in ADHD. In the general population, planning exactly when and where you will act (an "implementation intention") reliably improves follow-through.
Pick your #1 Must-Do with a "why" attached. Brain Dump captures scattered thoughts. The 5-minute timer reframes the ask: just 5 minutes.
Most tools assume seamless task-switching. UpOrbit gives you a heads-up first.
Transitions require deactivating one brain network and activating another. In ADHD, this switch is less clean, creating attentional inertia.
Reminders arrive 5 to 30 minutes before timed tasks (you choose), and routines walk you through one step at a time, so the next thing is visible before you have to switch.
You're not lazy at 3pm. Executive function peaks and dips.
Executive function fluctuates based on sleep, stress, medication, and circadian rhythm. Many people with ADHD describe these swings as larger and less predictable.
The Right Now panel offers time-of-day suggestions: protect morning energy for your #1, try a lighter task in the afternoon slump. You decide what to pick.
Life interrupts. UpOrbit holds the door open and cheers when you walk back in.
Self-efficacy, the belief that you can do something, shapes whether people try again after a setback. Apps that punish lapses work against that belief.
Unfinished tasks can roll forward to tomorrow automatically. Coming back after a break earns a welcome-back message and bonus XP instead of a guilt trip.
You don't forget the task. You forget why it felt important.
Prospective memory depends on the prefrontal cortex maintaining a goal during other activities. Studies find prospective memory, remembering to do things later, is often impaired in ADHD.
Attach a "why" to any task. When a reminder fires, it shows that reason alongside the task. Context, meaning, choice.
Why UpOrbit
A quick look at popular alternatives. Pricing checked November 2026.
FAQ
No. UpOrbit is an organizational support tool informed by ADHD research. We don't diagnose or treat any condition.
Yes. The web app and Chrome extension are both completely free with no hidden paywalls or credit card required.
By default, in your browser. The web app and Chrome extension store your tasks on your device and work without an account. If you create an optional free account and turn on sync, your data is stored on our cloud host (Netlify) so it can sync across devices. The website uses Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity for analytics. See the privacy policy.
Most productivity apps add ADHD support as an afterthought. UpOrbit is built around six common ADHD challenges, with design choices informed by published research.
Yes. UpOrbit is an organizational tool, not a treatment, and it doesn't interact with medication or any other care you receive. Questions about your treatment belong with your healthcare provider.
Unfinished tasks can roll forward to tomorrow, and the app welcomes you back with bonus XP. Routine streaks reset, but nothing is deleted and there is no penalty.
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