# Routinery vs Tiimo: Which ADHD App Should You Choose? *Routinery vs Tiimo, compared by a third party. Routinery guides routines step by step with voice timers; Tiimo plans your whole day visually. Which fits your ADHD?* URL: https://orbit.groot-apps.com/compare/routinery-vs-tiimo/ By Aron de Groot · Published 11 September 2026 · 2-minute read In short Routinery and Tiimo are often mentioned together, but they solve different problems. Routinery is a routine runner: it walks you through a routine step by step with voice-guided timers, on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, back to iOS 15.5. Tiimo is a visual planner: a colour-coded plan of your whole day with an AI co-planner, focus timer and family profiles. Choose Routinery if you stall inside routines; choose Tiimo if you lose track of the day. Key facts - Routinery runs routines step by step with voice alerts; Tiimo plans the whole day as a visual, colour-coded schedule. - Routinery supports iOS 15.5 or later; Tiimo requires iOS 18. Both run on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch; Tiimo adds a web version for Pro. - Routinery's listing says Forbes Health named it Best ADHD App in 2025; Tiimo's names it Apple's iPhone App of the Year 2025. - Both are free to download with paid subscriptions. - This page is written by Orbit's developer; Orbit is a routine runner, so it competes more with Routinery than with Tiimo. ## A note on who is writing this This site belongs to Orbit, a routine runner like Routinery — so we compete with one of these apps and not the other. Everything below comes from each app's App Store listing on 10 September 2026, and we have tried to describe both as their makers do. Our own comparisons are at Orbit vs Routinery and Orbit vs Tiimo. ## Different problems, different apps "Which ADHD app should I use?" usually hides a more useful question: where does your day actually break? - If you lose track of the day — appointments sneak up, the afternoon vanishes, you cannot see what fits — you need to see time. That is Tiimo's job. - If you know exactly what to do and still stall — the morning routine takes seventy minutes because you drift between steps — you need to be walked through the sequence. That is Routinery's job. Most comparisons treat them as rivals. They are closer to complements. ## Side by side | | Routinery | Tiimo | |---|---|---| | Made by | Routinery Corp. | tiimo ApS, Denmark | | Type | Routine runner | Visual day planner | | Apple devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | | Web | Not described in the listing | Yes, for Pro | | Minimum iOS | 15.5 | 18 | | Core screen | A running routine with a timer per step | A colour-coded plan of the whole day | | Guidance | Voice alerts (text-to-speech) and notifications | Focus timer, widgets | | Planning help | Popular and celebrity routine ideas | AI co-planner and AI priority grouping | | Family | Not described in the listing | Up to 5 profiles | | Progress | Habit analytics, plant badges that grow with streaks | Personal insights | | Account required | Yes | Yes | | Recognition (per listing) | Forbes Health Best ADHD App 2025; App of the Day 2026 | Apple iPhone App of the Year 2025 | | US ratings (10 Sep 2026) | 4.7 from 17,847 | 4.6 from 19,480 | ## Where Routinery is stronger - Inside the routine. It holds the steps, times each one, and talks you through them — useful when your hands are busy and your phone is out of reach. - Older devices. iOS 15.5 support means it runs on iPhones Tiimo no longer supports. - Ideas to copy. A large library of popular and celebrity routines to start from. ## Where Tiimo is stronger - The whole day. Appointments, one-off tasks and routines in one visual plan. - Planning from chaos. The AI co-planner turns a brain dump into a plan. - Families and the web. Shared profiles and a web version for Pro subscribers. ## How to choose - "My mornings fall apart halfway through": Routinery (or another routine runner — see Routinery alternatives). - "I never know what my day holds": Tiimo (or another planner — see Tiimo alternatives). - "Both": use both — a planner for the day, a routine runner for two or three sequences. The distinction is set out in planner vs routine app vs to-do list. Orbit is a routine app, not a medical device, a diagnosis or a treatment. Nothing here is medical advice. If ADHD symptoms are affecting your daily life, talk to a qualified clinician. ## Frequently asked **Is Routinery or Tiimo better for ADHD?** They help with different things. Routinery is better if you know your routine but stall between steps — it guides each step with a timer and voice alerts. Tiimo is better if you lose track of the day — it shows the whole day as a visual plan and helps you build it with an AI co-planner. **Can I use Routinery and Tiimo together?** Yes. They overlap little: Tiimo can hold the shape of your day, and Routinery can run the routines inside it, such as the morning or bedtime sequence. **Which works on older iPhones, Routinery or Tiimo?** Routinery supports iOS 15.5 or later, so it runs on older iPhones. Tiimo requires iOS 18 or later, according to their App Store listings on 10 September 2026. ## Sources and further reading - Routinery on the App Store — Apple - Tiimo on the App Store — Apple - Routinery — official site — Routinery Corp. - Tiimo — official site — tiimo ApS ## Try Orbit for yourself Orbit is free to download with a free trial — three days on the weekly plan, a week on the yearly one — so the fastest way to compare is to run one real routine in it on an ordinary morning.