DayZen: Visual day planner for ADHD brains
Hey HN, I've struggled with time-blindness my whole life. ADHD means I can write 14 tasks on a to-do list and genuinely believe I'll finish them before lunch. Reality disagrees at 11 PM when everything falls apart. DayZen is my solution: your day as a 24-hour radial clock. Tasks become colored arcs. When the circle fills up, it's full. No more lying to yourself about what actually fits. Just shipped 1.4 with Focus Mode The new version adds features I've wanted since day one: Focus Mode: Full-screen timer that zooms into your current task. Distractions fade, simple controls keep you on track.…
DayZen: Visual day planner for ADHD brains launched on January 24, 2026 with 17 votes, #754 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
DayZen is a visual day planner designed for people with ADHD and time-blindness. It displays tasks as colored arcs on a 24-hour radial clock, making it immediately clear when the day is full rather than allowing unrealistic task stacking. The app includes a Focus Mode that provides full-screen timers for individual tasks and integrates with iPhone's Lock Screen to show ongoing progress without requiring phone unlocks that invite distraction.
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From the sources
Download DayZen: Visual Time Planner by Joris Kavolis on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like DayZen: Visual Time…
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS. This is so useful. Great idea!A few suggestions: being able to change color &or opacity on clock image or the shading. The shadings on clock are too subtle. They get lost against black on clock. Also, how to undo “completed”. Marked in error & I don’t find way to undo. Thank you so much for this app! This is so useful. Great idea!A few suggestions: being able to change color &or opacity on clock image or the shading. The shadings on clock are too subtle. They get lost against black on clock. Also, how to undo “completed”. Marked in error & I don’t find way to undo. Thank you so much for this app! DayZen completely changed…from apps.apple.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN, I've struggled with time-blindness my whole life. ADHD means I can write 14 tasks on a to-do list and genuinely believe I'll finish them before lunch. Reality disagrees at 11 PM when everything falls apart. DayZen is my solution: your day as a 24-hour radial clock. Tasks become colored arcs. When the circle…
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