Time blindness
The ADHD brain can't feel time passing — so it monitors the clock instead of doing the work.
For the ADHD brain stuck in waiting mode
Stop losing hours to waiting mode.
Your brain locks onto the next meeting. Unstuck reads the gap, scores what's safe, and sends a hard stop before time runs out.
Unstuck is a productivity app for people with ADHD. It connects to your Google Calendar with read-only access to detect free gaps between meetings, scores which of your tasks safely fit in that gap, and sends a hard-stop notification before your next meeting starts.
- Free forever plan
- No credit card
- Read-only — we never touch your calendar
Trusted by the 127k+ r/ADHD community — the most-discussed productivity problem on the subreddit
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AllSafeSoonSkip2 of 4 tasks fit
Open gap
1h
best fit auto-selected ↓
Reply to the investor email
Safe to start · 15m
Draft the launch post
Safe to start · 45m
Pricing model deep-dive
Won't fit — skip · 2h
Rebuild the onboarding flow
Won't fit — skip · 4h
↵ Start⌘K Actions
Detects your next calendar gap·
Scores what's safe to start·
Hard-stop reminders at T-15 & T-5·
Read-only calendar access·
Built for ADHD waiting mode·
No credit card to start·
Free forever plan·
2-minute setup·
One window. Everything it does.
No new app to open. It comes to you.
Unstuck — Gap Finder
Today · 9:00–5:00
47mopen right now · before your 1:1
Find your gaps. Unstuck spots the free 30 minutes between meetings you didn’t know you had.
Unstuck Pro
A day that runs itself.
Gap Autopilot
The moment a usable gap opens in your calendar, a push arrives with the task already chosen. Free tells you when to stop — Pro tells you when to start.
Unstuck11:42 AM
A 45-minute gap just opened
“Draft the proposal” fits before your standup. It's already picked — just start.
Sent the moment the gap opens
Decide-for-me
One tap. Zero choices. The best-ranked task for this exact gap starts itself — the last decision, removed.
Decide for me
Draft the proposal
In progressOne tap · zero choices
Morning Kickoff
At your chosen hour, your day arrives pre-decided: gaps found, tasks slotted — before you've even opened the app.
Unstuck8:00 AM
Your day is decided: 3 gaps, 2h 15m recoverable
First up: “Clear the inbox” in the 40m gap before your 10am.
Before you even open the app
A goal that talks back
Set a weekly recovery target and the dashboard tracks your live pace: on pace, behind, goal met. Numbers that push back, gently.
Weekly goal
64%
On pace — 3.2h of 5h
Live pace, all week
Time audit
That 1-hour meeting costs you 3.
Every meeting casts a 2-hour waiting-mode shadow. Your ADHD brain locks on it and can't start anything in that shadow. Unstuck collapses it to a 15-minute buffer.
Without Unstuck
12hlost / week
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
9am
10am
11am
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
Meeting
Waiting mode
Time (locked)
With Unstuck
~11hreclaimed / week
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
9am
10am
11am
12pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
4pm
Meeting
15-min buffer
Usable gap
Based on a typical 5-meeting week. Heavier schedules lose more.
What happens in a gap
Your brain
keeps crashing.
ADHD executive dysfunction isn't laziness — it's a literal processing failure. The brain can't execute the “pick a task and start it” subroutine without external scaffolding. Unstuck is that scaffolding.
Before Unstuck — failure loop
With Unstuck — clean execution
brain-session — 80×24
Why we built this
Waiting mode is real. It's not laziness. It's not procrastination. It is a documented executive-function pattern that turns every gap before a meeting into paralysis.
Every other productivity tool assumes you can just start. They give you a list, a timer, a Pomodoro — and then wonder why ADHD brains stall at the first meeting of the day. That assumption fails millions of people.
Unstuck starts with the clock, not the task. We built the gap detector, the task scorer, and the hard stop first — because for an ADHD brain, knowing what's safe to start is more important than having somewhere to put the task.
One difference. Everything changes.
The pattern, documented
Task-initiation deficit
Starting is its own executive function. It stalls even when motivation and intent are high.
Now vs. not-now
ADHD time runs on two settings. A meeting later flips the whole open gap to “not-now.”
Executive-function traits recognized across ADHD research. Unstuck is built for all three.
Why it works
Built to fit the way an ADHD brain actually works.
Instant. Surfaces a task in under two seconds.
Gentle. No guilt, no streaks, no overwhelm.
Native. Lives in your menu bar — nothing new to open.
Trusted. Read-only calendar access. We never write.
47m
Open gap
Reply · 15m · fits
Works with any task list
You bring the tasks.
We bring the clock.
Unstuck is completely task-list agnostic. Paste from Todoist, Linear, Notion, or just type. The scoring engine works with whatever you bring.
Todoist
Linear
Notion
Asana
Things 3
Obsidian
Trello
Plain text
+ any plain-text task list · spreadsheet · sticky notes · brain dump
0h
of calendar lookahead, scanned for your next gap
0%
read-only — Unstuck never writes to or moves your events
0 min
from connecting your calendar to your first start
vs. the alternatives
Built for one thing.
Other apps store tasks or schedule your whole day. None of them answer the only question that matters right now: what can I safely start before my next thing?
Every other app
Unstuck
What it starts from
A task list, or a full-day auto-schedule
The gap before your next meeting
The question it answers
“What should I do today?”
“What can I safely start right now?”
Your calendar
Rearranged for you (Motion, Reclaim)
Read-only — never moved or touched
When time runs out
You lose track and run into your meeting
A hard stop at T-15, so you land clean
To get started
Migrate your whole system over
Keep your to-do app — just connect calendar
Start free — keep your to-do app
No credit card · 2-minute setup · read-only calendar
Community voices
Real people. Real gaps.
Representative experiences from the r/ADHD community
KC
Kira C. · Graphic designer
Common pattern in r/ADHD
ADHD pattern
Calendar paralysisEvery Tuesday, the 11am call owned her entire morning — she couldn't start anything real before it.
Feature that changed it
Gap detection“I used to lose the whole morning just waiting for my 11am call to pass. Unstuck shows me I have 90 minutes I can actually use. Game-changer.”
Everything it does. The core loop is free forever.
Unlimited gap detection, the full safe-to-start scorer, and the T-15/T-5 hard-stop guarantee cost nothing — forever. Pro layers on the power tools: Today's Plan, multi-calendar merge, unlimited export, the weekly report email, all-time trends, custom alert timing, API access, and Focus Rooms.
Unlimited gap detection
FreeFull safe-to-start scoring
FreeEnergy-aware task matching
FreeT-15 & T-5 hard-stop alerts
FreeReusable task templates
FreeStreaks, best-time & estimate calibration
FreeToday's Plan — every gap in your day, pre-decided
ProGap Autopilot — a push the moment a gap opens, task already chosen
ProDecide-for-me — one tap starts the right task, zero choices
ProMorning Kickoff — today's plan delivered before you even open the app
ProRecovery goal — a weekly target with live pace tracking
ProRituals — templates that queue themselves every morning
ProPersonal energy profile — scoring tuned to your daily rhythm
ProStreak Shield — one off day won't break your streak
ProHard-stop alerts in Slack & Discord
ProMonthly Review — your patterns, decoded
ProMerge multiple calendars
ProUnlimited CSV export of your history
ProWeekly recovery report email
ProAll-time trends & recovery charts
ProCustomizable hard-stop timing
ProAPI tokens & browser extension
ProFocus Rooms — live body doubling
ProCoach Dashboard — client progress & nudges
CoachMonday client digest — every client's week in one email
CoachBroadcast a nudge to every client at once
CoachPrivate session notes on each client
CoachExport client roster to CSV
CoachPricing that respects a bad week.
Annual is the default for a reason: when ADHD churn hits a rough patch, you still have access when you come back.
Free
$0
forever
- Unlimited gap detection
- Full safe-to-start scoring
- Energy-aware task matching
- T-15 & T-5 hard-stop alerts
- Reusable task templates
- Streaks, best-time & estimate calibration
- Free forever, no credit card
Most people pick this
Pro
or $9.99/mo$79.99/yrSave 33%
- Everything in Free
- Today's Plan — every gap in your day, pre-decided
- Gap Autopilot — a push the moment a gap opens, task already chosen
- Decide-for-me — one tap starts the right task, zero choices
- Morning Kickoff — today's plan delivered before you even open the app
- Recovery goal — a weekly target with live pace tracking
- Rituals — templates that queue themselves every morning
- Personal energy profile — scoring tuned to your daily rhythm
- Streak Shield — one off day won't break your streak
- Hard-stop alerts in Slack & Discord
- Monthly Review — your patterns, decoded
- Merge multiple calendars
- Unlimited CSV export of your history
- Weekly recovery report email
- All-time trends & recovery charts
- Customizable hard-stop timing
- API tokens & browser extension
- Focus Rooms — live body doubling
No credit card to start · cancel anytime
ADHD coach? The $29/mo Coach Dashboard shows your clients' progress and lets you nudge them — upgrade from Settings once you're signed in.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What is waiting mode in ADHD?
Waiting mode is the common ADHD experience where having a commitment later in the day makes it hard to start anything beforehand. The brain locks onto the upcoming event and watches the clock, so hours disappear before the commitment ever arrives. It is a time-and-calendar problem, not a willpower or motivation problem.
Is there an app for ADHD waiting mode?
Yes — Unstuck is built specifically for waiting mode. It connects to your Google Calendar (read-only), detects the gap before your next commitment, tells you which of your tasks are safe to start in that window, and sends a hard-stop reminder 15 and 5 minutes before your event.
How do I start a task when I have something later in the day?
Hand the clock to something else. Unstuck watches the time for you and fires a notification at T-15 and T-5 minutes before your next event, so your brain can stop tracking the countdown and actually begin. It also shows you which task fits the gap you have right now.
What's the best app for ADHD task initiation?
For task initiation specifically — the 'I can't start because something's coming up' problem — Unstuck is purpose-built. Unlike to-do apps or AI schedulers, it scores your tasks against the real gap before your next meeting and guarantees a hard stop, so you can safely start.
Does Unstuck change or write to my calendar?
No. Unstuck uses read-only Google Calendar access. It reads your upcoming events to find gaps and never creates, edits, deletes, or shares anything on your calendar.
Do I need to have ADHD to use Unstuck?
No. Waiting mode affects anyone with a patchy schedule — freelancers, parents, students. If a 2pm meeting tends to eat your whole morning, Unstuck helps you reclaim that time.
How much does Unstuck cost?
The core loop is free forever — unlimited gap detection, the full safe-to-start scorer, T-15 and T-5 hard-stop notifications, energy matching, templates, and pattern insights. Pro ($9.99/month or $79.99/year) adds the autopilot layer: Gap Autopilot (a push the moment a gap opens, task already chosen), Decide-for-me, Morning Kickoff, Today's Plan, a weekly recovery goal with live pace, Rituals, a personal energy profile, Streak Shield, Slack/Discord alerts, the Monthly Review, multi-calendar merge, unlimited CSV export, the weekly report email, trend charts, custom alert timing, API access, and Focus Rooms. There is also a $29/month Coach Dashboard for ADHD coaches — client progress, broadcast nudges, private session notes, a Monday client digest email, and roster export.
How is Unstuck different from Todoist, Motion, or Focusmate?
Unstuck is the 'what can I start right now, before my next thing?' layer. Todoist stores tasks; Motion auto-schedules your whole day; Focusmate gives you a body-double. Unstuck reads your calendar gap, scores which task safely fits it, and makes sure you stop in time.
What is ADHD time blindness?
Time blindness is the ADHD difficulty perceiving the passage of time — not poor organization, but a neurological gap in how the brain tracks time. It makes the clock feel invisible until a deadline is right on top of you. Waiting mode is time blindness in action: the brain can't feel how far away the next event is, so it monitors the clock constantly instead of working. Unstuck externalizes the clock so your brain doesn't need to feel time — it trusts the notification.
Why can't I do anything before a meeting with ADHD?
Pre-meeting paralysis is waiting mode: your ADHD brain treats the upcoming commitment as a live wire that demands constant monitoring, making it impossible to start anything else. It's not laziness — it's time blindness causing the brain to prioritize the future event over the present moment. The fix is handing the clock to something else. Unstuck watches the time and fires a hard stop notification at T-15 and T-5, so your brain can release the event and start working.
Get those hours back.
Connect your calendar and let Unstuck watch the clock. Free forever — no credit card.
- 01Connect Google Calendar — read-only, we never write or edit
- 02See your gaps scored in real-time — which tasks fit right now
- 03Hard stop fires at T-15 — your next meeting never sneaks up again