Indy - AI support for your ADHD, not just your to-do list
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Indy is a free, AI-powered ADHD support app designed for how ADHD brains actually work. Informed by behavioral science and insights from 80,000+ coaching sessions, Indy uses adaptive systems and structured prompts to help you stay connected to what matters through future-mapping, daily scaffolding, and guided reflection.
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Really like the framing of “not just a to-do list”.
Curious what you’ve noticed around when structure helps vs. when it hurts – especially for ADHD.
In my experience, some thoughts need a place to linger before they’re ready to become tasks at all.
Shimmer ADHD
@dmitry_petrakov Yes, totally and great point! We actually have two input styles - one structured for morning / night, and one for "quick adds". We've found that the usage from our beta users was about 50 / 50 for those two input formats! We're also working on ways to improve memory so that Indy better holds on to things and surfaces them in the right context so you don't need to remember them all but also don't need to open up an overwhelmingly long list!
@christal That 50/50 split is fascinating — it really reinforces the idea that
people don’t live in one mode.
What resonated for me is the “don’t make me remember, but don’t overwhelm me” tension.
It feels like the real work is not capturing more, but surfacing things
only when the context is right.
Curious how you think about decay or fading over time –
do some inputs naturally lose importance if they’re not revisited?
iMemo
We need more apps like this! Thanks from a fellow ADHDer 🙋🏻♀️
Shimmer ADHD
@berins Thanks so much Berin and really appreciate your support for Indy!!
I am loving Indy so far. Having a guiding theme for my week and then checking in every morning and evening is proving to be the structure. I need to get more done and also notice the wins from the day.
Shimmer ADHD
@laura_boggess So glad to hear it's been helpful! Definitely let us know if there's anything we can ever do to improve the experience for you as you use Indy!
Shimmer ADHD
@laura_boggess So glad you're enjoying Indy and getting value from it. Proud of your progress and excited for the future for you!!
I've been using Indy since it became available on Play Store and I love the daily checkins. It's like having that friend I always needed to check in on me, remind me of my values, my goals. This is what I've been trying to accomplish using all the notion templates and journals under the sun.
Truly fantastic job.
Shimmer ADHD
@elcicneha Thanks so much for the support Neha! Glad you're loving the daily planning/reflection chats, let us know if you ever have any feedback about them as you continue to use Indy! :)
Shimmer ADHD
Shimmer ADHD
@trina_haynes Couldn't have scaled our impact without you and making Indy what it is today!
Shimmer ADHD
Hi, everyone! I’m Elisabeth, the Product Designer of the team.
Indy is not just another ADHD tool. There are plenty of productivity lists, calendars, and trackers. The Indy experience is instead rooted in narrative and vision, to help you identify the meaning behind doing any of those things on your lists, calendars, and trackers. This is something you experience on a deep level when working with a professional Shimmer ADHD coach.
To communicate the depth of the experience, we explored a celestial, dark-mode aesthetic with a lot of clean, open space that helps the ADHD mind focus on one thing at a time.
We hope you download and enjoy the app as we continue to evolve the UI and features to deliver more value and delight!
Shimmer ADHD
@elisabethbridges The celestial theme is SO beautiful, you absolutely crushed it Elisabeth! Can't wait for future features and how we extend this theme!
Indy is game-changing. I have been using it since its launch and I am seriously so grateful for it. Came across it through @christal's page and cant thank you enough!
The design is very clean and intuitive. It was easy to get started and to keep using it consistently.
The 'Lifeline' exercise is my favorite feature so far. Having my goals and dreams for the future mapped out in categories really help anchor it and I love how the app reminds me of these when solving problems or setting daily goals.
The messaging feature was a bit tricky to get used to. Since AI chat apps usually let you ramble. But I am starting to see its strength in helping me stay focused, reduce overwhelm, and explore new possibilities.
Looking forward to seeing how the app keeps generating insights and patterns that would help me in the long term.
Shimmer ADHD
@sruthy_sasi so glad you found us through Chris's page and thank you so much for giving us a try! We definitely went back and forth between allowing our AI to talk at length or not, but decided that the limitation would help with the structure and push forward a lot of our beta users were needing.
Really hope Indy can continue to help you tackle the day-to-day responsibilities and keep moving forward towards your goals!
@vikram_sreedhar Absolutely! uncomfortable does not mean bad. This looks like the gentle structure we needed afterall.
Curious to see how Indy could support someone sort of 'falling of the wagon' or having a stretch of bad or low to no activity days? I have noticed a shame in going back to the app when a couple of days didn't go as expected. Would it gently nudge us back or do we need to take the first step back? Thank you for your answer
Indy has been very useful in just helping me track some of my learnings about how I work best and identifying blind spots or things I hadn’t considered. It’s become a part of my morning routine!
Shimmer ADHD
@tiasabs Thanks so much Lavanya! Love that Indy is being integrated that way into your day, and we'll make sure to keep improving it's pattern recognition!
Techintern.io
Congrats!
Shimmer ADHD
@kingsongchen Thanks so much Kingsong!!
Wow, Indy looks amazing! The focus on future-mapping is exactly what I need. How does the AI personalize the daily scaffolding based on my past reflections? This could be a game changer!
Shimmer ADHD
@jaydev13 Great question! Our AI tracks what you mention in your reflections and is able to recollect them during your daily planning chats, so it would recall what you were working on before or what you wanted to adjust from the previous day(s) and personalize the support around that rather than just generically helping you plan your day.