How AI planning works

Do digital planners actually work for ADHD?

Yes, digital planners can genuinely help with ADHD, but the benefit comes from reducing friction, not from the app itself. Studies on external supports show that offloading planning and memory onto a reliable system frees up working memory, which is often the real bottleneck in ADHD. Digital tools add advantages paper cannot: automatic reminders, easy rescheduling when plans change, and visual timelines that make time feel concrete. That said, many apps fail people with ADHD because they demand too much upkeep, like manually rebuilding schedules or maintaining streaks, so the app becomes another executive-function tax. We built Orby to be the version that sticks: you dump your goals, our AI plans your week around your calendar, warm reminders replace guilt, and missed days roll forward automatically. When the system maintains itself, the ADHD brain finally gets the offloading benefit without the upkeep cost.