BALAY vs Tiimo, and who each one suits
Tiimo suits people who want a visual, colour-coded timeline of their day on almost any device, including the web, Mac and Apple Watch. BALAY, a daily companion for adults with ADHD on iPhone and Android, suits people whose capacity changes from day to day and who want the plan to start from how they are.
How do BALAY and Tiimo compare?
| Tiimo | BALAY | |
|---|---|---|
| What it plans around | A visual timeline of your day, with a focus timer | The energy you check in with, in five states |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, Android, web | iPhone (iOS 17 and later) and Android (8.0 and later) |
| Free tier | A free version on iPhone and Android | Free, which isn't a trial and doesn't expire. Up to two tasks at a time |
| AI or companion feature | AI Co-Planner: step-by-step plans with time estimates | Sumi, an AI companion, not a clinician. One conversation on Free |
| Wearable or Apple Health | Apple Watch app. Mood reflections sync to Apple Health | Apple Health on iPhone: reads context, writes cycle data. Health Connect on Android (coming) |
| Research or clinical page | Says it is rooted in executive functioning research | Sources for each finding, and what BALAY does not claim |
| Price model | Free version, then Tiimo Pro, monthly or yearly | Free, Plus at £7.99 or Ultimate at £14.99 a month, or yearly |
| Where it is made | Denmark | UK. Data stored in the EU |
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What does each app plan around?
Tiimo is built around time. Your day is laid out as a visual timeline of tasks and routines, with a focus timer to count each one down. Its AI Co-Planner turns a list into a step-by-step plan and estimates how long each step will take. Mood check-ins sit alongside, and Tiimo says they help you adjust your routine to match your energy and focus. Tiimo began in 2015 from graduate research on inclusion in Danish schools, working with families of children with ADHD, and it is still made in Denmark.
BALAY is built around energy. You check in with one of five states, Flat, Foggy, Steady, Charged or Manic, and the task list reorders so the ones you can start today are at the top. Tasks carry the energy they're likely to take. On a flat day, resting counts. The daily score only rises through the day, and skipping something never takes points away.
What if I already use Tiimo?
Stay with Tiimo if it is working. Changing planners costs more than it looks, and a routine that already holds is worth keeping.
BALAY is worth trying if the timeline tends to fall apart on the days your energy does not match it: the mornings when the plan was written for someone with more in the tank than you have. BALAY does not ask you to keep to a timeline. It asks how you are first, and the plan follows from there.
Can I use both?
You can, and they do different jobs. Tiimo can hold the shape of the day: appointments, routines and the timer. BALAY can answer the question that comes before it, which is how much you have today and which tasks fit. BALAY's Free plan includes energy check-ins, your daily score, My Day, habits, breathing and brain dump, with up to two tasks at a time and one Sumi conversation, so trying it alongside Tiimo costs nothing. If you use both, keep your full task list in one of them, or you will be maintaining two.
What does Tiimo do that BALAY does not?
Tiimo runs on iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and the web as well as iPhone and Android. BALAY is on iPhone and Android. Tiimo's AI estimates how long each step will take and builds a plan from a list; BALAY sorts tasks by the energy they take. Tiimo writes your mood reflections into Apple Health; BALAY reads from Apple Health for context and, if you turn cycle tracking on, writes your cycle data to it. And Tiimo was named iPhone App of the Year for 2025, while BALAY is new on iPhone and Android, and coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.
What is BALAY built to do?
BALAY is for the days that go wrong as much as the good ones. A plan collapsing at eleven o'clock is the normal case rather than the exception, so there is somewhere to go when it happens instead of a list quietly turning red. On Plus and Ultimate, Sumi can break a task into steps and talk through a day that went sideways. Sumi is an AI companion, not a clinician.
Connect Apple Health on iPhone, or Health Connect on Android once it arrives, and BALAY reads sleep, steps, exercise, and heart rate variability as context for your day. Leave it off and everything still works on what you log yourself. Your data is stored securely in the EU.
Who each is for
- Tiimo is for people who think in pictures and want the shape of the day laid out on a timeline, on whichever device is to hand.
- BALAY is for people whose energy changes from day to day and who would rather start from how they are than from the clock.
Common questions
It can be, for people whose hard part is energy rather than time. BALAY plans around how you are today; Tiimo plans around a visual timeline of the day. Some people will want one, some the other, and some both.
BALAY is on iPhone, iOS 17 and later, and on Android, 8.0 and later. Tiimo is on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, Android and the web.
Both have a free way in. BALAY's Free plan isn't a trial and doesn't expire: up to two tasks at a time, plus energy check-ins, your daily score, My Day, habits, breathing and brain dump, with one Sumi conversation included. Tiimo's pricing page describes a free version with a selection of planning tools, on its iPhone and Android apps.
They do different jobs. Tiimo's AI Co-Planner builds step-by-step plans and estimates how long each step takes. Sumi is a conversational companion that holds your check-ins and the challenges you've named, and on Plus or Ultimate can break a task into steps. Sumi is an AI companion, not a clinician.
BALAY is a wellness app, not a medical one. Wellness insight, not medical advice. Check with a professional for anything health-related.