# Small Start: ADHD Routines > ADHD routines & focus timer: one step, reminders that don't nag. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.fireflysoftware.smallstart](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.fireflysoftware.smallstart) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.fireflysoftware.smallstart` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Ali Fırat Ünver - **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY - **Downloads:** 10 - **Version:** 1.3.1 - **Last updated:** 2026-09-03 - **First published:** 2026-07-27 - **Publisher country:** TR - **Size:** 30 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-13 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fireflysoftware.smallstart) - **Website:** [https://unverfirat.github.io/fireflysoftware/smallstart/support.html](https://unverfirat.github.io/fireflysoftware/smallstart/support.html) - **Privacy policy:** [https://unverfirat.github.io/fireflysoftware/smallstart/privacy.html](https://unverfirat.github.io/fireflysoftware/smallstart/privacy.html) ## Description An ADHD brain fights lists. That is exactly why routines are so hard to keep.

Small Start shows you one step at a time. Not a checklist you have to re-read, not
twelve boxes waiting to be ticked — one step, one timer, one big Done button.
When it's finished, the next one appears.

WHY IT WORKS

• One step on screen to focus on. The list is the problem, so it stays hidden.
• Every step gets a timer, so time stops being invisible.
• The timer runs on real clock time. Lock your phone, take a call, come back —
it never drifts.
• Every step chimes when it ends, with Done and +1 minute right there — the
phone can stay on the shelf while you brush your teeth.
• Skip and +1 minute are always there. A routine that can't bend gets
abandoned.

REMINDERS THAT DON'T BECOME WALLPAPER

Most apps send the same notification forever until you switch them off.
Small Start rotates through more than a dozen messages, so it never becomes
background noise.

And if you ignore three in a row, it doesn't nag harder — it changes the
subject and asks whether the time is wrong, then offers to move the reminder
or turn it off. Your 7:00 alarm was never going to work if you're never awake
at 7:00.

IT STARTS WITHOUT YOU OPENING THE APP

Opening an app is the same problem as starting a routine, so it doesn't insist.

• A home-screen widget shows today's routine and starts it at step one, in one tap
• While a routine runs, the step counts down in a notification you can see without unlocking

STREAKS THAT DON'T PUNISH YOU

Missing today doesn't break your streak until the day is actually over, and a
missed day is shown as a day, not a failure. A habit survives one of those. No
red, no guilt, no "you've lost your progress".

Half a routine counts as half, not as nothing: get through at least half the
steps and the day still counts. And if you walk away mid-routine, the app
offers to pick it back up where you left off.

BUILT FOR PRIVACY

No account. No sign-up. No email. No ads, ever. Your routines, steps and
history stay on your phone — never uploaded anywhere.

Your data can also leave with you. One tap exports every routine, step and
completion to a file you keep, so a new phone doesn't cost you your setup.

WHAT YOU GET

• Three ready-made routines to start in one tap — Morning, Evening Wind-down,
Getting Out the Door — all editable
• Unlimited routines and steps of your own
• Step lengths from 30 seconds to 90 minutes, or the one-tap presets
• Per-routine schedules, weekday-by-weekday
• Streaks, completion rates, a calendar of your days, and the pattern of which
weekdays actually work for you
• Measured step lengths, so the plan matches how long it really takes
• Export and import, so your routines and history are yours to keep
• Light and dark themes

TRY THE WHOLE THING FOR 14 DAYS

Everything is unlocked for 14 days. No card, no account, nothing to cancel —
we never asked for a payment method, so we cannot charge you by accident.
After that you decide, once. There's a pay-once option if you never want to
think about a subscription again.

Small Start is a timer and a routine keeper for adults living with ADHD. It
isn't a medical device and doesn't diagnose or treat anything — it's built by
and for people who find starting hard. ## Rankings - #2,816,933 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM` - `android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.fireflysoftware.smallstart.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` ## Similar extensions and apps - [StepOne: ADHD Routine Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rbachtold.stepone) — 1 users - [Now: ADHD Focus & Routines](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.davidgast.now) — 23 users - [Focusly: ADHD Routine Planner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.jg.focusly) — 1,078 users - [ADHD-Focus: Focus & Routines](https://chrome-stats.com/d/click.adhdsupport.focus) - [Nowstep: ADHD Routine Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tigerbrandsglobal.rails) — 9 users - [Tiny Steps — ADHD Task Helper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.manuelpa.tinysteps) — 459 users - [Unstuck: ADHD Planner & Focus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.fruhji.unstuck) — 113 users - [FocusDash: ADHD Task Planner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.oneprism.focusdash) — 163 users - [ADHDreminder](https://chrome-stats.com/d/uk.dabblelabs.adhdreminder) — 7 users - [Unstuck: ADHD To-Do & Focus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.djspuzzlepalace.budge) — 14 users - [Routine Planner, Habit Tracker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.alt.goodmorning) — 2,217,209 users, 4.52 / 5 - [Focus Bun](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.fundydigital.focusbun) — 18 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.fireflysoftware.smallstart)