iOS 797: Apps That Think Like You Do - iOS Tools for Every Brain & Workflow
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Check out the iOS apps designed for neurodiverse minds, with hosts sharing real-world favorites that make everyday productivity and focus more effortless for everyone.
- Due app: persistent reminders boost neurodiverse productivity
- Voice Dream: natural article and document audio reading for multiple languages
- Audible: audiobook platform for self-help, ADHD, and productivity content
- Forest: gamified productivity app grows virtual trees for focused work
- Endel: adaptive soundscapes and productivity timer for ADHD and focus
- Calm: sleep stories, meditation, and relaxing audio for stress reduction
- Snippety: customizable keyboard shortcuts for repeated tasks and efficient writing
- App Caps: Art of Flora puzzle game and Sonos Roam 2 portable speaker reviewed
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on iOS today, it's about time we talk about it. |
| 0:05.2 | The neurodiverse apps for your neurodiverse life. |
| 0:09.0 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:12.0 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:13.9 | From people you trust. |
| 0:16.4 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:20.5 | This is iOS Today, episode 797, with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Tuesday, March 31st, 26 for Thursday, April 9th, 26. |
| 0:33.3 | Apps that think like you do. |
| 0:35.5 | Hello and welcome to iOS today, the show where we talk all things |
| 0:38.2 | iOS, iPad OS, watchOS, home pod OS, plus all the other operating systems that Apple has to offer. |
| 0:44.4 | We love to talk about them here on the show and help you make the most of your devices. |
| 0:49.6 | And that is what we aim to do today. I am but one of the hosts of this show. My name is Micah Sargent. |
| 0:57.0 | And my name is Rosemary Richard. And I'm very excited to be here today because my brain works |
| 1:02.5 | differently to some people's brains. I think everybody's brain actually works differently. |
| 1:06.4 | And so it's just finding the things that work for you. And it doesn't matter how your brain works as long as your brain works and you can help it work even better. |
| 1:15.5 | Yes. |
| 1:16.4 | These, I think this is a really cool idea and one that, as we kind of talked about ahead of time, we haven't done precisely or exactly. |
| 1:29.9 | And so being able to talk about this and also see that Apple and its editorial team have worked on covering this is really nice. |
| 1:39.1 | And so, yeah, this week it's about apps for, you know, the neurodiverse, apps for whatever might be the reason that you need to make changes to your experience on your phone or your iPad. |
| 1:56.5 | This is what is possible. |
| 1:58.7 | And I think that when I am looking at my, like the apps that have made all the |
| 2:08.1 | difference for me, there's one app that I always talk about. And so I'm just going to briefly |
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