Feel like you suck at life? Get an AI buddy that proactively nudges you to get everyday stuff done. Built for ADHD minds or anyone who’s overwhelmed. It helps you actually follow through with all the crap you need to.
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⓵ Say what you need to do in chat (habits, tasks, errands).
⓶ It'll ping and pester you to actually DO the stuff.
⓷ Say “I did it” → it gets marked complete.
⓸ Brainstorm → Your AI bud is amazing at suggesting the bare minimum to get things rolling.
----- MAKE IT YOURS -----
→ Name your AI buddy to motivate you: Task Daddy? Frank? Accountability Alice? anything!
→ Customize your AI’s tone: chill, tough love, sweary.
→ Add habits + to-dos in one place.
→ Snooze reminders or ask for a later nudge.
→ Hit “Burn it Down” to reset anytime.
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You'll instantly start chatting with your AI buddy. No forms to fill out, no quizzes. Just forward motion in your own way.
Shelpful (stands for super+helpful) was built by ADHDers, certified habit coaches, tech whizzes.
----- YOU DON'T SUCK AT LIFE, YOU JUST NEED BETTER TOOLS -----
We're on a mission to create more support for people who feel like they suck at life.
> We’ve already helped over 100,000 people figure out habits and tasks. We’re excited to help you too. :)
----- IN THE NEWS -----
"Sam Altman’s venture fund invests $3M in Shelpful, using humans and AI to keep people on task."
— GeekWire
----- PEOPLE ARE LOVING THE SHELPFUL APP -----
"I feel like I have a friend in my corner who eases the demands on my memory/executive function so I can stop spinning my wheels and start getting things done." - Sarah M., shelpful member
"I absolutely love the Shelpful App. It's so cute and so funny and easy to use...I love that I can set the tone of the messages to fit me and that I can name my AI buddy which is especially nice when the notifications come on my phone." -- Dana B., shelpful member
"I use Shelpful daily and know it’s helped my self-esteem, productivity, health, and self-awareness immensely." -- C., shelpful member
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I think this app has all the right foundations to be a great tool, but it still has some limitations. I appreciate that the app team is constantly trying to evolve the product and think future iterations will just get better and better. That being said, I have had some technical issues and have been unable to get in touch with anyone to help for at least 5 weeks. I know it is a very small team, but my emails and DMs have gone unanswered and it’s a bit frustrating when my issue is something that impacts my daily use of the app. Overall I am enjoying the app but not sure I will continue to pay for an app that is seemingly unable to provide any technical support.
2.5 stars: it has potential but is still an immature LLM product
uses apps for ipad
I have a PhD in human behavioral research and use a variety of LLMs daily in professional and personal capacities. It has a good number of inaccuracies/hallucinations, as well as an inability to follow some instructions, such as not to use emojis. So it’s an LLM. For an LLM it’s pretty good, but not nearly as good as a human would be. I would urge the developers that while dialing in the model they provide free, sporadic, humans-in-the-loop, to ensure the model doesn’t do things like repeatedly promise that it can interact with you in ways that it’s clearly programmed to avoid, and so that it doesn’t miss things—either when you ask for something, like a complete list of tasks, or to undo something, like undo an item on list that it messed up. I don’t think the model is currently good enough to warrant charging more than a couple of bucks (at most) weekly. I think they should still be in the beta phase, and I hope they have good quant and qual UXRs working on improving the product. I’m undecided whether or not I’ll keep the app, but after using it for less than 24 hours I am disappointed.
ADHD Hack I didn’t know I needed
Carry lynn
I saw the creator of the app on TikTok promoting it and felt like her ADHD mom/tech energy matched mine pretty spot on so downloaded the app to try. I was skeptical since so many of these apps are cool at first but then you just kinda stop using them. Granted I’ve only had this for 2 days, but I’m using the heck out of it. It helped me remember I volunteered to take in donuts to my kids school this morning, which I had already forgot I was supposed to do. It’s also helping me chip away at my to do list daily setting me up for less chaos this weekend. I would love to see more integration with other apps I use like a shared calendar, my fitness pal, or places I order from. Also, NFC tag or smart home integration would be pretty sweet. I’m a software QA engineer by trade(for different company) and have been really impressed by the simplicity, intuitive functions, and largely bug free behavior. Good job finding a niche with AI and running with it in a clever yet obvious way!
Developer Response
Hi! thanks for sharing this. FYI: we are working on our Shortcuts integration right now so people can automate messages to their AI buddy like "I'm just got home! Ask me in 10 mins if I've had some water" -- or Ask Siri to send a message. Coming so so so soon.
Potentual
Duchessoffiaria
Has great potential. Plan to check back in several months to see if it’s improved. I really like that you can give it preferences on how it should remind you. I love that it checks in throughout the day. I asked it to be supportive and encouraging and love that if I had a rough day where I missed my targets it speaks encouragingly and helps break it down into something I can do for a quick win. what I don’t love is pretty much every time i open it it takes a looooong time to load and closing/reopening does not help. I often end up doing something else rather than waiting. I would love if it could read more nuance as well. I told it i did xyz but now i need to do abc tomorrow and it didnt ask if i wanted a reminder about abc. It was easy enough for me to say hey remind me about abc tomorrow afternoon but it would be nice if it could figure that out from the conversation. Happened a couple of times so it wasnt just a fluke that it didnt pick it up. good luck! i think this is a great idea!
***Introducing MEGA-REMIND!***
For any task, ask to be mega-reminded, and you will be nagged every ~9 minutes for up to 3 hours to make a move on it. This is great for moments like: "I HAVE to take out the trash tonight," "I'll be in hot water if I don't send this email by tonight."
***More or Less Proactive Check-ins***
Want more or less proactive pings from your AI bud? Head to the YOU tab >> AI Buddy Preferences >> Proactive Check-ins.
***Try asking "what's my shelpful report?"***
... to your AI buddy. It'll recap, sing your praises, highlight areas you could tweak.
Also, some minor bug fixes in this release.
Any feedback? Reach out to us at hi@shelpful.com -- we'd love to hear from you. We're a small team with big passion for making something that truly helps.
Version 1.9
The developer, Shelpful Inc, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Shelpful Inc
Size
50.7 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
