SceneTasks vs Tiimo: two takes on visual planning
Tiimo and SceneTasks are both visual planners built with ADHD in mind, which makes them easy to confuse and genuinely different once you look closer. Tiimo's superpower is the visual schedule: your day as a beautiful timeline with icons, colors, and gentle transitions between activities. SceneTasks' superpower is the task field: everything on your plate as living bubbles that size, fade, and pop by what actually matters.
The core difference
Tiimo answers "what am I doing right now, and what's next?" It shines when your day follows a plan: routines, timeboxed blocks, transitions. SceneTasks answers "of everything I could do, what deserves me?" It shines when the plan fell apart by 10am and you need the important thing to be visually undeniable among forty others.
Side by side
| SceneTasks | Tiimo | |
|---|---|---|
| Metaphor | Floating bubbles sized by priority | Visual timeline of your day |
| Best at | Prioritizing a crowded plate | Following a planned day |
| Neglected tasks | Fade and pop, guilt-free | Stay on the plan |
| Platforms | Web + installable PWA | Polished iOS, Android, watch apps |
| Repeats | Full engine incl. weekday patterns | Strong routine scheduling |
| Body-double / focus | Focus spotlight + timer | Focus timer with visuals |
| AI | Quick add, planning, breakdowns, your own assistant via MCP | AI-assisted planning |
| Task sync | Two-way Google Tasks + Microsoft To Do | Calendar-centric integrations |
| Price | Free plan with unlimited tasks; paid from $5/mo | Subscription |
Pick Tiimo if
Your struggle is time: starting transitions, following a routine, seeing the day's shape. Its native apps and watch experience are lovely, and a visual timeline genuinely helps time blindness.
Pick SceneTasks if
Your struggle is choosing and starting: the pile itself overwhelms you, lists rot, and out-of-sight means gone forever. Bubbles keep everything visible but honestly weighted, and the ADHD toolkit (pick-one-for-me, brain dump, decay) is built for exactly that failure mode. Plenty of people would honestly benefit from Tiimo for the day plan and SceneTasks for the backlog; if you only want one, match it to which struggle is yours.