Mood Trackers for ADHD

 💡 Key Features in ADHD-Friendly Mood Trackers:


* **Simple interface** (color-coded, emoji-based, or sliding scales)

* **Reminders or gamification**

* **Short prompts** ("What just happened?" or "What helped?")

* Visual history over time (e.g., bar graphs or color wheels)

* Integrated tracking of related ADHD factors like:

  •   * Sleep
  •   * Medication adherence
  •   * Exercise
  •   * Hormonal cycles
  •   * Executive function wins


🧠 Examples of ADHD-Specific or ADHD-Friendly Mood Trackers:

🟪 **Apps**


1. **Daylio** – Quick, no-typing mood and activity tracker. Very ADHD-friendly due to simplicity and visual output. Daylio - Journal, Diary and Mood Tracker

2. **Bearable** – Customizable and great for tracking mood, symptoms, habits, and even meds. Has reminders and charts. Bearable Symptom Tracker App | Track Pain, Mood & Medication

3. **Moodnotes** – CBT-based journaling prompts that can help reframe distorted thinking (good for ADHD + anxiety/depression). MoodNotes - Apps on Google Play

4. **Reflectly** – Uses AI for journaling with mood tags and prompts—helps those with racing or cluttered thoughts. Reflectly - A Journal for Happiness

5. **Monumental Habit or Finch** – Great for ADHDers who need motivation to keep up daily self-care with mood check-ins. Habit Builder UI Kit


 🟨 **Paper-Based / Printable Trackers**

* ADHD-specific planners like **ADDA’s Daily Planning Pages** ADHD Planners & Tools For Organization & Productivity - ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association

or **the Panda Planner** include mood check-ins. Panda Planner | The Best Daily, Weekly & Monthly Productivity Planners

* Printable mood wheels, sticker systems, or even bullet journal layouts can work well for visual ADHDers.

✅ Clinician-Backed Tools

* **TALi Health** and **CogniFit** offer cognitive and emotional tracking for ADHD in research or coaching settings. Brain Training | Trusted by Doctors - CogniFit

* Some clients with ADHD use **CBT mood charts** with modifications (color-coding, emoji faces, brief prompts).

 


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