Built on published research

Your ADHD brain doesn't need another timer.
It needs a plan.

Ebbi is a focus companion built on published research. Designed to work with how ADHD brains actually function. No punishment. No shame. Built on science.

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Ebbi planning an afternoon with tasks and resets

Ebbi focus session timer with countdown ring

The problem

You've tried everything.

Timers that punish you when you check your phone.

To-do lists that grow faster than you can cross things off.

Apps that treat focus like willpower when it's actually neuroscience.

How it works

Three steps. Zero friction.

Plan

List your tasks with time estimates. Name your breaks: laundry, a walk, whatever resets you. Ebbi builds your complete schedule automatically.

Focus

Ebbi guides you through each task with calming soundscapes and a gentle timer. Fall behind? Your schedule recalculates instantly. No shame. Just an updated plan.

Review

See what you accomplished, one session at a time. Over time, you'll understand your brain's rhythm and work with it, not against it.

Features

Designed for how your brain actually works

Every core mechanic traces to published research, and where the evidence is thin, we say so.

Labeled Breaks

Name your breaks: 'Switch the laundry,' 'Walk the dog.' Productive breaks reset your brain without losing momentum.

Auto-Split Big Tasks

A 90-minute task feels impossible. Six 15-minute blocks with resets in between? Doable. Ebbi splits it for you, and one tap picks a different number of blocks.

Focus Soundscapes

13 soundscapes including noise colors, rain, ocean waves, lo-fi music, and more. On iPhone, core sounds are generated live on your device from math; on Android, the same sounds are pre-rendered and stored in the app. Powered by Reforge audio technology. Patent Pending

No Streaks, No Shame

No streak to protect, no 'overdue' label, no guilt for an off day. Miss a session and Ebbi just hands you an updated plan. Every new day starts clean.

Live Time Projection

See exactly when you'll finish. If you run over, everything recalculates. No spiral. Just a new plan.

Estimate Accuracy

Ebbi compares each task's planned time with how long it actually ran, on iPhone and, in the latest version, on Android, and Pro shows the pattern in your estimates over time. Android sessions recorded before that update show planned times only.

Research

Every core mechanic cites its sources

We read the published research and build from there, and where the evidence is thin, we say so.

Structured Breaks

A 2025 scoping review of the Pomodoro technique in students found that structured timed breaks consistently improved focus and reduced mental fatigue, compared with self-paced breaks.

Ambient Sound & Reforge

Each soundscape has its own research page with the evidence behind it. Our patent-pending Reforge engine generates audio from math.

The Shame Loop

In adults with ADHD, low self-compassion helps explain poorer mental health. In the general population, procrastination goes with lower self-compassion and higher stress.

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Meet the founder

Built by someone who gets it

Paul Fernkopf

Founder, Forge Hut LLC

Paul has ADHD and a learning disability that makes processing written text a daily negotiation. Every productivity app he tried assumed his brain worked like everyone else's. So in 2011, he built his own system on paper. It worked for fifteen years before he had the tools to turn it into Ebbi. Every core mechanic traces to published research, and the method at its heart was tested for years on the brain that needed it most.

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