Sensory Budget reads your calendar and sleep, prices each thing on it, and shows where your energy is heading before you hit empty.
Download it today, on iPhone and iPad.
Spoon theory
Spoon theory was named by Christine Miserandino. You start each day with a limited number of spoons, and everything you do spends some: a meeting, a loud shop, a phone call. Rest gives a few back.
Sensory Budget does the counting for you. Your calendar, your sleep and your own answers set the price of each event, rest gives some back, and you see what you'll have left tonight. The ring counts from 0 to 100, so a short call and a long meeting don't cost the same.
One number, 0 to 100, that learns you.
Each morning starts from your sleep, heart data from Apple Health if you have it, and the last few days. It starts from what is typical and moves toward you every time you answer. It asks about two events a day at most, plus a short evening check-in. It gets more accurate the more you use it.
A three-hour family dinner takes 14. The dentist takes 8. A standup takes 3.
What today will costHow long it runs, how many people, how little room around it. "Why this score" explains the number in plain words, and you can correct any of it.
You hear about a demanding event before it starts. Live now tells you when the last two hours cost more than your morning plan expected, like a loud afternoon or a meeting added last minute. Each kind of nudge has its own switch, with quiet hours and a rest day.
Plan finds breaks in your day, picked from what restores you. Start the timer, watch the water, tap "Did it" when you're done. If moving or shortening an event would help, it says so. It never edits your events.
On Sunday evening, or any time, see which days look heavy and why. Adding something new? Find a lighter day shows days where it would weigh less. You move it. The app never does.
When you're running low, one tap opens a short message you can edit and share, like "I'm running low today. Texts are easier than calls." The app never sends anything itself.
Make a PDF of your last 30 or 90 days for a doctor, therapist or workplace: what costs you most, what helps, and patterns in plain words. It's made on your phone, and only you choose who gets it.
Ask Siri "What's my budget?", start a quiet hour, log a break or say how today went. Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets show your number and how the day is likely to end. A Focus filter keeps Sensory Budget quiet while a Focus is on.
Works without a wearable. A watch or ring that writes to Apple Health makes the morning number more accurate. Apple Watch adds noise and heart rate.
Who it's for
ADHD included. If an ordinary day takes more out of you than it seems to take out of others, this counts it.
Busy parents, people in burnout, and anyone who is always tired and wants to see why.
See the heavy days before they arrive, and bring a clear summary to the people helping you.
Private by design
Usage analytics, handled by PostHog, show us which screens and buttons get used and how your ratings compare with our estimates, never an event title, anything you typed or a Health reading. In the United States they are on until you turn them off; everywhere else the app asks first.
Sensory Budget Pro
The app's first 14 days are its calibration period, and the trial is the same length, so you never pay before it's done.
For iPhone and iPad. On Android? It's on the way.
Paid through your Apple Account when the trial ends. Renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel any time in Settings.
Sensory Budget