One acorn
at a time.
Overwhelmed? Squirrel Stash helps you stash your tasks, focus on what matters, and feel good when you're done — built for the ADHD brain.
Built different. Because your brain is different.
No crushing to-do lists. No judgment. Just a calm system with real language — acorns, stashing, one thing at a time — that makes the whole thing feel less overwhelming.
Your day at a glance
Open the app and immediately see how many acorns you've collected today, your single most important task, and everything due right now — nothing more. No overwhelming backlog, no anxiety-inducing lists. Just what matters today.
Overwhelmed? Focus on one thing.
When everything feels urgent, Squirrel Stash surfaces your single most important acorn. See how long it's been waiting, how many steps are done, and decide — Focus on it, mark it Done, or skip to another one. One decision at a time.
Lock in with a timer
Pick your acorn, choose your interval — 5, 10, 15, 25, or 45 minutes — and go. The Pomodoro timer keeps you anchored to the present moment. Not feeling that task? Hit "Give me another." Need to step away? "Bail out" is always there. No guilt.
Brain dump, sorted by AI
Type — or speak — everything swirling in your head. Tasks, errands, worries, ideas, all of it. Hit "Process My Thoughts" and the AI turns your stream of consciousness into organized, prioritized acorns. Nothing gets lost. Nothing stays tangled.
Set priorities, stash your acorns
After your brain dump, quickly set Low, Medium, High, or Urgent on each extracted task before saving. Then view your full stash — complete with priority badges, due dates, step progress, and completed tasks crossed off (not deleted, because sometimes you need to remember what you did).
Big task? Tiny steps.
Tap "Break it down" on any acorn and the AI splits it into clear, numbered micro-steps. Review them, edit any that don't fit, add your own, or start over. When it looks right, hit "Looks good! Let's go" — and suddenly that impossible task has a beginning.
Built around how ADHD actually works
Lock in and go
One task. One timer. Pick your acorn, set 5 to 45 minutes, and commit. "Give me another" if it's not the right one. "Bail out" if you need to.
Brain dump, sorted
Type or speak everything on your mind. The AI organizes it into your Acorns so nothing gets lost.
Squirrel works for everyone
Homework feels less scary
Breaking assignments into tiny steps makes starting possible for kids who freeze up.
Wins that feel real
Celebrations make finishing exciting — not just a chore to survive.
Builds focus habits
Short sessions and real breaks match how kids' attention actually works.
Safe and distraction-free
No feeds, no ads, no rabbit holes. A calm tool with one job.
Let it all out
Brain dump your list in one voice note. Squirrel sorts it into acorns with priorities.
One acorn at a time
The app tells you exactly which task to start — and gives you a timer to do it.
No guilt built in
"Bail out" and "Give me another" are real options. The app meets you where you are.
AI breaks down the big stuff
One tap and you have numbered micro-steps you can actually start right now.
A tool you can recommend
Compassionate, judgment-free, and easy for students to pick up independently.
Model task breakdown
Use "Break it down" to show students how to chunk big assignments into doable steps.
Supports IEP strategies
Positive reinforcement and flexible timers complement exec function plans.
Accessible for every student
Built with VoiceOver and screen reader support from day one.
Less nagging, more independence
Give your kid a system they can run themselves.
Fewer homework battles
When tasks feel manageable, the after-school meltdowns start to fade.
No hidden risks
No social features, no ads, no addictive loops.
Built from real experience
Created by someone with ADHD — not a generic app with a label slapped on.
Ready to stash your first acorn?
Squirrel Stash is live on TestFlight — join the beta and help shape the final app
You'll need an iPhone and an Apple ID. We'll send you a TestFlight invite within 24 hours.
Nearly 30 years in accessibility. A lifetime navigating ADHD. One app built from both — because she's lived every feature she built.
Where it all started
Terri was diagnosed with ADHD at around 8 years old — back in the late 1970s, when awareness was scarce and support was scarcer. She couldn't sit still, couldn't stop talking, and struggled to keep up in a classroom that expected her to sit quietly for eight hours a day. Her grades didn't reflect her intelligence. They reflected a brain that worked differently.
"It was not because I was not smart enough — my brain just did not operate like most other kids."
Her mom stepped up. She became Terri's fiercest advocate — learning that the standard way of giving instructions simply didn't work. Telling Terri to "clean your room" was paralyzing. Too big, too vague, too overwhelming. So instead, she broke it down: First, pick up all your toys. Then the next step. Then the next.
That instinct — chunk it, prioritize it, one thing at a time — became the foundation of everything Terri built decades later.
Her journey
ADHD as a superpower
Terri doesn't frame her ADHD as a burden. The hyperactivity settled with age, but what's stayed — and what she credits with much of her success — are the strengths that grew from having no choice but to figure things out.
"Today I look at my ADHD as my superpower. I am so resilient. I have the ability to bounce back from difficulties."
Why she built Squirrel Stash
For most of her career, Terri didn't connect her own disability to the work she was so passionate about. Then her oldest daughter was diagnosed with ADHD too — and the pieces clicked.
The insight from lived experience
If you've met one person with ADHD, you've met one person with ADHD. Everyone's experience is vastly different — and most productivity tools are built for exactly one kind of brain: not ours.
The gap she kept seeing
Generic to-do apps pile on pressure. They don't break things down, they don't celebrate wins, and they don't give you a way out when you hit a wall.
Features that came from her life
Bucketing tasks, prioritizing them, one acorn at a time — these aren't product decisions. They're the exact coping strategies Terri built over decades and finally turned into software.
Built for her daughter, too
Squirrel Stash is the app Terri wishes she'd had at 8 — and the one she's glad her daughter has now.
Try the app she built from her own life
Squirrel Stash is live on TestFlight now — free on iOS