Fight Time

AI-powered productivity app for ADHD users: breaks down tasks, estimates effort, boosts engagement with Pomodoro, meditation, and gamification—designed for long-term retention.

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🧠 Fight Time – ADHD-Friendly Productivity App

Fight Time is a calm, science-based productivity app designed to help people with ADHD start, structure, and finish their tasks—without stress.
Built by a neuroscientist, it blends AI, gamification, and mindfulness into a uniquely soothing workflow.

🔍 Inspiration

As a neuroscientist researching attention and executive function, I’ve long explored how ADHD affects task initiation and follow-through. Fight Time is built on research-backed strategies for reducing cognitive overload, improving focus, and providing meaningful rewards.

This project began with a personal need—I use Fight Time every day to manage my own tasks. It’s not just a tool; it’s my co-pilot.

🚀 What It Does

  • 💡 Uses AI to break tasks into subtasks and estimate time needed
  • 🍅 Offers a built-in Pomodoro timer with optional guided meditation before each session
  • 🧩 Rewards progress with points and unlockable collectible avatars
  • 🌸 Features a Japanese-inspired aesthetic to reduce stimulation and increase calm
  • 🔒 Runs AI and point logic locally for user privacy, using your own API key

🛠️ How We Built It

  • Frontend & Backend: Built with Bolt, enabling no-code development with pro-level flexibility
  • Deployment: Hosted on Netlify
  • AI Layer: Powered by GPT (via user’s own OpenAI API key), for task breakdown and timing
  • Gamification: Points and rewards calculated locally, ensuring full data ownership
  • Avatars: Generated using ChatGPT prompts, matching the theme and vibe

⚠️ Challenges We Faced

  • As a creator with no prior frontend/backend experience, learning platforms like Bolt was crucial to turning an idea into reality.
  • Ensuring the AI assistant felt helpful, not overwhelming or rigid.
  • Designing for ADHD required us to constantly balance clarity with stimulation—too much, and it’s distracting; too little, and it’s dull.
  • Building a gamified experience that motivates, but doesn’t guilt or pressure.

✅ Accomplishments

  • Created a working app that I personally use daily—this alone is a win.
  • Users with ADHD have shared that Fight Time helped them feel more grounded and capable.
  • Developed a privacy-respecting architecture where users own their AI interaction.
  • Proved that a scientist with no dev experience can build helpful tools using no-code + AI.

🧠 What We Learned

  • No-code + AI is an incredibly empowering combo—especially with tools like Bolt.
  • Designing for ADHD means thinking deeply about rhythm, visuals, and feedback loops.
  • “Vibe coding”—talking to your app and shaping it with intuition—is a real and valuable skill.
  • Conversations with AI can become productive collaborations when structured well.

🔮 What’s Next

  • 🧑‍💻 User accounts to save avatars and progress across devices
  • 🌀 Interactive GIF avatars that evolve and animate as users complete tasks
  • 📱 A mobile-friendly version (React Native or Flutter)
  • 🧘‍♂️ Deeper personalization in meditation and AI tone
  • 🤝 Partnering with ADHD coaches, therapists, and support communities

“The best productivity tool is one that works with your brain, not against it.”

Built With

  • apis
  • bolt.new
  • chatgpt
  • cloud-services
  • databases
  • frameworks
  • gemini
  • netlify
  • platforms
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