Talk into your phone. KeptMind listens, sorts your thoughts into clear next steps, and nudges you only when it matters.
Sunsama assumes time-blocking; KeptMind assumes you need help starting from a messy head. The fundamental difference is when each tool is most useful: Sunsama shines during a structured morning planning ritual when executive function is available; KeptMind shines throughout the day when thoughts arrive unpredictably and executive function varies. For ADHD adults whose planning rituals break down on bad days, a capture-first tool provides a floor that time-blocking cannot.
Sunsama is premium-priced at ~$16/month with no free tier — you pay before knowing whether the planning ritual will survive your worst week. KeptMind free tier covers voice capture; Plus adds SMS/call nudges for critical work. The risk profile is different: KeptMind lets you validate the workflow before paying, which matters for ADHD adults who have a history of subscribing to tools they abandon within two weeks.
For ADHD adults who have abandoned multiple productivity tools, the subscription cost of Sunsama represents a higher-stakes bet. If the morning planning ritual breaks down within two weeks, you are paying for a tool you do not open. KeptMind's free tier removes that risk — capture works regardless of whether you maintain a planning ritual, and the tool remains useful even on days when structured planning does not happen.
Sunsama is built around a daily planning ritual: each morning you pull tasks from integrations (Asana, Linear, Gmail, Notion) into a time-blocked day. The shutdown review at end of day is also built in. For ADHD adults who time-block reliably, this is a strong planning layer that consolidates multiple sources into one view.
The weakness for ADHD: Sunsama assumes you start the day with enough executive function to run a planning ritual. On low-energy days, the planning ritual itself becomes the task that does not happen — and without it, Sunsama provides no structure for the day. The tool is only as reliable as your worst-day planning capacity.
Use KeptMind as the capture layer for thoughts that arrive outside the planning ritual — mid-meeting, mid-commute, mid-sleep. When the Sunsama morning ritual fires, pull captured KeptMind tasks into the day alongside your calendar integrations. KeptMind preserves the thought; Sunsama places it in time. The two tools handle different temporal modes: KeptMind is always-on capture; Sunsama is once-daily structured planning.
On days when the planning ritual does not happen, KeptMind's energy-aware Today list keeps the most important work visible without requiring a structured morning block. The two tools degrade differently on bad days — and having both means a bad Sunsama day is still a functional KeptMind day. The fallback matters more than the ceiling.
The morning planning ritual is Sunsama's core value proposition — but it is also its single point of failure for ADHD users. When the ritual happens, the day is structured and productive. When it does not happen, there is no fallback. KeptMind does not require a ritual: tasks surface based on energy level regardless of whether you ran a morning planning session.
For ADHD adults who maintain planning rituals 5-7 days per week, Sunsama is excellent. For those who maintain them 2-4 days per week, the gap days need a fallback system. KeptMind fills that gap: on ritual days, it feeds Sunsama; on non-ritual days, it runs independently with energy-aware task surfacing.
The honest question to ask yourself: how many mornings per week do you currently complete a structured planning session? If the answer is fewer than five, you need a tool that works without the ritual — not a tool that makes the ritual prettier.