Accessibility
Designed for the way ADHD and neurodivergent brains actually work.
Updated June 7, 2026Accessibility is not a checklist we ran at the end. It is one of the reasons TimeTaps exists. The app was built by Dr. Casey Simon, a licensed therapist who works with ADHD clients, around a simple belief: a focus tool should fit the brain you actually have, not the one a productivity book imagines you have.
That means accessibility here covers more than screen readers and contrast ratios, which matter deeply and which we support. It also means designing for executive function, time blindness, and the very real friction of starting, switching, and stopping. ADHD accessibility is a core design value, woven through every screen, not an afterthought bolted on later.
Our commitment
We want TimeTaps to be usable, calming, and genuinely helpful for as many people as possible, including those who use assistive technology and those whose attention and time perception work differently. We treat accessibility as an ongoing practice, not a one-time milestone.
In practical terms, that commitment shows up as concrete design choices: large and clearly tappable controls, feedback you can feel as well as see, motion you can turn down, text that scales, color that stays readable, and language that supports rather than shames. Where Apple provides a system accessibility setting, we aim to respect it rather than override it.
If something in the app or on this site creates a barrier for you, that is a bug to us, and we want to hear about it. See Feedback below.
Designed for ADHD and executive function
ADHD accessibility is about reducing the friction that gets between you and the thing you want to do. These choices are built into the free core app, not locked behind an upgrade.
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Large, clearly tappable targetsInteractive controls aim for at least 44 by 44 points, so you do not have to fight your own hands or aim at a tiny button.
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Haptic confirmation on every actionA tap is always confirmed with feedback you can feel, so you are never left wondering whether the app registered what you did.
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Color-coded time urgencyTime is shown as motion and color, not just digits, which externalizes time perception and makes time blindness easier to work with.
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Minimal navigation depthThe most important actions stay close to the surface, so getting to the timer or your plan does not become its own task.
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Visual progress everywhereStreaks, sprints, and carrots all show clear, visible progress, so momentum is something you can see building rather than something you have to imagine.
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A variety of guided breaksSix guided break activities, including box breathing, hydration, eye rest, and a quick walk, help prevent break paralysis so resting does not become its own decision to dread.
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Optional Focus LockFor moments when impulse control is hard, Focus Lock (a Pro feature) offers a soft or hardened mode to help you stay with the timer. It is always optional and always your choice.
VoiceOver and screen readers
TimeTaps is built to work with VoiceOver, Apple's built-in screen reader. Interactive elements carry descriptive labels so you know what each control does, hints for actions that are not obvious from the label alone, and values where they help, such as on sliders and pickers.
Decorative graphics, like the hamster companion when it is purely visual, are hidden from VoiceOver so they do not clutter the experience or read out meaningless detail. Our goal is for the spoken experience to feel as clear and unhurried as the visual one.
Dynamic Type
Text in TimeTaps scales with your system text-size setting. If you make text larger or smaller in the iOS Settings app, the app follows along, including the larger accessibility sizes. You should not have to squint at a timer or a task to read it.
You can adjust this on your device under Settings, then Accessibility, then Display and Text Size, or in the general Display and Brightness settings. Layouts are designed to keep working as type grows, so larger text stays readable rather than cramped or cut off.
Reduced Motion
Animation can be delightful, and for some people it can be distracting or uncomfortable. TimeTaps respects the system Reduce Motion setting. When you turn it on, the app provides calmer alternatives to its animated elements, so the experience stays gentle without losing meaning.
You can enable this under Settings, then Accessibility, then Motion, then Reduce Motion. This site honors the same preference, as described in This website below.
Color and contrast
Text and status colors are tuned to meet WCAG AA contrast guidance, so words and important indicators stay legible against their backgrounds. Both light and dark modes are fully supported, and the app follows your system appearance so it matches the rest of your device.
Color is never the only way information is conveyed. Where color signals something, such as urgency or status, it is paired with text, shape, or position so the meaning still comes through if color alone is hard to distinguish.
Haptics
Haptic feedback is a core ADHD accessibility feature in TimeTaps, not a decorative flourish. A confirming tap when you start, pause, or finish gives your brain a clear, physical signal that something happened, which can be far easier to register than a quiet visual change alone.
Because it is foundational to how the app communicates, haptic feedback is always available. It works alongside the visual and spoken cues, giving you more than one channel to rely on rather than forcing you to depend on sight alone.
Languages
TimeTaps is available in English and in Spanish (Latin American). The app follows the language you have set on your device, so if your system is set to a supported language, TimeTaps will use it automatically.
Reading and working in your own language is part of accessibility too, and we plan to keep both languages at full parity as the app grows.
This website
We hold this site to the same standard as the app. It is built with semantic HTML so its structure makes sense to assistive technology, it is fully keyboard navigable, and it shows visible focus indicators so you can always see where you are when tabbing through.
The site respects your Reduce Motion preference, dimming or removing nonessential animation when you ask for it, and it follows your light or dark appearance. We aim for WCAG AA color contrast throughout, in both light and dark modes.
Accessibility on the web is never finished, and we continue to refine these pages. If you hit a barrier here, the same invitation applies: please tell us.
Feedback
If any part of TimeTaps or this website is hard to use, confusing, or simply not working for you, we genuinely want to know. Specific reports help us fix things faster, so feel free to tell us your device, your iOS version, the assistive technology you use, and what you were trying to do.
Thank you for helping us build something that works for more people. That is the whole point.