Burnout Buddy Burnout Buddy"Trying harder" is the thing that put you here, and nobody has ever offered you another tool. So I built one. Meet Brian, who keeps you company while you move through burnout, for as long as it takes. On the bad days that is two minutes.
Burnout rarely arrives with a warning label. It creeps in, and by the time you notice you are already flat. With Burnout Buddy you might start noticing your own patterns a little earlier.
Burnout Buddy was made with late-diagnosed neurodivergent adults in mind, the ones worn out from years of masking. Brian never tells you what is wrong and never acts on your behalf. He keeps you company while you work out what you need. Whether you are deep in it right now or simply want to spot your patterns earlier, he meets you where you are.
Most of us cannot read our own patterns from the inside. These are the parts that hand that back to you.
Talk to Brian in a calm written conversation and he helps you see what is going on underneath. When something matters he offers one small doable thing to rest, and you decide whether it fits today. He suggests. He never tells you what to do. He only keeps something in your diary if you say yes.
What you noticed, how often and when, with a short reflection in Brian's own words. Plain counts you could recount by hand, never scores and never verdicts. The "oh, so that is what has been happening" you cannot reach from inside a hard week.
When a GP or therapist asks how the last few months have really been and your mind goes blank, this is your answer. Months of what you noticed, in your own words, ready to print and take with you. Choose the period and add anything you want to say. It stays yours.
An easy flow from how you are feeling, in plain words, to the kind of rest you might be short of. One tap at a time, made for bad brain days.
Real things to try across every kind of rest, in three sizes from about two minutes to an hour, built around the seven types of rest identified by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith. Never AI-generated, always with alternatives for different bodies and sensory needs.
Type it or speak it. Voice notes become text and the audio is never kept. Tap mood words and body signals rather than hunting for language. It works offline and catches up when you are back.
A tiny door for catching a good moment before it evaporates, plus a screen of only the good ones to read back on a hard day.
Little written permissions to rest, keepable and shareable, because most of us need it in writing before we believe it.
Nothing wellbeing-related is stored without your say-so. Say no and the app still works. Turn it off any time and new remembering stops.
Works in any browser and installs to your home screen. No passwords, just a login link or a six digit code. No streaks, no nagging, nothing that scolds you for missing a week.
No streaks to chase, no notifications nagging at you and nothing that demands closed eyes, silence or stillness. Miss a week and nothing scolds you. Brian meets you where you are, on the days that are good and the days that really are not.
That is me. Two and a half minutes.
Seeing what kind of rest I actually need helps me rest better, and get a better idea of what might help when I’m overstimulated and don’t know what to do. Talking to Brian helps put things in perspective. All in all I really like Burnout Buddy, it’s a great help.
The app is really good. It does what it says on the tin. It’s really easy to use and each section provides helpful hints catered to how much time you have spare. I couldn’t ask for anything better.
You cannot always see your own patterns from the inside, and when someone asks how the last few months have been you go blank. With Burnout Buddy you end up with a record in your own words. It shows you what is really going on and hands you something clear to take to a GP or therapist. It gives you back a bit of clarity and a bit of proof that you are not imagining it.
No, and that is the whole point. There are no streaks, no reminders nagging at you and nothing that guilt-trips you for missing a day. It is there when you reach for it and silent when you do not. Ignore it for two weeks and pick it back up with nothing lost and nothing to catch up on.
Because it is built for exactly that. It is low-demand by design, made for bad brain days rather than good ones, with nothing to keep up and nothing to break. It asks nothing of you on the days you have nothing to give.
Your first 7 days are £1. After that it is £4.99 a month, so your support carries on without a gap. Cancel any time and you will not be charged again.
£4.99 is the founding rate. Anyone who subscribes on or before 31 October 2026 pays £4.99 a month and keeps that rate for as long as they stay subscribed, however long that is. From 1 November the price for new subscribers is £7.99 a month. Nothing about your rate changes because somebody else joined later.
One tap inside the app. No forms and no emails. You keep access to the end of the period you have paid for.
No. If you are a member of Reclaim Your SELF: The AuDHD Self Discovery Hub, Burnout Buddy is already included with your membership. Have a look at the Hub.
Yes please. Use the same email to buy and to log in, so the app knows it is you and lets you straight in. You sign in with a login link or a six digit code, so there is no password to remember.
There is no App Store faff. Burnout Buddy is a web app, so you just open your private link and you are in. If you would like it to feel like a normal app, you can add it to your home screen in two taps: on iPhone open the link in Safari, tap Share then Add to Home Screen, and on Android open it in Chrome, tap the three dots then Add to home screen. That pops a little Brian on your home screen, ready when you need him.
No. Burnout Buddy is a companion for rest and reflection. It is not a medical device, not therapy and not a crisis service. If you are struggling, please reach a qualified professional.
Late-diagnosed neurodivergent adults, often AuDHD, who are tired of tools that ask too much. It is plain, low-demand and easy on a worn-out brain.
Start today for £1 and let Brian keep you company.
Try Burnout Buddy for £1