Track your energy.
Find what's draining you. Built for autistic burnout.

Spoons is a one-slider energy tracker app for autistic adults.

Tuesday: 8 energy.
Wednesday: 2.
Why?

Autism energy tracker built by an autistic warehouse worker.

One slider to track energy. Takes 3 seconds.
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Works offline. No accounts required.
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No neurotypical assumptions.
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Built by an autistic adult who needed this to survive sensory hell.

Apple store link to download "Spoons - Autism Energy Tracker" on app store.Apple store link to download "Spoons - Autism Energy Tracker" on play store.
Available now on iOS and Android.

Diagnosed, self-identified, or still figuring it out.
✓ 90-day free trial • iOS + Android • $2.99/month
✓ Regional pricing available for 45+ countries
✓ Log energy (0-10 range)
✓ Daily history (grouped by day)
 ✓ Export CSV

One slider. No setup. No accounts.

Open → Slide → Release (auto-saves)

Spoons app energy slider involves 1-10 slider functionality, simple and contrast-friendly interface.
No decisions required.

Built for low-energy moments

A slider to track your energy from a scale of 0 to 10. Auto saves upon release. No onboarding. No tutorials. Just tracking.

Spoons app 14-day energy history with CSV export button. Real usage data showing 30 warehouse shift logs on Saturday
Evidence you can use.

For accommodations, boundaries, or just understanding yourself.

Track your energy over time. Spot what drains you — masking, noise, transitions, or change — and what brings you back. Rest, stimming, or spending time alone. See the patterns that usually stay invisible.

Spoons calender view feature: View energy data from past 12 months to discover energy impacts over time.
Discovery which months hit the hardest.

Discover how your energy is improving, declining, or stablizing over time.

View your energy data from the past 23 months to discover how your enviornment is impacitng your energy long term.

Spoons reflection card feature
Reflection cards surface your patterns automatically.

Discover which days and months tend to drain you the most.

Notices patterns from your data spanning across days, weeks, and years. This helps to pinpoint patterns such as which days are the most exhausting, or days that are usually left demanding, and more.

Built by an actually autistic adult

I work a warehouse job and track my energy daily. I built this when everything else was too draining or too complicated to use.

I've also been in burnout for over 6+ years, and needed to build this since accomadations at home and work failed me.

Simple, honest pricing. No surprises.

What's included

  • ✓ Track energy (0-10 slider)

  • ✓ Track shutdowns, meltdowns, and recovery periods

  • ✓ See what drains you, how long recovery takes, and whether burnout is getting better or worse

  • ✓ View reflection cards that surface patterns from your data automatically and gets stronger over time.

  • ✓ Works offline, data stays with you

  • ✓ Price locked forever — never goes up.

FAQ

Real answers for real exhaustion

Get the facts on tracking energy, how it works, and who it’s for.
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Quick Answers
Price: $2.99/month, 90-day free trial
Works offline:Yes (internet only needed for subscription)
Export & Import data: Anytime, even after cancellation
Support: hello@getspoons.app
‍Detailed answers below ↓

What is the Spoons app?

Spoons is an energy tracking app made by an autistic adult for autistic adults.

It does only one thing: Lets you log your current energy level using a 0-10 slider. That’s it.

Spoons allows you to track your energy levels at any time and over time to (or throughout the day even) notice drains or patterns you may not have noticed otherwise.

Over time, reflection cards appear that surfaces patterns from your data automatically and gets stronger and more specfic over time.

What it DOES:

• Log energy immediately upon starting the app (Automatically saves when you release your finger)

• View energy log data from the past 14 days (Listed from earlier logs of the day, to latest.)

• View weekly (Past 7 days) and monthly (Past 30 days) average energy data to spot trends in your own energy.

• Export data at any time to view all energy logs since logging the first time or Import previous data (To use and reference past data due to reinstalling or switching devices)

• Works offline for all core features (logging, history, export/import). Internet is only required for subscription validation, restoring purchases, or accessing external links.

What it DOES NOT do:

• No gamification or achievements (no streaks, no badges, no "you logged your energy for the first time" pop-ups)

• No accounts (Importing and Exporting data covers this entirely)

• Track or collect your energy data (logs stay on your device only)

• Data sharing with third parties

• No unpredictable animations or transitions

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How does Spoons help with autistic burnout?

For those that are currently in burnout:

  • Energy tracking can help notice subtle drains (Which can easily add up to be significant over several days, or even just one day) that can contribute to the length of burnout lasting longer.
  • Alternatively, you can also track how regulating activities such as stimming or periods of rest in a calm, quiet area with no masking demands can help improve your energy over time, and slowly being able to partake in things you want to do again.

For those that are currently not in burnout:

  • Energy tracking provides clarity on engaging in regulating activities (Such as stimming, or special interest engagement) as well certain events that can contribute to sensory overload (Such as a sudden shout from across the room, or a brief period of an unpredictable schedule at work).
  • Being able to notice these trends early through tracking can allow you to accommodate yourself much earlier (Such as planning ahead, and possibly asking managers at work to be placed in a more predictable area, as hard as that sounds).
  • This especially helps with noticing and minimizing these drains to avoid them being present for extended periods of time over days, weeks, months or even years, which contributes to burnout over time.

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Who is Spoons for?

If you’re someone who also experiences shutdowns, meltdowns, or is currently in burnout, this app is made for you, by an autistic adult who experiences the exact same thing on a daily basis.

Whether formally diagnosed, self-identified, or still figuring it out.

I was motivated to create Spoons due to dealing with constant sensory overload due to noise, unpredictability, and masking fatigue, which has contributed to me being in burnout for over 5 years.

"Accomadations" not just in the US but in general for us autistic adults are frankly a joke, and majority of the time it is up to us to navigate and figure out this mess ourselves.

Me creating Spoons was a direct response to that direct frustration all of us have every single day.

How do I actually use it?

After tapping “I agree” upon opening the app for the first time, you are immediately brought up to the slider.

Getting started is made to be as frictionless as possible.

1. Tap and hold on the tap target on the slider

2. Drag to where you feel your current energy level is ("How much energy do you have right now?")

3. Release and upon doing so, saves your energy log immediately. The simplicity is the whole point.

  1. Over time, in the calendar view, called "Reflection cards" will surface patterns based on your energy data over time, and can be specfic as "Your mondays tended to be lowest day of the week for you" Or "This previous month "November" has been less exhausting than it was for you in this year. This allows us to better plan which days are most exhasting, less exhausting that better align with our energy.

History view: The previous 14 days of energy tracking data will be listed right below the slider, you can tap on each box at any time to view data for that following day, shown from earliest to latest.

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Can I track shutdowns and meltdowns?

Yes. But not directly as a metric, allow me to explain!

Spoons doesn't have a metric that tracks "shutdowns" or "meltdowns". This is unrealistic to predict with software in my opinion, but specfically with the presented data on the app, or alternatively (In conjuction with) the use of reflection cards, which can bring up short-term and long-patterns patterns from the past few weeks, months, or even years, can surface messages like
* "Your energy started low, and did not improve as the rest of the day goes on" - Could indicate periods of a shutdown, a persistent period of low energy. Spoons does NOT directly point or validate that it is burnout, meltdown, shutdown etc.

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What happens if I track for months or years?

There is value to this for several reasons:

• You build a recovery record. If you’ve been in burnout for years from constant masking or sensory overload, tracking over time shows how long recovery actually takes — not how long you think it should take. Reflection cards can typically point out if previous months have been getting easier than the former over time.

• If certain special interests or periods of stimming help replenish your energy, tracking it over months and years can help you be aware on what helps you recover from high-intensity masking days or unpredictable moments at work. Such as improved energy moments.

It also tracks the inevitable exhausting days you have to tank. An unexpected meeting. A noise you can’t block. Wearing earplugs all day but eventually having to take them off due to pressure fatigue. Those still happen and is almost inevitable for majority of us. Tracking shows what your energy looks like days later — even when the exhaustion is still significant.

The longer you track, the more you can see: what drains you most, how long recovery takes, what actually helps you recover, and whether anything is actually changing.

Burnout (Which most of us experienced at least once) makes it very difficult for us to do this manually Aka: Interoception, which is the ability to reflect on how we feel, both mentally and physically.

So in a way, externalizing it through Spoons makes it considerably easier to do, despite it still being difficult for us.

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What's the difference between autism fatigue and regular tiredness?

Autism fatigue is a persistent feeling of physical and mental exhaustion. Things such as forgetting what you were planning to do (even just seconds ago), not being able to talk or interact with anyone even if you wanted to, and higher sensitivity to sensory stimuli. This feeling is so significant that sleep sometimes doesn’t even help at all.

Regular tireness could be tied to sleep, but usually with a decent enough night of sleep or two, energy is often at times much more manageable as well as stress.

Autistic fatigue is a lot more difficult to manage as it stems from constant nervous system overload and stress, and over time, this stress persists for months to potentially even years, known as autistic burnout.

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How private is my data?

Spoons does not track your activity or store your energy data on any servers. Your logs stay on your device. — There is no backend. Your energy logs never leave your device.

The app's only network activity is subscription validation through RevenueCat (which communicates with Apple/Google). Your energy logs and personal data are never transmitted to anywhere or anyone.

Note: If you enable iCloud or Google device backups, your logs may be included. See our Privacy Policy.

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Do you use cookies?

The site uses one required Cloudflare security cookie (specifically _cfuvid) to keep the website reliable and block abuse. No marketing or tracking cookies.

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Does it work offline?

Yes. All your energy data is stored on your device. The app checks subscription status through RevenueCat when online, but logging energy, viewing history, and exporting data all work without an internet connection.

Can I export my data?

Yes, at any time even if you don’t have an active subscription.

1. Scroll to the bottom of the app (below the history section)

2. Tap Export all data

3. When you export, pulling up your CSV such as on Google Sheets for example will list Date, Time, and Energy. Every entry you've logged since you started using Spoons will be listed here.

Can I import my data?

Yes, also works even if you don’t have an active subscription.

1. Tap the settings icon at the top right

2. Tap import data

3. Select your Spoons export data (It should import any data you previously exported right onto the app. Any energy logs from the export from the past 14 days will be immediately listed on the list view once import has done. It should only take a few seconds.)

Recommended: Export regularly (monthly or before switching to a new device) so you always have a backup.

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How much does it cost?

$2.99/month or $29.99/year. 930-day free trial.

I am considering lifetime purchasing options that will remain permenant however long Spoons is available as a paid product. Stay tuned! 

What happens after the trial?

After trial ends, you can:

✓ View all your past entries

✓ Export & import your data anytime (CSV, no restrictions, forever)

✓ Keep the app installed (All your logs stay on your device forever)

✓ View reflection cards and past data at any time.

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What you CAN’T do:

✗ Log new energy entries (That's literally it!)

If you resubscribe later:

✓ All your old data is still there

✓ Same price (Fair price promise (FPP) Ensure price does not go UP for anyone, only the price can remain the same or adjusted downwards.)

✓ Pick up right where you left off (Either importing previous data or keeping app installed.)

Your data never disappears. Subscription just controls whether you can add new entries.

Reflection cards still surface during this time, so you can still get value from previous data for a while without having to pay anything.

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What if Spoons shuts down?

There is no server, so energy logs are stored only on your device — they literally cannot be sent anywhere because there's nothing to send them to.

If Spoons ever closes: 90 days notice, we will request refunds for unused subscription time through Apple/Google and provide full instructions to help you request them, and the app code gets released publicly so the community can maintain it.

Your logs can’t disappear from a shutdown because they were never anywhere but your phone.

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What if I forget to cancel my trial?

Spoons doesn't ask for payment info to start the trial, so there's nothing to forget to cancel. (Note: Apple or Google may require a payment method on your account depending on their policies — that's their requirement, not ours.)

The trial starts once you tap "I agree" on the agreement screen.

Will you offer regional pricing?

Yes! Fair pricing is set across 46+ countries, ,based on local purchasing power.

Your App Store or Google Play shows your exact local price before you subscribe. No surprises.

Examples (monthly): (Updated as of June 9th 2026)

  • United States: $2.99
  • India: ₹179 (~$1.46)
  • Philippines: ₱89 (~$1.45)
  • Brazil: R$9.99 (~$1.93)

I manually set each individual monthly and yearly price to be as affordable as possible.

Why a subscription instead of one-time purchase?

Three reasons:

1. The app stays simple

‍ — A one time subscription puts pressure to add ads on the app, restrict features (such as the history view, export, import) on a paywall to compensate for the unpredictable revenue. Given how simplistic an app like Spoons is, this is unnecessary and ends up downgrading the experience by locking features for no reason just to force you to pay.

2. Allows the mission to scale properly and be sustainable over time

‍— An autism adult diagnosis for one person is $2,000–$3,500, sometimes even more for certain metro clinics. (Up to $5000) One time purchases at a reasonable price (such as $20) puts constant pressure to monetize (Such as add ad's) and severely impacts the long term sustainability and longevity of the diagnosis fund for Spoons, gradually reducing both the quantity and quality of diagnoses funded.

This also impacts the long-term safety of me being able to run this properly, because if I can’t afford to live or maintain Spoons as product, how am I gonna fund any diagnosis at any point?

3.Lifetime codes planned for individuals diagnosed with support of Spoons

Lifetime codes are planned for individuals who's evaluation is paid for by Spoons, and diagonsed proves that they are autistic.

The code can be used at any time, forever.

Obviously charging those of us who went through an exhaustion process just to get answers, regardless of wether it was paid for or not, is not a very respectful thing to do in my opinion.

Note: With this being said, I am still considering lifetime purchasing options very soon, as most of us including myself are obviously "subscription-fatiqued" and would prefer to own Spoons completely, and if Spoons can't sustain itself financially for any reason, they app would be free anyways.

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Where does my subscription money go?

Approximately:

  • ~15% → Platform fees (Apple/Google)
  • ~33% of what remains → Taxes
  • 40% of after-tax income above a $48K sustainability floor → Diagnosis funding
  • The rest → Founder sustainability + maintenance

Annual impacts will start once sustainability threshold has been reached, covering the actual allocation and diagnoses funded.

I'm expecting this to be a slow process as Spoons is very new and unproven as a product, but in the best-case scenario it does suceed, a portion of that income can be used to contribute, even slightly to a problem impacting millions of us on a severely flawed system. (Expensive, exhausting, time-consuming.)

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Exact percentages may vary slightly — Apple and Google take different platform fees, and tax rates differ by country.

The 40% allocation may increase over time if Spoons as a business continues to grow income-wise and possibly even overperforms.

Alternatively, if Spoons underperforms, the 40% allocation may be temporarily reduced during genuine financial hardship — but never quietly.

I'll publicly disclose that a reduction happened, why, and when I expect to resume. This isn't an escape hatch. It exists because if I end up not being able to afford to live and properly maintain this system, how am I gonna fund any diagnosis in the first place?

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What devices does it work on?

Tested on: iPhone 12 and newer, Galaxy S24
Minimum requirements: iOS 15+ or Android 10+ Most modern devices should work.

I plan to test with more devices in the future, including tablets, to ensure everything works smoothly and there's no major bugs or problems.

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Does it drain battery?

Designed to be lightweight—no GPS, vibrations, notifications or sensor polling. It barely uses any battery life from my personal experience using the app on both android and apple devices.

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Will you add more features?

Things that will not be added:

— Streaks

— Motivational messages

— Notifications

— Ai coaching and feedback

— Anything that introduces friction and makes the app unnesscarily complex or cognitively demanding to use.

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Keeping Spoons simple and frictionless is crucial to being able to be used during ongoing burnout or periods of sensory overload. Majority of the updates will focus on improving wording, performance improvements, and making it easier to discover patterns through your data.

I am more than welcome to feedback by either contacting me directly or through reviews in the Apple or Play store if you have any suggestions. :)

Bloating the app would make Spoons like many other apps that are too exhausting to navigate for to find what your trying to use.

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Why the name “Spoons”?

In the app, I use the word “Energy.” “Spoons” is just the name (inspired by spoon theory).

Spoon theory is a common way to describe daily energy limits.

It can help you:

Notice patterns (what drains you, what restores you)

Communicate limits (“I’m low energy today” / “I’m at my limit”) - Mostly as proof to ourselves, as stigma is common unfortanutely.

You don’t have to use the word “spoons” at all — you can think of it as a simple scale from no energy → full energy.

I also figured using “How much energy do you have” instead of “How many spoons” is less mental math, given most (but not all of us) are in burnout and adding that math only contributes to further exhaustion and friction.

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What's the long-term vision?

Phase 1 : Launch app. Prove it works. Escape warehouse.

Phase 2: Once sustainability threshold has been reached (48k/year) Launch diagonsis funding through the help of autism organizations via partnerships, focusing specfically on the US (For now).

Phase 3: Scale amount funded and work with more autism organizations once execution has been proven.

Annual impact updates will show progress toward this fund. Wether they amount is $2000-3000 or purely $0. (More info here)

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How does diagnosis funding work?

First of all:
You don't need to subscribe to Spoons to apply. The fund is supported by subscribers but eligibility is determined by the partner organizations — not by Spoons directly.

Starting once Spoons reached 10K for 3 consecutive months + $48k sustainability threshold passed :

I would partner with autism advocacy organizations who already have relationships with people like us in their communities. They accept applications and vet candidates (Basically us) on certain factors that make them ellgible. I pay the clinic directly so no cash to individuals, ever. You get your evaluation paid for, regardless if you are autistic or not.

If the clinic is verified and the invoice is valid, the request is approved.

Why partner organizations first?

Partners have decades of built trust in their communities that I simply can't replicate on my own. Starting there means the money reaches real evaluations through organizations that already know us. Direct applications from Spoons users are something I may consider in the future regarding region where support for autism adult accessments is extremely limited (Like Kenya, or South Africa) but this isn't a priority right now.

What do diagnosis recipients get?

Lifetime access to Spoons. You'll receive a permanent access code after your diagnosis is confirmed. Enter it once in app settings. It works on any device, forever.

Please keep your code somewhere safe. If you lose it, contact the partner organization that coordinated your diagnosis — they can verify your identity and help you recover it.

Partnership announcements will be shared here as they're finalized, as working them is very crucial for this system to work at all.

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Why should I trust this commitment?

Fair question. Here's why this is a real commitment:

  • Structure: 40% of after-tax income is the commitment (not ‘up to’).
  • Transparency: Annual impact updates starting once sustainability threshold has reached. (Revenue, Allocation, diagnoses funded, taxes, 15% apple/google fee, etc.)
  • Accountability: Partners + clinics provide confirmation documentation where permitted. I am simply just paying the clinics for the evaluation to be provided to those who apply to clinics for free. Nothing very technical on my end.
  • Motivation: I was diagnosed as a kid. Many adults can’t afford an evaluation and is taking 4-months long and even over a year in some cases (Especially in the UK where a large portion of adults are waiting many months to even see someone at all) The system is clearly broken and many of us who want to get one simply can't, and if I didn't get diagnosed as a kid, I would be in this exact same situation.

If I ever fail to publish annual updates (Once the fund starts) or honor the 40% commitment, please hold me accountable! If I miss an annual report, you should question it and call me out for it, as after all, it's something I committed to.

Refunds & cancellations

Cancel anytime:

App Store: Settings → [Your Name] → Subscriptions → Cancel

Google Play: Play Store → Subscriptions → Cancel

Refunds:

Request through Apple (reportaproblem.apple.com) or Google Play within 48 hours of charge.

Common reasons approved: Accidental purchase, app doesn't work, charged after cancellation

Common reason denied: I forgot to cancel

Full refund process and timelines: See TOS, Section 5

Need help? Feel free to reach to me through hello@getspoons.app

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Do you offer vouchers or promo codes?

1. Base price is locked forever — For new, existing, or returning users. The base price of Spoons for both monthly and annual plans never goes up, and is clarified in my Terms of Service. This makes things fair for everyone to pay the exact same price.

2. Regional pricing — Fair pricing is applied across 45+ countries and is based on local purchasing power. (Clarified in Terms of Service). This is on top of the base price ($2.99mo/$29.99yr) remaining the same for everyone.

3. Diagnosis Funding — Providing promo codes could severely impact the amount of diagnoses funded, given for just 1 adult to get diagnosis in the U.S costs thousands of dollars. Also, diagnosis recipients get a lifetime usable code to access Spoons at any time.

Why is this? Diagnosis recipients already get lifetime access, so the code system serves the people who need financial help the most. Providing promo codes for everything wouldn't just be unfair to those users but reduces the overall funding that makes this code system properly work in the first place.

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Accessibility

Spoons is Designed with WCAG 2.2 AAA principles in mind—the highest accessibility standard. This includes 7:1+ contrast ratios, full VoiceOver and TalkBack, reduced motion settings, large touch targets, and text that scales with your device settings.

It makes the most sense to have accessibility baked into the interface by default rather than adding unnecessary clutter in an app made to be intentionally simple in the first place.

This is something I expect to improve at over time.

Encounter a barrier or have any questions? Contact hello@getspoons.app

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Medical disclaimer:

Spoons is a self-tracking tool, not medical advice, and does not provide medical claims or guarantees as a result.

Reflection cards in this case are made to be observational, not direct claims in regards to "You need to rest, as your in burnout, shutdown, etc".

What if I need help or something breaks?

Please Email me at: hello@getspoons.app

Response time: I aim to reply within 48 hours (often sooner).

Just send:

- "The app won't open" or "Entry won't save" or whatever went wrong

- Your phone type (iPhone, Samsung, Google Pixel, etc.)

That's enough to start. If I need more info, I'll ask specific questions. :)