If it's for you
Yours. This is what it actually looks like.
How are you showing up today?
low energy is real
shine on
Yours to decide
- What anyone outside the circle sees. Pause it for a day or a week; nobody is asked, and nobody is told.
- What any day holds. Nothing carries forward, and tomorrow starts clean.
Set by whoever built it
- Your list, what a reward is worth, and the weekly rhythm. You can ask for changes; this page won't pretend those are shared settings.
Who can see my stuff?
The few people in the day to day see your list and what's done. Nobody further out ever can, and no setting opens it. The check-in is yours alone: nobody can request it, and nobody can refresh it to see if you've answered.
Good to know
One spot, one circle. If you're already in one, a new code won't move you, and the app says so plainly.
If you were asked to be a Caregiver
The hands-on part, and the biggest ask of the four.
Something to recognize Recognize
What lands on you
- Notifications, regularly. Something to recognize, a cash-out, a message, a hard-day heads-up, and a few more.
- A real reward to settle, usually about once a week: money, time, or something they're saving toward. It doesn't land until you confirm it.
- Whatever they choose to tell you about how things went. It's theirs to send, and it isn't a report to grade.
Kept out of your hands, on purpose
- The check-in can't be requested or refreshed. It arrives when they choose.
- No location, no reading their phone. The app knows only what a person puts into it.
What if I miss a week?
Things sit and wait for you, and the app stays calm about it. There's a one-tap way to quiet things down when you're running low.
If you were asked to be a Supporter
You hear the good news. That's the whole job.
You'd see
- Wins they pick, one at a time, and an occasional highlight. They can turn highlights off.
What stays theirs
- Their list. It stays between them and the people in the day to day.
- How anything felt. Notes and recordings stay in the inner circle.
- Anything money-related.
- How their day is going, unless they choose to show you.
Will my phone go off?
Only if you want it to. There's a switch for a nudge, and it stays off until you flip it.
How light is it?
As light as you like. Encouragement is one-way, nothing waits on a reply, and there's nothing to keep up with.
One thing to know
This is for cheering, not checking: nothing here alerts you, so a quiet week in the app means nothing at all. If you're wondering how someone's doing, ask them the way you always would.
If you were asked to be a Peer
A friendship with some cheering in it. Nobody is in charge of anyone.
fades on its own in half an hour
You'd see, and never see, the same things as a Supporter: their shared wins, and none of the private stuff.
- A circle of your own is possible and completely optional. Nobody's waiting on it.
- No last-seen, no online dot. Nothing reports how often you open the app.
- If you're struggling too, you're a friend who's struggling, same as before. This doesn't ask you to be the steady one.
If you're not sure what you were asked
That's common. Read whichever part looks closest, or ask them which one they had in mind.
What is Maddy?
Maddy is built with and for ADHD and autistic people. That's who it's designed for.
It doesn't tell you why any one person uses it, and nobody owes you that.
Joining takes a couple of minutes
- Get the app. The link in their message is the right one for their circle.
- Make an account with an email and a password.
- Type the 6-digit code that arrives by email.
- Tap "I have an invite code" and enter the 8 characters from their message.
You'll need your phone: there's no browser version, so if you're reading this on a computer, grab your phone and you're minutes away.
If the code doesn't work
Codes last seven days. If yours has expired, ask them for a fresh one and you're in.