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Shimmer

Shimmer offers weekly one-to-one video coaching for adults with ADHD or ADHD-like struggles, with an app for check-ins between sessions.

You sign up, get matched with an ADHD coach, and meet by video once a week to work on goals like routines, planning and follow-through, with app check-ins in between. You pay a monthly subscription yourself; insurance is not billed. Coaching does not replace an ADHD evaluation, medication or therapy.

  • From $230/month for weekly 30-minute coaching
  • Insurance accepted
  • iPhone · Android · Web
  • Privacy B+
  • 4.7 on App Store
  • 4.3 on Google Play

Reviewed by HeyPsych Board · 2026-10-23

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What you get

A coach or peer

Best for adults with ADHD (diagnosed or not) who want a regular coach to help with planning, routines and follow-through

What it costs

From $230/month for weekly 30-minute coaching

About $2,760 a year

How you start

Sign up and choose a plan

iPhone · Android · Web

Know first

Not for a crisis. Call or text 988 any time.

Is it right for you?

Both sides, from our review. Tap what describes you.

A good fit if

Look elsewhere if

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What it's for

  • Weekly one-to-one ADHD coaching by video
  • Building routines and planning systems
  • Goal setting and accountability check-ins
  • Support alongside ADHD medication or therapy

Conditions it can help with

What it costs

Subscription

From $230/month for weekly 30-minute coaching

Insurance may cover it

Over a year

About $2,760 a year

$230 a month × 12

Worked out from the listed price. Check the vendor for today’s price.

How you start: Sign up and choose a plan

Shimmer's cost page lists $230 a month for weekly 30-minute one-to-one coaching (about $58 per session); app stores list $229.99/month with a first-month discount. Longer (45-minute) plans cost more. First-month refund if requested within 30 days. Not billed to insurance.

Privacy, evidence & safety

Privacy

B+

Our privacy grade, from the facts below

Sells data or shares it for ads
No
You can have your data deleted
Yes
Health data protected by HIPAA
No
Data stays on your device
No
Account needed
Yes
Regulatory action (last 5 years)
None found

Research

Early research

How we rate research

Trade-offs

  • Requires ongoing subscription with no free option

What we couldn't verify

  • Clinical evidence is limited or still emerging

Policy (read 2026-10-27) says Shimmer does not sell personal data or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising and does not use health data for ads; anyone can request deletion at privacy@shimmer.care; not a HIPAA covered entity.

Privacy policy read 2026-10-27 · How we grade privacy

Shimmer is not for a crisis. If you are thinking about suicide or in danger, call or text 988 any time.

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