Show up grounded to the moments that matter.
Steady is a voice-first iPhone app that helps you prepare for social events — a meeting, a presentation, a difficult conversation, a dinner with new people — and process them afterward without spiraling. Built for how ADHD brains actually work.
Whether it's a work mixer, a dinner party, or just drinks with people you don't know well — you know that feeling. The low-grade dread beforehand. The exhaustion of performing. The replay loop afterward where every awkward moment expands to fill your whole brain.
Steady helps you break that cycle. Not with clinical interventions or generic mindfulness — but with practical preparation and healthy reflection habits that feel like talking to a thoughtful friend.
"Social events don't have to feel like something you survive."
Preparation and reflection that works with your natural rhythm:
Think things through
Glanceable notecard
Reflect without spiraling
See your growth
A conversational flow that helps you think through upcoming events: the context, what you genuinely want to bring, your energy levels, and your exit plan if you need one. Show up grounded instead of bracing for impact.
Your prep distilled into a quick reference. Topics to bring up, people to connect with, your intention for the event — all at a glance when you need a moment to center yourself.
Process what happened without the 2am spiral. Start by noticing what went well, then examine what felt hard with curiosity instead of judgment. A 5-minute limit prevents over-processing.
Over time, Steady surfaces your strengths, preferences, and growth. Situations where you thrive. Progress you might not notice on your own. Self-knowledge, not evaluation.
If you start repeating yourself — the classic rumination pattern — Steady gently redirects you. Break the loop before it takes hold.
Leaving early is always okay. Sustainable participation matters more than maximum participation. Steady helps you plan shame-free exits before you need them.
Steady isn't therapy, and it's not trying to be. There are no anxiety scores, exposure hierarchies, or therapeutic jargon. The experience feels like preparing for an event with a thoughtful friend who asks good questions and helps you think things through.
Built for ADHD adults — 15 million people in the US alone — whose brains work differently in social situations. The same attention patterns that make ADHD hard are the same patterns Steady redirects outward, toward the people in the room.
The research underneath: anxiety and impulsivity are both forms of self-focus. One performs for an imagined audience, the other protects against imagined threats. Both miss the people actually in front of you. Curiosity and anxiety are neurologically competitive — you can't be genuinely curious about someone and deeply anxious about yourself at the same time. Steady is built around that shift.
The goal isn't to "fix" you. It's to help you show up as yourself.
Success means needing Steady less over time, not more. We're building tools that help you grow, not apps that keep you dependent.
Steady is built for ADHD adults — but if any of these sound like you, the app will help regardless of whether you identify with the diagnosis.
You know your stuff, but in the room you lose the thread — interrupt, over-explain, clam up. By the time you've recalibrated, the moment is gone. You want to show up present, not spiraling.
Interviews, presentations, pitches, first dates, difficult conversations. Your brain moves faster than the room and you've learned to second-guess it. You want to stay grounded when it matters most.
Social situations drain you in ways they don't seem to drain others. You're not avoiding people — you need a plan for sustainable participation, including a graceful way out when your battery hits empty.
You replay conversations at 2 AM. Every awkward half-second expands to fill your whole brain. You want to process what happened without the rumination loop taking over.
Your social experiences and reflections are deeply personal. Your prep stays on your device by default. When you opt in to cloud-powered AI, prep conversation text is sent to Anthropic's Claude through our secure proxy — never to train models, never stored beyond the request. You can opt out anytime in Settings → About AI. Full details in our privacy policy. No account required for core functionality. Full data export and one-tap deletion available.
If you choose to share anonymized patterns, it's to help us understand what builds lasting confidence — not what keeps people using apps longer. You can change this anytime, and we only ask once.