About Us

The diagnosis

The journey started when I began having frequent headaches. When I say frequent, I mean at least twice a week and they were not a joke. When your vision starts to go blurry, you start to pay attention. Well, maybe you do; I didn't.

I suspected I had ADHD. I was barely sleeping back then, and I figured that might be connected to my other symptoms, so I needed a doctor.

I don't have a super complicated medical history and where I come from the medical literacy isn't too high. I hadn't had any kind of checkup in ages, so when my doctor asked about my blood pressure as part of the standard questionnaire, I answered to the best of my capabilities: "I have absolutely no idea. I suppose it's fine?"

Well, it wasn't fine.

I was there seeking an ADHD diagnosis and I've left with homework: track blood pressure twice a day and track any contributing factors for 30 days.

Suuuuuure, because a consistent 30-day tracking streak with unmanaged ADHD is definitely something I'm capable of.

I'm a millenial, so I live at the intersection of analog and digital, but there was no way I was going to track this on paper. For crying out loud: I'm a software developer, I don't even have paper at home — so I started researching apps.

Bearable came up several times. It had good reviews, looked customizable enough, claimed to be ADHD friendly, and supposedly supported PDF export — at least according to the AI tool I asked that day. Long story short, it wasn't ADHD friendly at all, the customization was almost as intuitive and enjoyable as filing taxes, but what broke my heart: It didn't have PDF export. That was the whole f_cking point. Why would my ADHD ass struggle trough this mess if I can't even give it to my doctor?

Two things became crystal clear:

1. Even if it had PDF export, I wouldn't use the app. I need my phone for work, I cannot just yeet my phone out of a third-story window because Bearable is un-bearable to use.
2. If this is what the market leader offers, then the market is screwed.

So I went semi-analog and opened Google Sheets. It was duller than dull, but I've finished the report and I was almost consistent doing so. My doctor was thrilled; I was less so. He was able to make the quick diagnosis: Stage 2 hypertension and I have to take medication for the rest of my life. Within a few weeks I ended up with three new diagnoses and three new medications just to function as a human and preserve what's left.

And then, the layoffs started.

Let's unScramble

August 1st, 2025 ~6:00 AM.

I'm lying in the bed, wide awake. Another sleepless night. I got up to get some coffee. I had to start getting ready for work in a few hours, so why struggle. As I doom-scrolled — and my coffee was getting cold without my permission — there was one particular video I had to go back to process: an announcement for a two-months long hack-a-ton starting that very same day, on August 1st, and I could build anything I wanted without restrictions. Let's go!

My thought process was pretty solid. AI adaption was booming and we had a new CEO in the company. As an immigrant in Finland I couldn't afford to be caught off guard. Unemployment in Finland was hitting double digits, so I needed a Plan B before they announce the layoffs.

I figured I'd build Scrambled on my off-hours and hopefully snatch one of the prizes. It worked for two whole weeks, then they made the announcement — my "off-hours" suddenly became my full-time job. Well, that was fast...

I wanted... nay, I NEEDED a symptom tracker to keep monitoring my health. It's an on-going effort and the current solutions are clearly not cutting it.

My "wishlist" was pretty simple:

• Easy to use: Submenus spark no joy.
• 100% customizable: I want the flexibility to track whatever.
• PDF export: Duh. I'll not survive another intimate 30-days session with Google Sheets
• Zero data-hoarding: No accounts, no emails, no risk of data leak. Keep my data on my device and good riddance.

So I've started coding, designing and researching the topic. Constantly. We moved away from Helsinki to a lower-cost city to stretch our "savings", and I barely noticed any of it. Hyperfocus hocus-pocus — I was in deep developer mode. (huge thanks to Bogi, she handled the moving like a champ ❤️).

But I finished it: a simple, fully private Symptom and Habit tracker with zero submenus, full customization, PDF export, biometric lock and custom notifications. Way more than I planned initially and as cherry on top: it looked sick. Neobrutalism guides my eye, so it's not just a breeze to use but actually looks fun. All I had to do was to upload it to the App Store.

If you have keen eye you already know what's the problem. The name "Scrambled" was taken ages ago. So I went back to the original name: Scrambled Brain.

Where are we today?

Now it's late August of 2026, almost a year later. So where are we?

My wife, Bogi joined the team almost right away. The job market was rough for GenZ, so she just kinda tagged along initially. We've spent a lot of time already working together because she is a graphic artist, but the fact that she is organized — damn, it made the whole company thing almost feasible to do with ADHD. Then we listened to some bad advice and started chasing grants and funds. It took us a hot minute to realize how things are working in Founder Land. Not long ago my brother-in-law joined us part time. This collaboration was a long time coming and boy, Zoltán's contribution was as plain and clear as it gets — way before his official "Day 1".

We are currently developing the next evolution of Scrambled Brain: a whole new UX with additional goodies and the long awaited Android version. We made this nice website for you so we can leave some breadcrumbs along the way and we are joining one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the Nordics.

We're basically a family-run business of Hungarian founders living in Finland — at least the 66% of us. We are fighting against well funded, data-hungry and really dishonest companies so you don't have to sacrifice your privacy (or your sanity) for health tracking.

We are aiming to get an ORCHA certification, but until then our promise is what you can go by:

We are with you.

We had enough of companies selling our data like candy, or simply losing them. We had enough of companies lying to our face and the empty promises they make. We had enough of being powerless, so we decided to BE the alternative.

Scrambled Brain is built to be THE symptom and habit tracker:

• 100% locally stored and encrypted
• 100% account free
• Fully customizable & ADHD friendly
• Native PDF export built-in

As things stand, it doesn't look too farfetched if most of our competition would implement AI into their app without asking you first. Or have a data scandal. Or keep essential functionality "under consideration" for the next 5 years.

The data harvesting will not change and with the surge of new and spicy trackable devices to monitor you 24/7... ...well, we are not hopeful. What is your take?

Your data makes you more vulnerable then you think. Please, try to protect it 🙏

We are the new kids on the block and we already deliver the full package. Imagine what we'll deliver in 5 years. Profiles, so you can track your kids' or even your pets' data and remain tidy. Verified health guides without LLM hallucinations. Widgets, themes, icons, graphs. Whatever we want — and by we I mean the community. And that means you as well!

If you'd like to share your story, join our subReddit or drop us a line at hello@scrambledbrain.app. Well, it was nice to talk with you and see you soon!