Probably many of you, when the 1st of January comes, decide to create a list of resolutions for the whole year. If anyone wants to be more productive this year, I recommend to you FOREST.
This is, in my opinion, the best productivity app, that helps you with staying focus. When you have a list of things to do and you lack motivation, there comes Forest. As many of you know, the Pomodoro technique is a productivity method where you have around 25-minute blocks of being focused mixed with 5-minute blocs of relaxation time. Forest allows you to set your own duration time of “work time” and time for breaks.
How does it work?
During the time you are focused, the tree of your choice is growing in the app. When you set the timer for example for 25 minutes, it will start counting down that time and you will see a tree starting to grow in that time. The more time you spend, the more trees you will have in your own forest. Also you can choose from the 80 tree species.
Does our forest have an impact in real life?
Yes it does! In the app, you not only get to plant your own forest, but you also collect points, and after every 2500, the sponsor of the app “Trees for the future” will plant a real tree on your behalf, which I think is really great.
Why is it so helpful?
Avoiding distractions becomes much easier, when the app turns your effort into a game-like experience. One tree represents one successful session of undistracted work. Why undistracted? Because disturbing a session (so turning off the app or switching to another) results in a dying tree. When you find yourself tempted to use your phone and you exit the forest app, as you leave the app, you will almost instantly receive a notification that says that your tree will die if you don’t go straight back onto the app and continue with the timer.
Can you play with your friends?
Yes you can and I think it is a great option. You can add your friends in the app, which creates a little bit of a competition, because you can compare your focus time, but also allows you to study together (and then when one of you fails, the tree you were working on together, dies).
To sum up, I think Forest is an ideal choice if you are trying to become more focused and spend less time on your phone while completing your day-to-day tasks. And what’s important you are not only boosting your own productivity and focus, but you are also helping to encourage and contribute to the planting of real trees around the world
SOURCES:
https://www.forestapp.cc
https://happyheadspace.com/2018/09/19/how-to-use-forest-app-and-the-pomodoro-technique-to-increase-your-productivity/amp/
https://lizard.global/blog/apps-that-boost-your-productivity/
Forest rocks! About these dying trees. I think it’s also cool that if you kill more trees than grow at the end of the day/month you’ll see a visualized let’s say garden of killed trees. And I think that’s the biggest motivator for me – to grow a healthy garden of sorts. Another great feature is that you can set custom timers varying from 5 min up to (I’m not mistaken) 3 hours. Overal, the app really helps with studying.
I have just purchased this app and I’m impressed how it performs. It’s great motiviation to focus yourself and start to study in efficient way. Other great feature is that you can plant your real tree. It might be the best app for efficient studying.
It is a great app. I have been using it for ages. yesterday I found a similar one but it is for free (iPhones) and it is even more interesting. it is called “Flora”.
I use this app and really into it, because the usual pomodoro technique wasn’t working for me. I think here works the same thing as when the Candian police made a conclusion which says, that monitor showing smiley face turns into sad face when people speed up on the roads is the most successful way of preventing it, not fines and etc.
I’ve been using this app for two months and no other app works well for me like this one. Thanks to it, I can focus not only on learning but also on reading books, thanks to which I do not look at the phone now and then.
After reading your post and seeing comments, I feel really motivated to download this app and finally start doing something useful. Thank you for your effort! Quite a peculiar idea for an app.
This app sounds very good ! I’ve heard a lot of good opinion about it, however, I did not have an opportunity to use it. I think, the app is a good idea, but not for everyone and is important to find your own way to motivate yourself (I will surely try this app, although i have some doubts 🙁 )
this app is really cool. it helps to find a reason to not touch your phone and i think the idea that this can actually has an impact can help to motivate to actually do the work