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Forest - Stay focused | App Report, Store and Ranking Data
Forest - Stay focused
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Last Updated
2021, Feb 23
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Visibility Score
78
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Downloads
Feb, 2021
Worldwide
18K
Revenue
Feb, 2021
Worldwide
$3K
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## Top productivity app in 136 countries. More than 6 million satisfied paying users. Featured in Apple's "Amazing Apps" TV commercial. ## Staying focused with the cutest gamified timer. ## Over 1,000,000 real trees were planted on Earth by our users. "Forest works well, and if your goal is to be more in the moment, ignore your phone and actually talk to your friends when you are with them, this is the app for you."— The New York Times "In order to establish new, better habits, it's helpful to engage with tools that make it easier to reinforce them. For anyone looking to curtail their phone usage, the Forest app might be for you."— Business Insider If you want to temporarily put down your phone and focus on what’s more important in real life, you can plant a seed in Forest. As time goes by, this seed will gradually grow into a tree. However, if you cannot resist the temptation of using your phone and leave the app, your tree will wither. The sense of achievement and responsibility will encourage you to stay away from your phone, and will help you make better use of your time. Stop getting distracted by your phone, make you self-motivated and get more things done. Stay focused. Be present! STAY FOCUSED • A interesting way to help you beat phone addiction and overcome distraction • Turn your focused moments into a lush forest. GET MOTIVATED • Multiple Ways to Track Time: Use Time and Stopwatch to boost your productivity! • Earn rewards and unlock more than 60 new tree species and white noises. • Share your forest and compete with friends and users around the world. • Plant trees along with friends & family. • Unlock achievements and earn extra rewards. • Plant real trees on Earth and protect the environment with tree-planting organization Trees for the Future. STATISTICS • Manage your own tags and view detailed statistics of your time distribution. • Browse your weekly, monthly and even your yearly big forest. • Track your focused time in the Apple Health App. • Track your daily phone usage and screen time. • Recall memories of your planting journey with our brand new Forest Timeline! It's never to late to build up productive habits! NOTICE • Forest is an app available for both iPhone and iPad, and can be accessed across all iOS devices with a one-time purchase. To download or unlock non iOS version of Forest, this requires a separate purchase. However, by logging into the same account, the account data can be synchronized across all platforms. • Due to budget constraint, the number of real trees each user can plant is limited to five. We will be introducing limited time events that will allow users to plant more real trees. Please follow our social media page or check the in-app announcement for more updates. • There is only one version of Forest on the App Store. Other apps that are similar and mimics Forest are not developed by the Forest team. Thank you for your support! Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forestapp.cc/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/forestapp_cc Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forest_app/ We also provide browser extensions. Find out more on www.forestapp.cc!
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Reviews
Unclear rules to games. They need better transparency
Irritated b/c app is crap on 2021-03-02
1-star for unclear marketing leading to unfulfilled promises.
I was so excited to get a free "starburst bush" via the app-game to "find your tree." In the rules laid out on the game itself, there was no indication that there was a limit to when one could earn the starburst bush, only an invitation to keep playing until you earned it. I played and played until I figured out how to get it. I tapped and held the image as directed and nothing. I was unable to collect the prize I had put so much energy into.
I contacted customer service and was informed that there was a cut-off date that was not made available in the game itself but was apparently made available in a part of the app I hadn't noticed prior to being directed to it by customer service. They told me “it was advertised for over a year” which is great, but I’m a new user. There’s no way I could have seen that. advertisement and clearly, I didn’t, which is a fault in their marketing, promotion, and game design.
I feel that if there was this cut-off, that 1, I shouldn't have been repeatedly encouraged to replay until I got the bush, and 2, the cut-off should have been made clear both in the encouragement to replay as well as on the final "congrats! You won the bush!" page itself. I'm taken aback by the lack of transparency in the design of this game and the fact that the rules were tucked away in the app itself in a spot that if you didn't know where to look, one would not have looked.
They are now telling me that the only way to get the bush I earned is to either give them my credit card number to buy gems, or to invite my friends to the app, in which case, they would be subjected to the same lack of transparency I was. Why would I do either of those things for a company that isn't clear on the limits of their promises?
I'm hurt and disillusioned by the cavalier attitude of the customer service team as well as the lack of clear transparency. I would be willing to remove this review, or raise it a few stars in exchange for a starburst bush as well as their commitment to make the rules transparent on the games themselves, not just in an obscure spot in the app, in the future.
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Totally Worth the Money
AmyR1101 on 2021-03-02
This is the app that’s got me through middle school and two years of high school. I don’t have a diagnosed focusing disorder, but I get writing blocks and procrastinate a lot. Like, a LOT. This app has helped me so, so much. It’s really got everything you could ask for. An amazing user interface, currency that you get from focusing, fake (and real) trees that you can plant to make a beautiful forest out of focusing, tags so you know where you’re spending time focusing, and really cool analysis tools that show you what days and what times you focus the most. This is the one of the only apps that I would say is completely worth your money. The tech team is really amazing, I reached out to them about an issue I had and within a day they responded and within a week had fixed the issue. I’ve also for years been pushing for a stopwatch feature in their feedback survey(as a student I don’t always know how long homework will take) and they listened! The only things I guess I would say could be better would be the leaderboard, since it’s worldwide and there are some people who use the app to just get away from their phone, so they can have seriously high hours and it’s really impossible to beat if you use Forest for studying. Overall, amazing app that has literally changed my life in a positive way.
Needed features
GoldenCage95 on 2021-03-02
I thought when I downloaded this app that I could name trees and dedicate my time to them like watering. Every day come back to my little “chores” bonsai and watch it grow a little more until I have a beautiful little tree on my phone after months of dedicating time. Same for studying and meditation. I thought this app would be a visual representation of time invested but it seems to be a token unlocking game where you choose the price and that seems so dull to me.
What I propose is: you set goals [7 hours a week] and depending on how much time you leave the app open on that plant it feeds off that time relative to your goal.
But maybe I need to just go make my own app if I want it my way. Good app. Just nothing I’m interested in
Forest App Review
Lilly Grace D. on 2021-03-02
This app is a great app for productivity, especially for students who are behind on classes and want to stop procrastinating. I think this app is definitely worth the money! There are only three changes I think could take place to make the app a 5⭐️ rating!
I think Deep Focus mode is great, but I think they could ask you for a list of allowed apps that you can use during Deep Focus Mode. I also think that they could add more free trees considering you have to pay for the app, and I think that they could add more details to trees that take a while to earn, like the 120 minute version of a tree.
Overall, I think this app is great for people who want to get off of their phone and enjoy the moment or be productive!
Longtime user as focus aid for ADHD
Samsung and Apple on 2021-03-02
I’ve been using Forest on and off across Samsung, Microsoft, Apple, and Google devices for years and am very happy with it. It’s gotten better and better and the format is so pleasing to the eye. I am working on adapting to my ADHD and the motivation of keeping my little tree alive is fantastic. I especially like the deep focus mode that kills my tree if I exit the app. The app allows for use of Spotify or other listening apps while also blocking off other apps so you can continue to listen and adjust what you’re listening to while still locking the phone down. I honestly love it and am so glad I’ve stuck with it all these years.
Addictive
zainabahmedsubhan on 2021-03-02
Although I don’t scroll around social media much, I didn’t realize how much I tend to pick up my phone while studying just to check notifications. This app forces me to put my phone back in an instant. I’m sure my dependence on my phone will reduce over time. This app is addicting because I want to achieve making a nice little forest! I use it for an hour before sleep to keep my phone away, for eating, and for studying. Hopefully much much more!! My only complaint is that have an iPhone so I don’t have the free version. I only have the option to buy it, unlike the android play store.
Legitimately helped my relationship
Flx'wyr G'thaan on 2021-03-02
This might sound stupid, but bear with me for a second. I have severe ADHD, and the urge to pick up my phone to look something up or check social media is a constant issue. It got to the point where my partner told me I was inattentive to her needs and that I was ‘distant.’ So, I installed this here app and, no lie, the quality of our time together has improved massively. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve still killed a fair number of trees at this point, but my screen time has gone down significantly and I feel just a bit more present.
The notes section is way too small
Ksksjhabs on 2021-03-02
The notes section is so limited and small. Sometimes I want to be able to write notes without exiting the app Bc I use them to remember my thoughts. 250 characters is way too small. I wish it was at the very least 500 characters. I’ve never been able to finish out a complete thought in forest it’s really annoying. When I use deep work mode it doesn’t allow me to leave the app which is good but it also means I can’t leave the app to write a note or some concept I want to remember. Please make the notes section longer.
Amazing!
Gufhar on 2021-03-02
My friend showed me that snap first I didn’t think it was that good, but when I started using it it did help me focus. Believe it or not my grades have risen since I started using this app, and since that I have been able to plant a single tree in real life. I think this is a really amazing app, I am able to keep even an organized certain things don’t take up too much of my time anymore. I definitely recommend this app to anyone who is struggling with time management.
Great Accountability
ksibbet on 2021-03-02
I use my phone much more than I probably should. The Forest App has helped me to work on setting my phone down for extended periods of time to get work done, have more effective conversations, and feel more focused.
You are able to set the time increment you want to focus for, and if you make that time without opening any other apps, you get a plant that goes in your forest. It’s a fun way to hold yourself accountable and spend more time focusing on your priorities.