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#13 in Productivity Apps
of 14 ranked entries
Forest
Forest · focus timer
Gamifies not touching your phone by growing a virtual tree that dies if you leave the app, which is a genuinely effective nudge for the specific problem of compulsive phone checking. Recorded specifics: price 4, released 2014, platform iOS / Android. Panel highlighted simple mechanic that measurably reduces phone-checking habits and one-time low price, no subscription. The reservation on record is does nothing to organise tasks or notes themselves.
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Score breakdown
How Forest earned 73.1
Each criterion is scored independently, then combined using the weights published on Productivity Apps.
- Organisation & flexibilityweight 30%
- 73.7
- Cross-device sync reliabilityweight 25%
- 72.3
- Learning curve vs payoffweight 25%
- 70.9
- Price fairnessweight 20%
- 75.8
“The single-purpose pick on this list — it does one job, and does it well.”
— Top 49, on Productivity Apps
On the record
Recorded detail
| Price | $4 |
|---|---|
| Released | 2014 |
| Platform | iOS / Android |
| Rating | 7.0 |
Panel verdict
Strengths and reservations
What it gets right
- Simple mechanic that measurably reduces phone-checking habits
- One-time low price, no subscription
Where it gives ground
- Does nothing to organise tasks or notes themselves
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