going downhill
Used to be great, but going downhill since they added a subscription. I was a paid user and the latest update logs me out every time I close the app. I’ve been forced to go through the same slides showing me my gift for being a Pro user at least 3-4 times now. The focus challenges are cool but don’t update automatically, I’m forced to open and close the app several times for my progress to update. All the other new features feel like bloat and it’s becoming harder to use the app
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I hate the policy
I can not understand why the app realeased a new version while it cost me just 1 year ago. I deserve using a app without any ad about your new subcription. Too disappointing
Terrible update
I can no longer switch back to classic. The new interface is distracting and sad to say that as I longtime Pro user, I will be looking for alternatives and deleting my account as soon as I find one.
I love this app, but…
I really love this app. I’ve been using it for years and have found it very helpful to focus and track my writing time. However, since the introduction of focus challenge I have been annoyed by the implementation. My biggest issue is the fact that I have to reset my focus timer each time I want to “plant a tree” for the challenge. If I do 2 hours in the app, it says I planted 4 trees in my forest but only one tree for the daily challenge. If the daily challenge says “plant any tree 4 times” I have to start and stop my focus timer four times (once every 30 minutes) in order for the trees to count. Why? The fact that I have to interrupt my focus time to stop and reset in order to achieve the daily challenge is ridiculous. It’s actually the opposite of focus, enough that I may have to switch to a different app because it is distracting me trying to keep my trees and focus time to match.
Please fix this. Make it so that when I focus for a number of hours, the daily challenge counts my trees planted, not by the number of times I started focusing. It feels like a bug, but it’s been present since the focus challenge released. Thanks!
Please fix this. Make it so that when I focus for a number of hours, the daily challenge counts my trees planted, not by the number of times I started focusing. It feels like a bug, but it’s been present since the focus challenge released. Thanks!
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Subscription
One of the most money hungry apps i have ever seen, The insanity of making you pay for the app and then switching to a subscription based model?? The least your team could do is give free access to the pro features for those who paid for the app instead of placing a bunch of the plants behind a paywall for users who have already paid. Also the fact that you have a basic track and a pro track for the focus challenges while, AGAIN completely ignoring those who paid for the app.
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Now with noisy, endless ads
Used to love this app but in the past week they turned on super noisy, lpng, violent video game ads at the end of focus sessions which defeats the entire point of the app. giving it a couple more days but if the ads don’t disappear, I’m deleting it
Very useful
Just the calm timer with enough gamification to keep me going.
Used to be great
I loved this app for years. I moved to a plus subscriber when that opened up to keep access. My problem is that now, I no longer have access to the specialty trees I did just a week ago. They’ve all been blocked and link me to the store page- even though I’ve purchased them from past events. Really frustrating
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Helped so much
I have always struggled with being able to do my work. I haven’t really had social media or ever had that distract me but starting high school the past couple years and finally getting social media it’s kind of changed how much I focus on my homework so having the ability within the free features to be able to block any other apps and have timers and see my progress has really helped. I’ve also used it for cleaning my room and other stuff just so that I can make sure that I’m not getting distracted by my phone and I honestly feel like a lot more places should know about this and maybe even schools because I feel like this would help students a lot more if they knew this kind of thing existed. But I totally recommend this if you have any sort of ADHD or you just struggle sometimes with being able to focus or if you’re a kid reading this and you’re trying to figure out how to tell your parents that you need time to do homework this has been able to help me and I’m texting my parents before I set that timer up saying I have an hour and a half of homework I need to do before I can take a break. I am setting a timer and I will not be checking my phone or looking at it and I moved to a completely different space where they know not to come bug me unless it’s an emergency.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for sharing this thoughtful review! We’re thrilled Forest helps you stay focused on homework, cleaning, and everyday tasks—and that you’ve found a routine that works for you. We truly appreciate your recommendation and kind words. 🌱 Forest Team
Awesome
This app has helped me focus so much!
Good for focus
This app is good for focusing, bugs are either fixed or just not shown up recently.
Remove the stupid “Take a Break” feature!
At least give us an option to DISABLE it!
COMPLETELY WASTES MY TIME!!!
COMPLETELY WASTES MY TIME!!!
Focus challenge needs to be patched
It’s a good app, but one of my gripes is the focus challenges. Lately they do not update very well after I get through a focus session. It can be really annoying to have focused for an hour + and see that the focus challenges were never counting because of some technical glitch. Also it would be nice if we could plant more than 5 trees!
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Helpful timer to keep track of study hours
It has really nice variety of trees and plants. I really liked the timer function but seems like it’s not there anymore. I miss the old layout as it looked simpler and prettier than right now
以前不是买断制吗
不知道为啥除了个plus内购制，看公告里说之前购买此应用的用户可以直接恢复至pro版 找了半天找不到在哪申请😅
A great app for me and my students
I use this to help me both focus and then have a break when doing my teaching prep time. I love that I can plant real trees too. I also recommend it to my students.
Really good
It helps me stay focused and the amibisncr is wonderful
This app is amazing!!!
Thank you to everyone who helped design this app, and kept the subscription cost low! This has really helped me stay focused and helped me keep up with practicing my instruments and even gardening! Thank you, and I would highly recommend this!!
updates
i have used this app for a few years now but with the updates that have been added (to make it more aesthetic…? i guess?) it just makes it sm harder to use. please remove some of these changes, it just adds so much more work and doesn’t let me restart it from my home screen anymore
