Flow User Reviews

Name: Flow - Sounds for Productivity
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Flow - Sounds for Productivity

KUROSAI TECH S.R.L.

🔧 Utilities

📊 Productivity

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A Pomodoro with soothing sounds that fits your mood

The quality of sounds are beautiful! Looking forward for more avaliable sounds in the near future!

Eshi84

2 years ago

Ray

Beatiful sounds -Easy Access

raybellnet

2 years ago

Great idea, needs more polishing

This app could make a great replacement to my relaxation music playlists with a bit of tweaking. For some sounds, I would've prefered to use longer, smoother blended and calmer loops.

Neverlessification

3 years ago

Love It!!

now i can finally drown out THe noise with my preferred brand of noise

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3 years ago

Response from developer

thank you so much for the review!

Very Pretty and a Great Start

The app icon is gorgeous and what got me to choose this app. I really like the aesthetic, and the app is well designed. I like the sounds presented. Here are my recommendations:

- It would be nice if the app opened when I click the icon in the dock. Even if the app is in the menu bar. (Not sure if that's possible, but the icon is so pretty I just want to see it and have it be useful).

- The "play until" analog clock is hard to use. Should be a simple digital clock with up and down buttons for hour and minute for how long you want the sound to play.

- Should be able to hide the pomodoro section if not in use. (I'm only using this for the sounds).

- Personally I would replace the emoji in the menu bar with the pretty lotus icon. :)

Thank you for this very aesthetic, beautiful sound app.

ii_hito_

4 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there ii_hito! Thank you so much for the lovely review. Most of the feedback topics you mentioned are coming with the next release! I've just submitted a new version, so keep your eyes on the update page! Have a happy new year and thank you for contributing!

Best App for focus work

App has a large selection of different backround noises evidence-based proven to optimize your state of hyperfocus when completing tasks/work for people who find it hard to work in complete silence/easily gets distracted where the type of background lyric-less continual noises will fill in the silence and mask over any distractions. I have horrible inattentive-type ADD while I also work as a physician where a high productivity rate is essential for time & task efficiency when daily duties >> # of hours in the day - so efficiency is vital for career success. The more you use this app, with time it becomes easier for an ADD-type professional to enter into the hyperfocus state and build up discipline and endurance to remain in this state: you meet project/task deadlines, finish assigned daily tasks, thoroughness with the quality of your work ultimately optimizing your overall performance for career advancemet, work recognition, and success.

rdesmondmd

4 years ago

Awesome app

Nicely designed and really easy to use. Good selection of high quality sounds.

1zzzhang

4 years ago

Response from developer

Hello 1zzzhang, thank you so much for the nice review! I'm also working on the iOS version which will have a very similar feel, and the best part, you won't have to pay extra for it as it will come bundled with your macOS purchase. Enjoy your time with Flow!

Samples are way too short

The coffee shop sample seems to be on a 20 second loop. A door slams and then someone says "No thank you, Maggie" on a disturbingly regular cadence. More distracting than having no sound at all!

tastapod

4 years ago

Loops are very short

Unistalled after 5minutes - The loop of the sounds are very short and I started predicting them after a couple minutes very distracting!

michaelhurley40

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello Michael! First of all thanks a lot for the initial purchase. I've just released a much improved version of the app. All the sounds have been replaced with longer, better versions. And I made sure there are no more distractions in them. Would be very thankful if you gave the app another shot and gave me some feedback!

I expected something better

I was expecting better from an app that was rated 4.6 stars. I like noise apps with sounds of cafes, construction sites, busy terminals, etc. for working. You hear people talking, but you cannot make out what they're saying, which is ideal because then the talking isn't distracting. The problem is when you can make out what they're saying, because it makes the repetition of the loop so obvious, especially when it's so short like in this app (20 seconds). Next thing you know you're waiting to hear that notification sound in the background and then "no thank you Manny...", instead of focusing on your work. So it defeats the purpose of listening in the first place.

Boslaw

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello Boslaw! First of all thanks a lot for the initial purchase. I've just released a much improved version of the app. All the sounds have been replaced with longer, better versions - Manny has left the building. And I made sure there are no more distractions in them. Would be very thankful if you gave the app another shot and gave me some feedback!

Clean interface, but sorely lacking

I like the simplicity of this app but that is also its shortcoming. Has four tracks, but the coffee shop track is practically a track of what I'd use this app to avoid, hearing "No thank you Manny... We have some people who come in every day..." every 30-40 seconds especially ruins it. Would love more tracks of rain/ocean/forest sounds or white/grey noise and the option to mix them. Will have to look for another option, as mynoise.net still has a leg up.

optimalnode

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you very much for your honest, and to be fair, very accurate review! The good side, though, is that after seeing so much interest for this type of app, I've already started (and close to finished) working on a more mature version of Flow, with ±20 sounds, updated old sounds, and some cool new features - all while keeping everything simple and straightforward. Keep in touch with your updates section!

Love it!

I love the simple design of this app compared to some other background noise apps. Also, the emoji in the menu bar is just perfect! :D Wish there were more sounds but it's great as-is.

Mandy Bee

5 years ago

Response from developer

= Later Edit: The new version is out! I hope you enjoy the new sounds Mandy. = Thank you very much for your honest review Mandy Bee! Hold tight for the next update, we will have 20+ sounds incoming, together with an iOS app!

Love the simplicity

But needs more sounds, such as an air conditioner sound or air filter or fan. Check out the sound "Air Conditioner" in the White Noise Lite app. That's what I want in Flow Sounds. I would totally switch if it had something like that, which blocks out sound nicely and helps me focus. White Noise Lite is way too bloated.

seemslikesalvation

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hi there seemslikesalvation! Thank you so much for the review, and you are right. I've been working on v2 which is going to have 20+ sounds, but will keep the same simplicity. It is coming out together with the iOS version.