# Saplingy - Stay Focused — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of Saplingy by Broftware House Yazilim Tasarim Anonim Sirketi, rated 4.50/5 from 61 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/saplingy-stay-focused/id1197039300/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/saplingy-stay-focused/id1197039300.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 45 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (3 of 23) ### 3/5 — Sign in *2019-03-27* I can’t sign in this app in my pad ### 2/5 — INS DISPLAY EINGEBRANNT!! *2019-01-09* entweder ihr verändert die app so dass sie noch läuft sobald man das display ausschaltet oder aber ihr baut mehr bewegung und animationen in eure app denn nach 1std nutzung hat sich der baum in mein display eingebrannt aufgrund von zu hohem kontrast an der selben stelle! Er ist jetzt immer da und geht nicht mehr weg auch wenn die app geschlossen ist. An sich ist die idee aber süss ### 2/5 — Ok to a certain extent *2018-05-26* This app is okay to a certain extent and it does help a little but its also terrible because of the fact that when your phone turns off (which it automatically does after a long or short period of time) the tree dies. So it doesn't help you focus as you have to keep looking at your phone to make sure it doesn't turn off, so really it is a distraction. Im 12 and I think its bad... Also I do not like killing trees which this app makes me do frequently. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worst app *2021-02-20* The phone has to be kept unlocked ultimately affecting the battery ### 1/5 — Bad for battery *2021-02-10* Bad for battery🙁 ### 1/5 — Screen needs to be on all the time *2020-08-11* Plant dies if I lock my phone, screen has to be on all the tim. ### 1/5 — Power hungry *2020-08-10* This apps makes my iPhone hot and zaps the battery. Pity. ### 1/5 — Need to keep your screen on *2020-07-18* The sapling dies if you lock your phone or switch to another app. It also needs the app to be running and the screen to be on ### 1/5 — Idiotic app *2020-06-27* This app wants you to let your screen on ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2020-02-01* You can’t even lock your phone ffs ### 2/5 — C0py1ng fr0m cl1pb0ard *2020-11-23* Don't have any data in your clipboard before opening the app. ### 2/5 — Overheard phone *2020-05-10* Should let you lock your phone as my phone started to over heat when it was on for longer than 30 mins ### 2/5 — Great idea but... *2019-10-16* Love the thought behind this but with no screen saver able to be on the app just drains your battery. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Productivity enhancing *2026-07-09* This app is boon for iPhone users, cuts the addiction and invoke actual guilt for killing a Sapling 🌱 when you leave this app. Set a timer and do your thing You become phone less for that time. ### 5/5 — Thanks for it... *2021-05-07* This app is excellent...i was unable to focus coz of my phone and the distractions it causes..but after discovering this app m doing a lot more better.. XOXO ### 5/5 — App is great it needs another feature *2019-09-09* App is really great and free so thank you I think it need a screen where all your trees are together in like a garden ### 5/5 — Echt hilfreich *2019-05-14* Top ### 4/5 — Yeah but no too *2020-06-10* If there was like a TIMER then it would be a bit nicer And can the person who made this app maybe can make another app that has also a timer 🤗🤗😅😅 small request 🥺🥺🥺 ### 4/5 — Battery *2019-05-17* I always have to keep the app open I can’t lock my phone that’s not helping me with the battery ### 3/5 — Battery issue *2020-08-31* Great job giving us these features free...but keeping the appopen doesn’t help preserving phone battery ### 3/5 — App screen lock *2020-06-19* You should do app lock when timer starts it would be very helpful ### 3/5 — Helpful, but not helpful *2019-12-28* This app is very helpful, just my main problem with it is that the point of it is to get off your phone, but you can’t turn it off, without killing the tree. ### 3/5 — Improvements *2019-10-01* I think that this app it a really great way to focus. For example, I am going into my GCSEs soon and am trying to revise as much as possible. This app has been really helpful as it gives me a timer to go off and is a fun way to stay focused whilst not getting sidetracked with other things on my phone. However, I think you could probably add some more things to it to make it more fun. For example, different trees or maybe a five second chance to stop the seed before killing it. I think you should do that because a couple of times I’ve pressed it without meaning to and then I’ve killed one. Then the notification ‘that was cruel’ pops up, but it wasn’t cruel because it was an accident. Anyways, I just think it would be a good idea. Thanks for reading this and try out my ideas, okay? --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-22.*