Comparison

Forest vs 柠檬自习室

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Forest

Develop good habits by growing virtual trees. Successfully completing focus sessions cultivates a thriving digital forest, while missed sessions result in dead trees. This app encourages self-discipline through a gamified approach to habit formation.

Highlights
  • Grow virtual trees for completed habits
  • Develop good habits
  • Gamified self-discipline
  • Track habit completion
  • Build a digital forest
Features
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Punch in forest is a learning self-discipline punch in app, which can help you form good habits. -Choose a sapling you like -Choose the habits you want to develop -Punch in 7 days and you'll get a tree -Of course, if you don't clock in according to the set time, the sapling will die and you will get a dead tree -Continue to complete the established clock, you will have a forest Mr. Ye Shengtao, a famous educator in China, said, "it's better to have a good habit if you accumulate thousands and millions". This sentence is given to every user. I hope the clock in forest can help you develop more and more good habits. [punch in forest - description of VIP automatic subscription service] 1. Subscription service: punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous monthly package (1 month), punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous quarterly package (3 months), punch in forest - member (VIP) continuous half a year (24 months) 2. Subscription price: 18 yuan / month for continuous monthly products, 40 yuan / quarter for continuous quarterly products, and 128 yuan / year for continuous semi annual products 3. Payment: after the user confirms the purchase and pays, it will be credited to the iTunes account 4. Apple's iTunes account will deduct fees within 24 hours before expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be postponed for one subscription cycle 5. To unsubscribe, please open the Apple phone "Settings" - > enter the "iTunes Store and app store" - > click "Apple ID", select "view Apple ID", enter the "account settings" page, click "subscription", select the punch in watermark camera - Super punch in King member to unsubscribe. If the subscription is not closed at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, the subscription will be automatically renewed 6. Punch in forest membership agreement: https://prdimages.growup.link/forestConfig/senlin_ vip.html Punch in forest user agreement: https://prdimages.growup.link/forestConfig/senlin_ userAgreement.html

About

柠檬自习室

This app provides a virtual study environment to help users develop consistent study habits and improve focus. It offers various virtual classrooms, reminders, and daily statistics to track progress.

Highlights
  • Online study sessions
  • Choice of virtual classrooms
  • Realistic classroom simulation
  • Daily study statistics
  • Progress tracking
  • Reminders and check-ins
Features
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【产品简介】 柠檬自习室, 一款清新可爱的线上自习室工具, 可以帮助您养成规律的自习习惯,让您能更加专注的完成自习,并提供提醒和打卡功能。 【产品特点】 ● 在线自习 - 和同学一起学习不会枯燥 ● 自由选择 - 选择自己喜欢的教室自习 ● 真实模拟 - 真实模拟教室场景更专注 ● 每日统计 - 自习数据均记录并有统计 ● 细致图标 - 每个图标精心设计不敷衍 【专注力】 是人进行一项活动的心理状态。 这个活动可以是静态的,也可以是动态的,可以是感兴趣的,也可以是枯燥的,可以是对人的,也可以是对物的。 专注力是认知活动的动力功能。认知活动包括听知觉、视知觉、记忆、思维、想象、执行、反馈等活动。认知活动得以顺利开展的推动力正是专注力。 【影响专注力的因素】 以下4个方面会直接影响到我们的专注力状态: 1. 事物本事对我们的吸引程度; 2. 自身与他人在互动中的联结能力; 3. 自身身体状态以及情绪状态; 4. 自身的意志表现。 【如何提升专注力】 1. 做感兴趣的事; 2. 加强与人在连接中的互动能力,加强互动训练; 3. 加强自身感觉统合能力训练; 4. 合理地表达及控制情绪。 【自习室】 自习室是专门为学生用来自主学习的教室。提供给学生专注学习的场所,用以提升学习时的专注力。 【线上自习室】 提供一个线上虚拟的自习室环境,让学生不出门就可以有上自习的感觉,从而达到专注学习的目的。

Screenshots

Forest4 screens
柠檬自习室4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: 柠檬自习室 at 18 against Forest's 4. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Forest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and 柠檬自习室 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Forest against 4.9 for 柠檬自习室. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Forest's written reviews are positive against 95% of 柠檬自习室's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forest ships an update monthly, 柠檬自习室 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Forest versus 柠檬自习室: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForest柠檬自习室
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.9 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.6% of reviews
Number of ratings418 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB171 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer青青 陈Chengdu Ningmengyoumeng Science & Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Forest

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

柠檬自习室

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Forest

Subscriptions3
  • 打卡森林月度会员3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 打卡森林季度会员$5.993 Months
  • 打卡森林年度会员$19.491 Year
4 purchases

柠檬自习室

One-time4
  • 柠檬叶12元$1.99
  • 自习礼盒-18元$2.99
  • 柠檬叶18元$2.99
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  • 自习礼盒-25元$3.99

Questions

Is Forest free?
Forest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 柠檬自习室 free?
柠檬自习室 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forest or 柠檬自习室?
Forest is rated higher. Forest averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while 柠檬自习室 averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Forest or 柠檬自习室 have ads?
Both Forest and 柠檬自习室 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Forest or 柠檬自习室?
Forest ships an update monthly, and 柠檬自习室 every 6 weeks. Most recently, Forest was updated on June 1, 2026 and 柠檬自习室 on September 26, 2026.

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