I hope you found my comparison/review of Forest vs Flora productivity apps useful.If you’re having trouble focusing these days, you’re not alone. In the end, you still require some level of self-discipline, but these apps can give you a helping hand.Īdditionally, even if your work involves heavy phone usage, you can use these apps to stay present with your family when off work. Granted, there are deep focus modes and some level of checks to prevent this kind of abuse but a dedicated procrastinator could circumvent these. You could easily “pause” and go back to your distractions.

Moreover, it is easy to cheat the system in these apps. You will have to manually whitelist each “work” app you need. If your work heavily relies on the use of a smartphone or a laptop, then a lot of features in these apps become useless. These apps work best for students or those looking to do a digital detox. Moreover, the purchase of a pro version on Android or paid app on iOS is not transferable to the other platform. Forest has a larger user base to compete with and it provides coins that you can use to buy new trees and shrubs or to plant real trees.įorest limits the real trees to 5 per user which is a bummer. It also requires a Facebook login.Īndroid users or those who want a chrome extension can opt for Forest. Sadly, Flora does not have an android version or a chrome extension at the moment. Even then, there is no cap on planting real trees so you can do a lot of good while meeting your productivity goals.

You only have to pay if you want to plant real trees. I personally think Flora is better because it offers all the features for free.

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