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I have a productivity magic wand, its name is Forest.

Oscar Mendoza on December 11, 2018

Researches show that we are really productive around 3 hours per 8 hour-day work. That might be incredibly shocking but this app made me realize th...
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Anna KarpiƄska

I used Forest in February 2018 but dropped because there was no synchronization between my phone and browser and the experience felt incomplete. I also don't have any group of users that I could add as friends to make the challenge more fun and comparable. Although I noticed that there is a Chrome extension now that can filter websites. I would gladly add other coders / designers to my friends list. Please let me know. I'm adding two more noise generators that are helpfull:
coffitivity.com
noisli.com

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Oscar Mendoza

Yeah! You can sync your chrome extension account with your app account. In my opinion, the extension feels incomplete, but it does the work. It also blocks a list of domains defined by user.

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Ashley Maria

If I recall correctly, that's only if you pay.

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Alan Ng

Bought it last week and been using it during work and my own personal project work. I was more astonished by the amount of times I've picked up my phone to be greeted by the Forest timer.

Definitely helps to curb those random times I want to pick up my phone just to go on Reddit, Facebook, etc.

Sent a friend request as well!

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Michiel Hendriks

I wish using my phone the primary reason for disrupted productivity.

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Oscar Mendoza

Is not only about not using the phone, it is about doing a small commitment with small reward.

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Allan N Jeremy

Sweet!

For desktop, a non-gamified option is rescue time for keeping track of your productivity

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sergiomata • Edited

I'll give it a try, thanks ;)

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Kevin Gathuku

I also use the app and it's just a very cool way to be productive when you need to do some deep work.Also added you on the app

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Ben Halpern

Neat, just downloaded.