Forest Alternatives

Forest is described as 'Grow virtual trees by staying focused, track productivity as your forest expands, avoid phone distractions, share progress, and utilize a customizable whitelist' and is a anti procrastination tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Forest for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Mac, iPad and Windows apps. The best Forest alternative is Mindful : Focus & Screen Time, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Forest are LeechBlock, Cold Turkey, ClearSpace and Reef Wellbeing.

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  1. iChooseTo icon
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    Android: Asks if you really want to use an app (e.g. YouTube) and/or if you really want to use your phone Windows: Press Hotkeys to take (forced) breaks and/or enter an intention each time you use your computer and get reminded of it!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  2. AppBlock icon
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    AppBlock is a mobile application that lets you block annoying apps & websites, bringing down your screen time and helping you focus on more important things.

    54 AppBlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Tablet
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  3. Baitblock icon
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    A browser extension to eliminate distractions on the Internet and helps you stay focused.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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  4. Scary Productive is a behaviour training extension — it scares the hell out of you to train away visiting procrastinating websites when you shouldn't.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  5. App Usage is the easiest to use but powerful app/device usage management app. It provides the following key features: App usage history: gather the usage time about apps that you used Activity history: gather the time that you open apps -Play Store.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  6. Mind Leak icon
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    This app will make you aware of when you keep using certain apps for too long. I call this a Mind Leak. When this happens, the app will show you yourself staring into the phone (or alternatively someone else staring) as a reminder that your mind leaked.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  7. StopScroll icon
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    Block Reels and shorts. Stop doomscrolling and reclaim your time. Tired of endlessly scrolling through short videos and succumbing to the allure of reels and TikTok? Break free from the grip of mindless scrolling with Stop Scroll: Shorts Blocker that lets you quit your scrolling...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  8. Trease icon
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    A cross platform open source alternative to forest focus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  9. PoD(Price of Distraction) is the only chrome extension which could help you stay focused and improve your efficiency during pomodoro immediately. Yes. we said 'immediately'. Not like other extensions(e.g. StayFocusd) simply run as website blocker, PoD is much powerful:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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  10. Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.

    13 Spirit City: Lofi Sessions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
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  11. Focusbar icon
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    Bring your tasks to a focus with Focusbar - simple but powerful tool to help you work on one thing at a time. Stop multitasking and stay focused.

    69 Focusbar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. AntySocial Windows Software blocks access to websites like Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, Hulu, Digg and other social media / time-wasting websites.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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