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, DigiPaws, Cold Turkey and SelfControl.

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  1. 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.

    9 Spirit City: Lofi Sessions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  2. 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
     
  3. 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

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
  6. WallHabit icon
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    Welcome to WallHabit, the app designed to help you avoid distractions and use technology more intentionally. Do you ever find yourself mindlessly scrolling through apps, losing track of time? WallHabit challenges you to think before unlocking distracting apps.

    16 WallHabit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. Focusbar icon
     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. 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
     
  9. 1Block icon
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    Do you find yourself wasting time at your device? Certain apps always the cultprit?

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. Wisdom Tree icon
     4 likes

    Wisdom Tree is a tui concentration app. Inspired by the wisdom tree in Plants vs. Zombies which gives in-game tips when it grows, Wisdom Tree gives you real life tips when it grows. How can you grow the tree? by concentrating!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Idderall icon
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    An add-on for Mozilla Firefox that can help prevent you from procrastinating by setting up a schedule to block websites. Idderall lets you set up a deterrent to keep you from unblocking websites or changing settings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  12. Focus Friend icon
     1 like

    The cozy focus timer with a cute bean companion that helps you stay focused. When you focus, your Bean will focus too!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
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