Focus - Productivity Timer Reviews

Does not integrate with work tasks!

dsypul

I thought Focus would use task list from iPhone based on description, it doesn't.

Productivity Boost!

Jonathan Bloom

This is the first Pomodoro app that has fully clicked with me. I can make a session as long or short as I need and the handoff between iPhone and Mac works seamlessly.

This is the "Queue" of tasks I've been looking for!

FootFun

Great, solid approach. Works great. Syncs fast. On a lot of platforms. Awesome stuff. Requests: 1. Show active task on Apple Watch with option to complete 2. Show list of upcoming tasks in another view. Tap and hold on one to make active. 3. Show active task with option to complete in Notification Center of iOS.

Useless on Watch

randomspaces

There is no notification on the watch. If I need to check my watch every few seconds it completely defeats the purpose of using this as a timer for focusing on a task. Reinstalled and adjusted all settings after requesting support and still no watch notification.

Nice Clean and Easy Focus Timer

rpphoto

This is easy to use, does help you focus, and syncs well. I wish the tasks were more integrated with the focus periods in the history view (instead of separate disconnected views) so it would be far more useful.

Terrible. Don't waste your $6.99

ClockParadoX

I found this featured app while searching for watch apps so one would expect that this app is actually built around the watch. Nope. I'm not even sure how you screw something so simple up. You tell the watch to start a 25 minute timer. 2 hours later, the timer still has 6 minutes left. How do you screw up a simple timer in 2015. Unbelievable. Getting a refund.

Disappointed for the price - But Customer Service WIN

TheGradStudent

Original review: I don't know why the ability to create a task list is included in this app. The number of times a task is repeated is not recorded. Nor is the task listed in the activity log. Instead it just says "Focus Session" over and over. This makes it impossible to record how much time is spent on each task, a feature I was looking for in addition to knowing when I completed a session. The time each session ends is the feature that motivated me to get Focus, but in the balance I would rather know how much time I spent on a certain task than when each individual session ended. Also, it does not seem possible to switch between tasks at the end of a session without marking the current task as "done." I am VERY disappointed as this is one of the few apps I've actually spent money on... And it feels like something of a waste. Especially since this app is remarkably good in most other ways. If tasks were integrated into the activity log or a simple session counter on each task were added, I would give this app five stars without hesitation. Update: I wrote in with the suggestions listed above a received a personal email than addressed my concerns. Because I was handled so courteously (even to the point of providing the proper link when I asked about how to get a refund), I'm going to stick with Focus. Also, Jan said that they plan to improve the statistics with an update in a couple of months. Will wait it out with an inferior pomodoro app (not Focus) and hopefully start really using Focus in Jan/Feb.

Love it

discombobulate_now

Syncs across devices and looks great, which is important for a software you'll be looking at many times a day! Features feel nicely balanced and, well, in focus.

Latest version seems broken

Spankwilly

The iCloud sync option seems broken. Also new tasks should appear below previous entries not above them. I've loved this app but the iCloud sync being broken makes it not worth it.

Amazing!

atbriancox

This is a well-thought out app and actually helps me stay more productive! I'd love to see how exactly the development of this app continues! In my opinion, I'd love to see an "Import from Reminders" option because I tend to keep all of my to-dos there and move them to Focus when I want to work on them that specific day.

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