Every Update locks more features that you need premium for – Flipd: focus & study timer Review

I downloaded this app a long time ago because I’m a student who really struggles with time management and staying focused in general on anything. This app truly helped me set my phone aside and set out long blocks of time where I could forget it existed. Unfortunately as most makers of apps do, they shifted solely to how they could profit off of people and decided to lock more and more features. The once simple layout that alllowed everyone to set focus sessions for 1-4 hours has now decreased to only 40minute sessions. There is a large base of app users that are excluded from the quality of this app because it is unaffordable for students or other who cannot pay to use a timer for more than 40 minutes. To add insult to injury the app is now completely cluttered with grabs for your attention in other places to market premium purchase. I really relied on this to help me get through times when procrastination was pushing me down, and it is sad that this app can no longer provide those services for stretches of time that are actually useful. I wish I had not updated it and I wouldn’t have if I checked other reviews or had a way of knowing how it’d changed for the worse. That being said if you are able to afford premium then I’m confident it would be a different experience. It is a great app that lost its way a bit and cluttered itself too much. I will be deleting it now that I have seen the new update.
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