Focus on This! Apps and Extensions to Help You Work
Productivity is hard! You sit down and work, and then somehow your phone ends up in your hand. You open YouTube to watch a video for class, and then for some reason, you've now wasted 3 hours watching conspiracy videos.
Luckily, there are tons of productivity apps and extensions that help with your timing and focus. Here's a list we found, put in no particular order:
1. Tide
Tide is an app with a Pomodoro timer, minimalist background, and white noise to help you concentrate.
2. Forest
Forest is an app that challenges you to stay away from your device. The longer you stay off your phone, the more trees you plant, and your goal is to plant a whole forest.
3. Pomotodo
Pomotodo is an app with a to-do list, timesheet reports, and work statistics.
4. Flat Tomato
Flat Tomato is another Pomodoro timer app.
5. Pomodrone
Pomodrone is yet another minimalist Pomodoro timer if the ones above didn't float your boat.
6. Pomello
Pomello is an extension with a Pomodoro timer that works with Trello to create reminders.
7. Stay Focused
Stay Focused is an extension that blocks/ restricts your time on certain websites. This is especially good if you have zero self-discipline.
8. Timewarp
Timewarp is an extension that redirects you to a more productive site when you go on your time-wasters.
9. Cold Turkey
Cold Turkey is an app that temporarily blocks distractions, such as websites, specific pages, Google searches, and applications. It's highly customizable, and the basic version is free!
10. Habitica
Habitica is a productivity app that "gamifies" your life by turning all your tasks (habits, dailies, and to-dos) into little monsters you have to conquer. The better you are at this, the more you progress in the game. If you slip up in life, your character starts backsliding in the game.