Emphasis: Flow & Focus Timer

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1. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Simple App, Greedy Company. I’m just going to cut to chase, this app is literally just a timer that reminds you to be productive. That’s it. There should be no reason you should be charging customers an inflated subscription model to use this app. I would understand if you reached out to an advertising agency to have ads put on and then do an ad removal tier or something simpler but a subscription to use an app that only reminds you to be productive is disgusting and lazy. I would understand if this app had ground breaking processes that change lives but as a software engineer myself, I can tell there is absolutely nothing under the hood that is remotely impressive. I encourage all to avoid this application and spending money on subscription models.

2. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   I don’t get it. This app is not at all intuitive , and there is no obvious place to get directions to set up and use this app. I don’t get it. Im really wanting to make it work, but do you guys have a FQA section? A How to? A tutorial video? Sorry if I’ve missed something obvious, but it shouldn’t be that difficult.

3. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   False promotion. When we push on free lifetime offer (mention free) it asks for 89 dollars..?!?!?!

4. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

   Deleted after finding out it had full access to all my photos. Found out through my settings. Idk if I accidentally allowed access at some point? But thought it was weird for a timer app. Deleted immediately

5. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

   App keeps crashing with new update. I love this app and how simple/elegant the UI is compared to other pomodoro apps I've tried! But after updating to Version 8.0.0 it keeps crashing whenever I open it. I'm leaving this review because I'm not quite sure how I can go about filing a proper bug report, but please fix this issue soon! (For reference I'm using the app on an iPhone X running iOS 16.2)

6. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   C'mon. I have been using this app since there were no users and I love it. I recommended it to everyone, I used it through my whole PhD and then—boom—9 dollars a month?! This thing was fantastic for it's simplicity and its statistics and now after all this time, after purchasing it and recommending it, it ends up paywalled. But that's not all! After complaining about this a couple years ago when it happened, I found myself with a lifetime subscription—which I was super thankful for—but then I come back to find my original review canned, my account non-existent (AGAIN, btw, this is the SECOND time my stats have been deleted), and my review also missing. C'mon, man.

7. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Developer not restoring purchase. Is the developer dead? They have not responded to my inquiry about restoring my purchase.

8. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Cannot Restore Purchase. I'm unable to restore my purchase and I can't contact anyone for help.

9. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Dropping my hours. This messes up an hour or two in the middle of my studying and disrupts the amount of rounds I do it before my long break. The issue is still not resolved.

10. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Lots of flaws. Three things would make this the best pomodoro app: 1. Making the timer longer (up to 12 hours) 2. A better tracking interface 3. Ability to buy the app instead of subscription

11. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    PLEASE GO BACK TO BEFORE. This app is one of the best out there, literally the UX Design, the Interface, the colors, the fonts, the whole thing is fantastic (and would be a five star review) HOWEVER: Although I understand the developers needing to profit off of these apps please change some features back to Free! I think everything sans the stats and colors and future customizations should be free. Even with the stats a basic overview of how much you’ve used the timer should be free as well. This app was one of my favorites and I am extremely disappointed that they have taken off some basic features and made them premium. Please please please! I don’t disagreeing that some features should be premium, however some of these are necessary! Here are my top features I wish were free again: Sound Theme Basic Stats and Weekly Report Auto-Start Work Toggle A few more color options Also, some review said there is a limit to the number of sessions you can do; I haven’t seen that yet myself but I agree that it should be unlimited sessions, or a high number which works for most users. (I will update my review if some improvements take place)

12. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    New Subscription & App Won’t Restore Purchases. They added a subscription service, and the app won’t restore my previous purchase of the app before the subscription started. I no longer have access to specific features that I really enjoyed.

13. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    New Update. Yea, I understand that the app needs to make money and for a one time payment I’d be much more open to paying. For 25/year it is not worth it, too many subscription apps. This is disappointing.

14. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Era muy buena aplicación. Antes era una buena aplicación pero ahora con tal de hacerla pago limitaron mucho la aplicación 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

15. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Changing my original review. I’m changing my review because it’s been a little upsetting about this most recent update. I had updated thinking that I’m only getting stability problems fixed but turns out all the features that I’ve been using are suddenly premium for $25 a year. I understand that in order to receive more benefits, updates, software, and overall app development that this is important. However, I was not notified on the update and seems like a lot for compared to other apps that may only have one payment and be done. Therefore I must part ways with this app even though it was perfect for me and had everything I wanted. I couldn’t justify paying that much yearly for another app that does the same thing for perhaps a one time payment.

16. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    update. loved it until the recent update tbh

17. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

    Tasklists Removed. i have been using this app for a long time and was really happy when tasklist was added and now it’s gone. when i checked the updates it said TaskList removed even tho it is written that tasklist is a part of the app. whats going on.

18. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Why does my total hours worked say 0?. Why does my total hours worked say zero? I downloaded this like a month ago and I have been using it like crazy. But every time I use it it never updates my total hours worked. Ever.

19. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

    Love the design but major glitches.... I love the intuitive use and minimalistic design. Easy to swap timers and helps to keep me on track. However, other than the clock feature nothing else has been working for me. I attempt to make a list and will type to add items, but as soon as I go away from the list page everything gets deleted. It also has issues tracking my progress in the left most statistics tab and often unsaved my preset setting after a while. My daily time tracker also isn’t working correctly as it seems to be counting down instead of up? So the numbers never goes above zero and shows a red number difference as I complete work sessions

20. ★★★★★a needed feature is missing

    CRASHING. the app keeps crashing and I wish it didn’t go back to homescreen after a session starts

21. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    It’s just a timer. Disappointed with this app. The stats, current trends, and activity chart features are not updating. There’s no way for me to compare my productivity over the past few days. I tried logging out of the app only to find myself trapped trying to log back in. The app just keep clocking and it is not successful in logging me back in. In essence the only use I get from this app right now is the timer. That’s something I can do on my own.

22. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Update desperately needed. EDIT 7/15/2020: I deleted the app because of the glitches, but re-downloaded when I saw the developer finally made an update. Unfortunately there are still glitches and issues with this app. Currently, the ones I’ve found are that the progress graph doesn’t track any time. I’ve been working for two days now and my graph is still flat. Additionally, the “Best Results” time tracker doesn’t properly track time and it doesn’t let me know my average or best daily time. I also don’t get a daily time score in the “Current Trends” tab either. I guess he couldn’t even fix the problem with the digital clock countdown because that option has simply been taken away. Still one star. Although I’m glad the developer actually updated the app, many of the problems mentioned below still haven’t been fixed and have actually gotten worse or completely stopped working. What is up? Hopefully there are more consistent updates. If this were my app, I’d be ashamed. ——————————————————————— I love this app and have been using it for years. I finally decided to pay for it because I wanted to use the auto timer, change some settings, and track how much time I’ve used. Unfortunately after paying I noticed some glitches. I will work for three hours and the graph will track some time, but the next time I check, the graph says I’m at 0! This will happen multiple times a day even though I know I’ve definitely worked (obviously). The graph has also gone negative for me. The timer glitches to where sometimes it’s really slow. Also, if I pause the timer, for some reason it’s still tracking time? I’ll pause it over night and resume the next day only to find that it’s logged 24 hours. I’ve found that simply finishing for the day remedies this but pause should mean stop tracking time no matter what. I do love the app but I’m disappointed that I paid for features that don’t even work properly. Additionally, it’s sad to see that many others have left similar reviews with no feedback from the developer and no update in nearly a year.

23. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    Great app before the update. The update has made the app really buggy, the theme change also seems unnecessary. Tried to locate the privacy policy after these changes and it can’t be found on their app or website, and trying to email them doesn’t work either as mine was rejected. Where’s the support?

24. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    how do i contact this app ?. yoooo you logged me out after years of using the app ???? i can’t log back in .. this is really annoying >:( i’m paying for this please help

25. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    DOESNT WORK. So I am in high school and I am a master procrastinator. My friend showed me this app and I thought, lit ok. So I started the timer for 25 mins and worked on Environmental. The timer didn’t go off and when I checked the app my 5 min break was up! So I only had 2 mins and decided to watch a little Netflix before the next 25 minute work session. Again the timer didn’t go off and I ended up watching 3 episodes and forgetting to move onto History cus the timer never went off. My ringer and volume were up full, and i checked the settings. I can’t get it to ring. Sooo yeah.

26. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Stuck on intro screen. This app looks great at the store but it won’t get past the intro screen on device. Looked for support on developer page but couldn’t find it. I’d like the help and would gladly delete this review. Just can’t get it to respond.

27. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    I need help to understand it. Hi. I bought this app but I’m not able to understand its workflow. I set the timer, but I don’t receive any notification or sound when the timer is running in the background. Is it necessary to keep this app on top of the rest apps open in my phone?

28. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Hard to try out. My issue with the app is that you have to pay to use basically every feature. I won't be purchasing because I am not able to see what it is I am buying.

29. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Not updating. This app doesn't support the latest versions of iOS (especially 10 version). I found this in app store top list but I don’t thinks it deserves such place

30. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    Crash. iOS 7.0.4 iPhone 4S