Forest
Plant trees, boost focus and make the most of your time
8 followers
Plant trees, boost focus and make the most of your time
8 followers
Forest helps you stay focused by planting virtual trees. When you want to focus, plant a tree and avoid using your phone. The tree grows as you stay off your device. Stop distractions, increase productivity, and do something good for yourself and nature.
In today’s hyper-connected world, staying focused can feel like a real challenge. Social media, notifications, and endless distractions constantly pull us away from the things that matter. That’s why we created Forest — to help people reclaim their time, improve focus, and build better habits in a fun, gentle, and rewarding way.
Forest turns your moments of focus into a small act of growth. Whenever you want to concentrate, you plant a virtual tree. The longer you stay away from your phone, the more your tree grows. But if you exit the app to check something else — the tree withers. This simple visual feedback creates a powerful incentive to stay present and productive.
What makes Forest special is that your virtual focus can also make a real-world impact. We’ve partnered with tree-planting organizations so that when users earn virtual coins, they can contribute to planting real trees around the world. So while you grow a digital forest, you're helping reforest the Earth.
We’re proud to say Forest has helped millions of users find balance, focus deeply, and build healthier digital habits — one tree at a time. We hope it helps you too.
Forest started as a weekend experiment. I was struggling with staying focused while working remotely, constantly switching tabs and checking my phone.
I thought — what if focus could feel like progress? What if you could see it?
So we built Forest: stay focused, and you grow a tree. Stay distracted, and the tree dies. Simple, visual, and strangely motivating.
We’ve been using it ourselves every day—and we’d love to see how you use it too. 🌳
Thanks for checking it out!
We built Forest with a simple belief: that productivity should be visible, encouraging, and gentle.
Instead of punishing you for failing, Forest motivates you to stay present. Each session you focus, you grow a tree. Over time, that tree becomes a forest—a symbol of all the time you’ve chosen to be intentional.
It's a mindfulness tool disguised as a productivity app.
We’ve heard from students, remote workers, writers, and even therapists who use Forest daily—not just to get more done, but to feel better while doing it.
It’s humbling to see how a small concept like “grow a tree while you focus” can help build better habits. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!