One of the strengths of the Apple ecosystem is its application store. Fortunately, we find wonderful apps for all the devices on the block that can be used for practically anything, sometimes to “waste” our time and reduce productivity, therefore, in this article we want to recommend certain applications to be able to make better use of our time , count it and use it to be much more productive.
What are these applications for?
Today we have devices at our fingertips that have tremendous potential thanks to the great talent of thousands of developers who make, and in many cases, give us truly wonderful applications. However, sometimes we are the users who take care of misusing our devices since we invest our time in using apps that consume too many resources in our day to day.
To counteract this misuse that many users make of our devices, we bring you a compilation of applications that will help us to be much more productive in our day to day.
The time control applications serve so that each user is able to manage in the most optimal way possible the time available to perform certain tasks, in addition, they make us much more aware of how important it is, first, to be focused on the task that we are doing, and second, rest, since it is very difficult to maintain an optimal state of concentration for a long time. In this way, these apps help us to be much more aware of how and for what we use our time, helping us to obtain good work habits and increasing, in this way, our productivity.
Applications for iPhone and iPad
Forest
Forest is perhaps the most famous application to manage our time. Despite this, I will start by telling you the least good about this app, and that is that it is paid, € 2.99 it will cost you to use it, the same as two coffees, so, it may be worth it. invest two coffees in one application that will help you be more productive.
In the AppStore it ranks # 1 in paid applications on productivity and, possibly, a big fault for this is the approach that developers have given to this application.
Besides being a productivity app, it is also a “game”, I’ll explain why. The way in which Forest has wanted to motivate you to put your phone aside and focus on your daily tasks is through virtual seed planting. Fortes works in the following way, every time you want to focus on one of your tasks you plant a seed, and from then on, your tree will only grow if you don’t exit the application, therefore, you will have to put your phone aside and get on with the tasks you have to do. The longer you go without touching your phone, the more and more your precious tree will grow, in this way, after days, months or even years you will be able to have a truly lush forest as a result of your productivity.
Focus To – Do: Pomodoro and Tasks
This application combines two fundamental aspects when it comes to increasing our productivity, the Pomodoro Timer and Task Management.
The way of working of this application is as follows. First of all, we will focus on the Task Management section, since this is also vital when organizing our day to day with the tasks that we want or have to perform, something fundamental if what we are looking for is to increase our productivity. Second, once we have determined the tasks to perform, when we get to one of them we will start a timer, initially 25 minutes, although it is customizable, once the timer comes to an end, we will start another 5 minute rest , also customizable, since short breaks will allow us to concentrate much better on the task we want to do later.
In addition, with this app we will also be able to view reports and analytics on how productive we are to be able to self-criticize, if not, or congratulate ourselves for the great work done.
Focus Plant – Pomodoro timer
The operation of this application is similar to Forest, but with the advantage that, initially, it is free, and I say initially because if we want to enjoy all the advantages and functions of the app we will have to go through the box. Even so, for many, the free version will be more than enough.
As we said, the operation of Focus Plant is practically identical to that of Forest, focusing on productivity from a fun point of view, that is, through a game. In this case, the longer we manage to be away from our device, the more drops of water we will get to later water our plants.
Focus timer
Let’s keep it simple, this app, Focus Timer is a simple, fully customizable Pomodoro. Here we do not have any type of game, all you have to do to start being productive is to establish what the duration of your intervals of concentration and rest will be. Once you have this clear and you have configured it within the application, you just have to press the button so that the force of productivity takes control of your time.
Mac applications
Be Focused – Focus Timer
In this case, we are surely talking about the best application for Mac in terms of managing our time. Again, we have the free option, which I think will be more than enough for most users, and also the option to pay to have the Pro version of Be-Focused.
This app consists simply of a fully customizable pomodoro, in addition to having the Task Management part and a number of functions that will combine these two sections that are so important to achieve the highest possible productivity at the end of our day.
Among all the functions that the free version includes, I highlight the possibility of, of course, being able to customize the times of our pomodoro, being able to manage different timers for different tasks and even establish a minimum number of timers to be able to terminate a task. As you can see, we are talking about a really complete application that, in addition, if we jump to the Pro version, we can also enjoy the following advantages, among others, such as synchronization between iPhone, iPad and Mac, since it has a version also for iOS and iPadOS, use labels and filters, export data to a CSV file …
In short, a highly recommended app both in its free version and in its Pro version, paid.
Focus To-Do
In this case we have the same app that we have for iOS and iPad also on MacOS. Again it combines the function of Task Management with the Pomodoro technique, in order to establish how much time we are going to dedicate to the task we have selected and, once we get down to it, to be able to be focused and concentrated on the work that we have to do. .
In this app we can even create reminders, lists and events on the calendar, which will help us increase our productivity. Obviously, the interval times are fully customizable to suit our needs.
Focus – stopwatch
In case any of the options mentioned above is not to your liking, we have a third, with a somewhat different interface and of course, with a free version and a paid version that will adjust to the needs of each one of you.
This application consists, again, of a Pomodoro that also implements Task Management within the application. We also have it available on our iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. A very positive alternative to Focus To-Do and Be Focused.