Forest App
The Forest app is a simple yet powerful way to help ADHDers stay focused, manage time, and reduce distractions. By turning focus sessions into a game where you "plant a tree" that grows as you work, Forest leverages visual progress and gamification to keep you on track. If you leave the app (and get distracted), your tree withers—helping ADHDers resist the urge to switch tasks or scroll through their phone.
Why Forest is Beneficial for ADHDers:
Gamifies Focus and Reduces Phone Distractions
ADHD brains crave instant feedback and visual rewards, which Forest provides by letting you grow virtual trees for every completed focus session. The consequence of losing your tree if you break focus helps train your brain to stay on task.
Builds Time Awareness with Focus Blocks
ADHD often comes with time blindness and difficulty managing tasks. Forest’s focus timer encourages you to work in set intervals, similar to the Pomodoro technique, helping you break work into manageable, distraction-free chunks.
Positive Reinforcement Through Real-World Impact
With every focus session, you earn coins that can be spent on planting real trees through Forest’s partnership with Trees for the Future. This adds purpose and motivation to every focus block—something ADHDers find especially motivating.
Create a “Focus Forest”
As you complete tasks, you grow a visual forest that represents your productivity over time. Seeing your forest flourish provides visual progress cues that help ADHDers feel a sense of accomplishment and momentum.
Ideal for Breaking Phone Habits
Since the app must remain open for your tree to grow, Forest helps reduce compulsive phone-checking and app-switching, which is a common ADHD challenge.
Key ADHD-Friendly Features:
Gamified focus sessions to build momentum and motivation.
Visual progress tracking through your personal forest.
Focus timer with customizable session lengths for task management.
Environmental impact with real trees planted for your progress.
Perfect for work, studying, or any deep focus tasks.
The Forest app combines visual rewards, gamification, and mindfulness to help ADHDers stay focused while making a positive difference for the planet. It’s the perfect tool for anyone looking to improve productivity while staying off their phone.