Forest (application)

Forest: Stay focused, be present, or simply Forest, is a productivity application developed by ShaoKan Pi and released on March 15, 2016.^[1][2][3] Forest is available as an app on iOS, iPadOS and Android, and is also available as a browser extension on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons.^[1][3]

Forest
Developer	ShaoKan Pi
Initial release	March 15, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-03-15)
Stable release	3.11[1] / November 11, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-11-11)[1]
Platform	iOS, iPadOS, Android, Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons
Available in	English
Type	Productivity
Website	forestapp.cc

This article is about the productivity app. For the ecosystem, see Forest.

Reception

Ashley Kemper from Common Sense Media gave Forest 4/5 stars, praising the app's "visual representation of time as a growing tree" as "creative and beautiful".^[1]

In May 2019, Nicole Gallucci from Mashable gave Forest a 4.5/5. Nicole praised the app for helping "users stay focused and unplug from their phones", but criticized the app's virtual coin awards for not being "very large unless you pay for in-app extras".^[2]