FOCUSLAND

Right off the bat, this app sometimes shows things in another language, which from what I could tell, isn’t fixable. There is a weird glitch that occurred for me where a tutorial on how to work the app appeared every time I exited a feature. The motivation is also odd; every time you study, you grow wheat. You also receive suns, with which you can buy other crops to sow. This app didn’t really motivate me at all and just got on my nerves from the constant popping up of the tutorial. I do not recommend it.

I think when apps count down, it makes you feel like you’re getting closer to your goal, but when it counts up I feel like I am on an endless mission. There is a little ring around the pause timer that signifies how much of your timer you have used, but it is little, and distracting. This page overall though is less distracting than the page for live studying.

This app doesn’t have any punishment for stopping your timer early, which I think works very well for it. The interface is very pleasant and easy to use. Flipd also collects statistics on how much you study and when, which I think is very appealing to people.