BFT - Bear Focus Timer 4+

This app has genuinely aided my focus so much and I really recommend it. Sometimes the timer fails to start when I turn it face down and I have to try again more violently which I notice as I have the white noise on but if you didn’t use the white noise then you might not notice it hadn’t started? This may just be because my table is old and not that flat but my only wish would be that it could be slightly more sensitive to the turn. Great app.

This is just what I posted on Facebook immediately after I finished studying (using BFT for the first time) and it’s so honest I thought I’d just copy paste:

❗️I JUST DID nearly 4 HOURS OF STUDYING WITHOUT GETTING DISTRACTED!!!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

(this is not an ad I’m just very excited that I could actually get my degree at this rate)

Thanks to this *p a W some* (sorry not sorry) app (designed for kids but I don’t regret a penny of the £1.99 it cost). The kicker is that your phone has to be FACE DOWN else the countdown stops but it makes a satisfying vibration when you put it back down again ☺️

It schedules short and long breaks (you can chose, I did 45 minute focus sessions with 5 minute short breaks and 20 minute long breaks) and doesn’t jar you out of focus with an alarm but flashes your flash a couple times and chirps (you can change this). It’s all customisable and there’s even some lovely white noise tracks you can listen to in your focus time. And you get these neat postcards which you can add a lil time stamp to, to show you actually CAN study for 3 hours 45 minutes with the right tools!

Great little app, simple and works well.

I’ve noticed some reviews saying that the timer doesn’t always start when you place your screen down but I personally haven’t had this issue although just so you know - I have only had the app a few days so might notice this issue in the future. However, it does vibrate slightly when it starts so you will know if it doesn’t work correctly.