Block & Flow: Stay focused 4+

Great at getting me focused

It’s pretty great. I’m using it for a couple of things: blocking out time to Inbox Zero, blocking out time to open Slack and deal with everyone, blocking out time to make sure I play with my cat, and one more category for mindfulness. It would be ace if there was an option to turn on do-not-disturb when starting a block. Looking forward to future updates.

Simple. Clean. Minimalist. Love it.

To improve this:
- could add functionality of editing the task descriptions you completed from a previous day (currently it only lets you edit from the current day).
- add ability to change what a previous block was into a different category (e.g. I deleted a category, so all my blocks were assigned to “uncategorised” by default, I had no ability to change it to a new category I had made).

Other than that, this app is really keeping my study in check and raising my self discipline. All the features at present are perfect as they are. Love that it is minimalist, and the little comments you can write for each block. Love the colour schemes as well. Whoever the UX/UI designer is I appreciate, you understand. Thank you devs and everyone involved!

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your review. It was a big boost to read it and I also appreciate the input for what could be improved.

For your first point, you can edit a previous block, but it is not obvious how to do it (something for me to improve). If you go to history and scroll down to the list of your completed blocks. Swipe right to left on one of the cells / blocks and you will see an option to edit and delete. If my instructions are not clear please do email me.

For your second point would you be able to contact me on stefan@blockandflowapp.com. I would like to try and understand what you were trying to do, expected to happen. Thank you.

Something I am hoping to do more in the future is to find ways for people that use B & F to be more involved with my design process. Grounding the app with people I feel really improves the design. If this is of interest please do let me know via email.

It is fantastic to hear about your studying and self-discipline. An aspect that you may or may not be aware of it, is how powerful this effect will be the longer you do it. I am inspired by the saying, 'we overestimate what we can do in the short term, and underestimate what we can do in the long run'. Keep going, I believe you can surprise yourself. Certainly this has been the case for me.

Once again thank you for the kind words. For a bit of context, here is a bit about me. I have had help creating Block & Flow along the way and have been transitioning to see just how much I can do myself. I really believe in the reasons why many people use Block & Flow. They motivate me to make the app better and better, and to keep improving my skills so that I can do a better job for everyone.

Best of luck with all that you are doing, and if you would like to, please do keep me updated along the way.

Stefan

Simple, easy to use and very helpful

Been using for 2 weeks and has definitely improved my productivity

Developer Response ,

This is brilliant to hear. I hope these two weeks turn into many years for you. There is a saying that goes 'a successful life is made up of many successful days'. I hope you have many successful days ahead. In my experience, I believe you will surprise yourself with how much you are able to achieve if you use your time well. Best of luck.

Thank you very much for the review. I really appreciate it.