Flowstate 4+

Overman

Designed for iPad

    • 4.5 • 55 Ratings
    • $4.99

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Description

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HUFFINGTON POST: “An unparalleled writing experience”

GQ: “One of the most powerful mechanisms to spur the imagination”

THE VERGE: “Among the cleanest and best designed note-taking apps I've ever used on iOS”

DIGITAL TRENDS: “May force you into producing the best writing of your life”

MASHABLE: “Kept my nose to the grindstone better than any cup of coffee ever could”

VOX: “For the first time in my life, my fingers moved continuously across the keyboard for 15 minutes”

BOSTON GLOBE: “Forces you into ‘the zone’ and keeps you there”

JUDD APATOW: “Thanks!!!”

○ “Elegant”
○ “Dangerous”
○ “Relaxing”
○ “Perverted”
○ “A godsend”
○ “Sadistic”
○ “Intuitive”
○ “Diabolical”
○ “Your best friend”
○ "Your worst nightmare"
○ “Beautiful”
○ “Like a drug”

SLATE | WIRED | THE NEXT WEB | THE VERGE | MASHABLE | ENGADGET | THE BOSTON GLOBE | HUFFINGTON POST | LIFEHACKER | GQ | BUSTLE | NOFILMSCHOOL | VOX MAGAZINE | DIGTAL TRENDS | MACWORLD | POPSUGAR | APP ADVICE | TECH TIMES | EXAMINER | PSFK | THE DAILY ORANGE | NEWSLEDGE | SPEIGEL

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THE SITUATION

The world is a hive of distractions, multi-tasking, and cultural ADD. Many sit down to write and watch hours vanish with nothing to show but a trail of browser tabs. Flowstate is a response to the amphetaminic digital age. It frees the writer to turn on, tune in, and open up.

HOW IT WORKS

Choose how long you want to write (5, 15, 30 min), then enter a flow session. If you exit early, or stop typing for longer than five seconds, all progress is lost. The only way to save your work is by writing until the timer ends.

WTF?

Flowstate is guided by a simple philosophy: flow, then react.

What does it feel like to write with pure momentum? What comes out when you hurtle deeper and deeper without pausing to tweak or edit?

For those willing to set aside their preconceptions of how to write, they may find a companion in Flowstate: a single law that silences the analytical brain and amplifies a voice of candor.

TRIPPY

What you have to offer is you. The way out is through.

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TECHNICAL STUFF

Your documents are synced across all devices
Exclusive to iOS and macOS
Built by Overman

What’s New

Version 1.28

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Search
• Clarity
• Stability

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
55 Ratings

55 Ratings

VoixDeMichele ,

Fantastic tool

EDIT: Still using this app, but wish I could do sprints longer than 15 minutes on the app. Emailed the developer, but haven’t heard back - hope this isn’t an app they leave to languish without updates forever.

I am so excited about this. I am exactly the person this app is designed for - I definitely need the timer/don't stop or you'll lose your work function of this app.

I am working on an iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard. For those previous reviewers who couldn't get the app to Landscape view, here is how I figured it out - go through the tutorial, tap on the contact link. Then, tap email and go to your mail client. Flip your iPad back and forth so the mail window goes to Landscape, then swipe back to Flowstate. It should then appear in Landscape and you can start your documents.

Yay!

En2d3eP ,

This.

Terrifying. Necessary. It’s probably easier than you think. Getting out of flow state is my problem, weirdly enough. Once I start writing, I get in such a compulsive state of flow, I can’t make myself stop typing even when I want to. I use this to train myself by letting the writing fade. It’s a backwards way to use it, but it took that problem I had and neutralized it down to ...what is now, in terms of writing ... not my issue, but my edge.

But if you want to be in flow-state, just do this until you’re no longer monitoring yourself, let anything come out, and don’t feel the need to read it again. It’s a good way to purge mental clutter, to learn things you didn’t know you thought about, to get some weird poetic dream-like writing (if you’re into that) or just to see what happens. Sometimes I like to write the best thing I’ve ever written, and let it almost disappear. Don’t do that though....it’s probably not healthy lol. 😏

To do this without this app (sorry developers) use a pad and pen and try not to let the pen leave the page... or stop moving, even if you are just scribbling for a minute, it’s the same effect minus the panic attacks from the documents disappearing. This app is genius ... I wish more developers did these cool little niche interest apps. 👍🏻🙏🏻

lrreed1 ,

New version won't let you adjust the amount of time before the writing gets deleted

I have been using Flowstate for over a year and it has helped my writing a lot. The new update destroyed it for me though, for two reasons. First, I lost all the files I had created before the update. I tried to follow the procedures they recommended for recovering them from the cloud, but got nothing.

Second, on the earlier version I was able to adjust the time it took before it deleted everything. I was able to find a time short enough to spur my creativity but long enough to let the words flow naturally, rather than feeling frantic about getting them out in time. On the new version, I can't find any setting that allows me to adjust the delete time, and the default setting is too quick for me.

Others have written about great support from the developers. That has not been my experience. I have emailed them and have never received a response.

App Privacy

The developer, Overman, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple.

No Details Provided

The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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