“gradually increasing ads.too much ads awful for me 😥”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 747 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.3 ★813,577 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Stop scrolling! The ultimate Pomodoro timer and ADHD focus app to beat phone addiction and stay focused on what matters most.
★ Google Play Best App of the Year & Editors' Choice ★
★ Nominated for Google Play Best Social Impact App ★
Over 60,000,000 users worldwide choose Forest as their favorite focus timer to boost daily productivity. Featured by The New York Times, Business Insider, and top global productivity charts.
"Forest works well, and if your goal is to be more in the moment, ignore your phone and actually talk to your friends when you are with them, this is the app for you." — The New York Times
Overcome Phone Addiction & Stay Focused
Forest helps you step away from digital distractions and transform your focus into visible growth. Whenever you need to focus, plant a seed. As you stay dedicated to your tasks, this interactive study timer grows a thriving tree.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 5.29.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 5.29.1, updated 2026-10-01.
What we measured
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Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (0.8% of 747 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“it's a very useful app but it requires everyminute pls take plus subscription and too much ads for plus overall it's a good focus app I didn't any app better than this .”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 5.29.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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