Forest
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Forest, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Forest's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Focus timer · Deep Focus app blocking · Time Guard for 1 app/site · 1 Mindful Space soundscape · Focus tracking · Plant Together · classic trees and land styles · No payment or time limit |
| Monthly (Early Bird) | $5.99 a month | Forest Plus features · Monthly subscription |
| Annual (Early Bird) | $35.99 a year | Forest Plus features · Annual subscription |
| Plus | — | Everything in Free · custom allowlist · multi-app Time Guard · analytics and tags · 3× coins · exclusive and seasonal content · up to 5 real trees · Try free; subscribe only if wanted |
| Pro (existing users only) | — | Existing users retain Pro status; feature availability may vary by app version, platform, and system support. · No longer available for purchase; existing Pro status does not expire. |
The facts
Each one read from Forest's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- Focus Analytics reports focus patterns and hours by day, week, or month, and Plus adds analytics and custom tags.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Deep Focus
- Deep Focus blocks selected distracting mobile apps during an active session.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The official product materials list a browser extension as the desktop access method and do not describe a public API or SDK.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Focus analytics
- The app records focus time, patterns, streaks and history by day, week and month, with custom tags available on paid tiers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Focus timer
- Users choose a focus duration and tree species, then earn a completed tree when the session ends successfully.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding record
- Crunchbase lists one non-equity-assistance round involving Taiwan Tech Arena and identifies Shao-Kan Pi as CEO and co-founder.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Group focus
- Plant Together synchronizes a focus session among friends, and the group’s trees die if anyone gives up.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Legacy Pro
- Existing Pro users retain Pro permanently, while Pro is no longer sold to new users.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence terms
- Seekrtech grants a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence and forbids copying, modification, distribution, sale, leasing or reverse engineering.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: extension features
- Tooltivity found no stopwatch mode or co-focus rooms in the extension, with many trees locked and earned coins often unusable there.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: extension sync
- Tooltivity says browser-to-mobile synchronization has become unreliable and browser login fails for some users.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Mindful Space
- Mindful Space provides breathing exercises, calming soundscapes and gentle visual animations for breaks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news: Labfront partnership
- On June 20, 2023, Labfront and Seekrtech announced that eligible Labfront Basic and Advanced customers would receive lifetime Forest access.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Android data practices
- Google Play says the app may share location and personal information with third parties, encrypts data in transit and supports deletion requests.checked 15 Oct 2026
- App blocking
- Deep Focus blocks or redirects attempts to open other apps during a session, and is available on the free tier.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Cross-device sync
- The maker describes account and focus-history sync across iPhone, iPad, Android and browser extension versions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- iOS requirement
- The iPhone and iPad app requires iOS or iPadOS 16 or later; Apple Watch support requires watchOS 8 or later.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Android reliability
- A Google Play reviewer reported repeated crashes after an update and inability to log back in and recover previously purchased Pro content.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Android UX
- Another Google Play reviewer complained about coin-doubling bugs, difficulty identifying trees, limited tree arrangement controls and inability to use the app while a tree grows.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company legal name
- The Google Play developer field identifies the maker as 時刻科技股份有限公司, commonly rendered Seekrtech Co., Ltd.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Seekrtech as a privately held IT-services company with 11–50 employees, headquartered in Taichung City and founded in 2016.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2014checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Taichung, Taiwanchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free trial
- The App Store listing invites users to start a free Forest Plus trial and cancel at any time.checked 15 Oct 2026
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