Focus Dog: Productivity Timer Reviews

by NannyLady

I love the idea of FocusDog. I want to love it in practice. It has helped me stay focused, and dramatically decreased the amount of time I spend on my phone. My issue is that in the 25+ hours I have logged, I haven’t made any progress on the quests that require “normal” donuts even though that’s what I’m collecting. The daily and hourly sections never make any progress, so how are they daily and hourly. I have to get SIXTY of a donut variety to be able to upgrade it, which takes days. I understand focusing is a longterm life skill, but when creating a new habit it would be nice to incentives small progress. It was also difficult to find a line to ask questions to the development team without writing a mediocre review. I attempted to submit one, but after writing and sending it got a message saying I didn’t have access or something to that effect.

by Marshall Shortridge

Love FocusDog . It’s a great concept, but it’s the first release right now. There have been no updates. This means it’s buggy, and slow. Sometimes you click something several times, and it just does nothing. It always takes way too long to load at the start (between 30 seconds to 1 minute). Usually it takes 5 seconds for a button to register. I’ve noticed that it will sometimes randomly reset the timer for focusing, and not register my hard work... These things can be fixed, and if they were, I’d rate it 5 stars. Hopefully we’ll get an update that solves some of these problems soon!

by Ghiblistudios

I got FocusDog a few days ago and it’s fun to see your donuts keep piling up!! I think it would be great if, like others have said, there were customization options but also adding more detailed stats like daily logs (how much time you spent on each tag, etc) or the ability to press pause and take a break. It would be fun if Focus had an animation when eating donuts, or a story or illustration once a certain number of hours/donuts is reached... or if Focus brought his/her (its?) family along and you could “adopt” them or otherwise spice FocusDog up. A visualization of my time spent really helps motivate me. I’d really appreciate a daily log, pause function, or easier way to access data first though!

by Lunarviolets

I really love FocusDog! It’s made grad school more bearable. It keeps me motivated to stay on task and I also like how you can tag your sessions so that you can see how much time you’ve spent on a certain task or activity. I’ve organized mine by class so I can see how much time overall I’m spending on each subject. That being said every now and again when I try to look a the timeline/ name tags it will randomly close me out of FocusDog . It isn’t the biggest of deals but it’s sorta annoying, but don’t let that stop you it’s a very cute app and I appreciate the simple design.

by Tracylynne40

I really really like FocusDog and use it daily my ONLY complaint would be that I can’t use my coins to purchase a new donut machine without purchasing the pro version. Maybe you guys could make a couple that you are able to purchase with your coins instead of having to go pro. I am a single mom of 4 and try to use apps that don’t require real money considering money is super tight especially in our economy these days. Just a suggestion otherwise I would totally rate it 5 stars and recommend it to everyone I know because it does help you focus on things other than your phone!! Thank you for your time😀

by LosAngalex

This is a well made app! It’s very cute and it works! I have so much trouble with procrastination. I’ve used A LOT of different apps. Most of them are ones where I plant trees, which got kind of boring after a while. I like this one because I have a choice on whether I want a set timer or if I just want to start the timer from zero. There are a lot of things to unlock. One thing I would like is if I would be able to choose my own dog and watch him eat or grow when I feed him the donuts I’ve earned. The free version works well, but I decided to do the one-time payment for FocusDog because I wanted to buy an indie developer some coffee.

by Cary_a

It helps make work fun when your work is feeling demotivating, especially all alone now I work from home. I can’t recommend it enough. One thing is I wish I could see more of is my friends stats, not just their level. How many donuts did they make that day?? Would make for better competition and accountability.

by WaterIsAwesome!

I have been addicted to my phone never do anything then came FocusDog! It is so fun and super funny! Now I am on my phone maybe 20 minutes a day! Because I want to get as many donuts as possible! There was one time I started it and was not on my phone for 8 days! I went from level 3 to 16 LOL! Now I am thinking about pro! Great app good job guys!

by 927Lu027

This should be only app you’ll ever need to focus on, my life has finally changed and been organized ever since I downloaded FocusDog and couldn’t ask for a better one. Though I would like to see Focus eat my donuts to give even more enthusiasm!

by Donut K Dawg

This is an app I find myself consistently using when I really need to focus. I actually look forward to the stuff I used to dread like studying just so I can make more progress on FocusDog . The developer is also super awesome at listening to feedback and fixing bugs. Highly recommend.

by STAUN0106

This is a very cute app! I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs a little extra motivation to focus on their studies or things other than their phone. I would like to say, however, that I think it would be much more satisfying if we got to watch focus physically eating the donut and then wagging his tail or something, instead of the donuts just disappearing :)

by Emrhubarb

As an ADHDer in a demanding job, FocusDog was just what I needed! In the space of about six weeks, I went from barely being able to get through a thirty-minute session to being able to study for an hour and a half. And Patrick is super helpful and responsive if you’re having an issue with FocusDog !

by NeighborE

I'm surprised by FocusDog. It is really good, and I appreciate you being able to make it downloadable on iPad, especially my ancient mini gen 1. The design is very simple and cute, and I love it. As for FocusDog , it works perfectly and has an element of responsibleness needed to complete tasks, which makes the user engage in their productivity. Great overall! No bugs so far. 😄

by Mel.med

I have adhd & this trouble focusing and also get distracted. Also helpful if you’re trying to make yourself put down your phone to fall asleep.

It’s a pretty simple concept (immediate, visible reward for not checking your phone to give you feedback + motivation to stay away) but it works super well for me. Turning this on really just allows me to ignore my phone.

Plus you get cute donuts for a cute dog.

I usually set a goal for ~20 min and often end up going way over. It’s great.

If you use this, I often also put my phone in another room, in a drawer, or under a blanket when I have the timer on to make it even easier to take a break from my phone.

by Zephryi

The latest update fixed the Focus feeding bug, and fast!! Thank you so much!!

I have a suggestion— I love the functionality and simplicity of FocusDog, which makes me want to use it beyond studying. However, I don’t want to mess up my stats because the stats are as motivating as the donuts! Is it possible to get the option to sort hours/streaks by tag? It’s an option I’d be willing to pay more for, personally.

by Sophia Hohl

I love FocusDog! It’s great to help me focus, but I did buy pro and i didn’t get it. Here’s what happened; I logged into my account on both my phone and iPad. I decided to buy pro on my iPad since my Apple Pay is on my iPad only. I then went on my phone (which had the same account logged in as my iPad) and saw there was no pro! I logged in again and deleted FocusDog and it still hasn’t came. Very disappointed considering I barely use it on my iPad.

by Cybergoogle

This is my favorite pomodoro productivity app! I love the little message Focus sometimes sends me the day after I get a lot done. I would love to see more cute messages like this.

Something else that would really make FocusDog click for me would be the ability to customize Focus or choose between different dog designs for Focus. Focus is cute, but he doesn’t really look like a dog. I think given the option I would choose a different look for him. If I had my own customized version of Focus, I would be even more motivated to get him his donuts! 😊

by Mandykate

I really like FocusDog and it is helping me focus. I just have a few suggestions, well one! More graphics. After I have gotten a bunch of donuts I want to see the dog chow down on them. Really nom on my hard work. Hitting a button and getting confetti is nice but as a true 90s kid, who kept her Gigapet alive, I want to see that he is hungry and then not when I feed him. And name him if possible. Not a programmer so I don’t know how hard this would be but it would enhance the experience! Also maybe if you could feed him a few at a time instead of all the ones, I don’t know, but more graphics!

by Babbett97

FocusDog has helped me put my phone down and leave it, but I am extremely confused! I've collected donuts for around 8 or 9 hours total now, and I see which ones I've collected before I press "stop" (to end the timer or once I've reached my goal), yet I have not advanced in any of the donut collection goals! I tried pressing the donuts before stop this time around to see if I'm supposed to physically collect them, but that didn't do anything. I've collected over 50 donuts (according to the game stats). Is this a glitch? Am I doing something wrong? I'd love to advance with the goals, so any input is welcome!

Update: I'm just dumb and didn't know what to look for!

by (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

It’s super cute and it really does help me stay focused. I highly prefer it over the Forest app. Keep up the great work devs! One small thing, it’s be great if we could change the color of tags! And maybe increase the tag limit? I’d also love to see more dogs and being able to customize it! Maybe we could interact with our dog more? Such as dressing it up or petting or washing it.

by Angry Chicken Nugget

FocusDog is absolutely AMAZING! It’s helped me so much with staying productive, and incorporates fun graphics and visuals to keep it interesting. I’ve tried multiple productivity apps, but this one compares to no other. It almost feels like a game and is such a great way to focus. Although... I’m not sure if it’s a bug, but whenever I try to do a challenge with a certain amount of time, it logs me out of FocusDog . I’ve tried resetting my phone but it keeps doing the same thing. I enjoy FocusDog a lot and would love if that could be fixed.

by Isabel's Love Love

FocusDog has been one of the many I’ve tried to help me focus, and is the only one to succeed. I am the type of person who loves to reach towards goals, but has a hard time doing so. FocusDog lets me reach small goals inside FocusDog , by reaching larger ones outside of it. If you’re a similar type of person, FocusDog is perfect. ❤️

by 2684649194857

I love how fun it is and the fact that it is so fun is what motivates me. I just wish that there was some part of FocusDog where I can see my focus and maybe pet it during breaks or something. Ignore me if this feature already exists for pro users or something.