App Profile: Bento Focus - Focus Timer

Android / Games / Puzzles

Bento Focus - Focus Timer

Installs:

Rating:

4.07

Total Reviews:

247

Top Countries:

US, GB, DE

< $5k

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Reviews: What People Think About Bento Focus - Focus Timer

fried maple leaf🍁

Rating: 4/5

Review got refreshed while I was writing, so here’s a shorter one. I like the app’s simple methodology. Privacy respecting always a plus. Main two reasons I bought it. Major gripe is that it’s unintuitive and clunky. I never triggered the timer intentionally before, until I realized the >> button on the side starts the timer. I guess the >> was meant to be interpreted as a “let’s go (do this task)” but to me it’ll usually mean “edit more details in this submenu”. Swiping through the bentos, if my thumb lingers even a bit the app interprets it as a tap. A lot of my experience using this app has had unintentional clicks. The timer notifications are buggy. After (accidentally) starting the timer, I come back to turn on my phone and I see 10, 15 notifications all from 29 minutes ago telling me time’s up. Okay. My biggest problem is, I had wondered why my battery’s draining faster today. I check and Bento’s been in the background playing audio for 16 hours. Bento has no business doing anything for 16 hours. And, surprise, I didn’t start a timer… I just don’t know what to say. Well, please just take this review into consideration. I’ve never made so many “mistakes” in one app or attempt to exit out of things I didn’t intend to use before. I really hope you guys take another look at the user friendliness etc of this app. As it is now, the app frequently stands between point A and point B of using it.

Nooo like

Rating: 5/5

I’ve tried a million time mgmt apps, note taking apps (u know the regular ones) GTD, Eisenhower matrix, etc etc and while they all have their place and value, I’m at a point now in life where I just need simplicity and flow state. Just downloaded this app after researching the medium articles written by developer company and so far it’s been working. To be objective, you could just use Evernote or drafts or notes and just limit yourself to 3 tasks but it’s those little intentional nuances that make this app great as it’s focused on ONLY three tasks vs having to use your mind power to limit yourself to three tasks. My current setup is using drafts for quick easy capture of ideas in head, Google keep purely for their text grab feature from pdfs/images as I also use good ol handwritten notebook a lot for idea capture (like Leonardo da Vinci) but for Macro top level planning and scheduling, am using Bento to stay focused on what’s most important vs getting lost in the weeds of my thoughts. Keep up good work devs!

Ausbin the Trashcan

Rating: 2/5

UPDATE: So the developer responded to my comment citing a new experience and I got around to checking it out, the app looks cool but I paid for it already and now I’m on a “free” plan and they want an additional subscription. Incredibly frustrating that as an early adopter I now am expected to hand over more money. Honestly in a world where subscription this and that is taking over the simplicity of the original apps pay once and enjoy the serenity of the app while getting things done was so relieving, disappointed to say the least. Original review: I love this app and the methodology. The graphics are great, the idea is awesome and I thoroughly enjoy it. The problem is that it runs in the background constantly for absolutely no reason, so it’s using way more battery than it should be, and there’s no option to toggle background app refresh or any other settings because notifications on or off. I want to keep it and use it but I want my phone to have a normal amount of battery, as of now I haven’t decided but I’ll probably have to delete it unless an update is pushed through that fixes this issue.

About Bento Focus - Focus Timer

Bento Focus is a beautiful focus timer for work and study, designed to help you stay focused, get into deep work and study with complete calm. Pick important tasks and focus with intention. Using Japanese-inspired themes, a distraction-free experience and tools for ultimate deep focus, you’ll stop being overwhelmed and get things done.

Start a focus session, use the work timer or study timer, add up to 3 tasks or follow custom routines.

Each aesthetic scene is built to help you stay focused and reduce overwhelm.

Inspired by Japanese design to create a calming aesthetic timer.

After your calming focus session or deep focus routine, you’ll receive a Focus Score, insights, and analytics to help you understand your focus patterns and improve your performance.

Features

- Aesthetic Timer: Our Japanese focus scenes are designed for calm and minimalism.
- Focused Productivity: Limit your focus to up to 3 tasks to help reduce overload and burnout.
- Deep Focus Mode: Block distractions, enter deep work states and stay focused with intention.
- Custom Routines: Start a daily custom routine from your morning routine to deep focus start.
- Focus Booster: Build momentum with your focus & stay engaged as you work.

Use Cases

- Study Timer: Perfect for revision and exam preparation. The ultimate timer for study.
- Work Timer: Enter flow states at work by embracing the focus box, focus score & scenes.
- Reducing Burnout: Stop overwhelm by using a calm, low stimulation timer like Bento Focus.
- Neurodiverse Focus: This focus timer is ADHD friendly and popular with the neurodivergent community.
- Pomodoro Lovers: Bento focuses works as a pomodoro timer for entering cycles of focus.

Plus focus badges, app icons, new themes released monthly, focus achievements and unique Japanese focus scenes.

Bento Focus is for everyone who wants to stay focused and reduce distractions.

Over 40,000 people use Bento Focus as their focus companion with Apple rating as one of their best to-do list apps. Discover the power of staying focused with Bento today!

FREE TRIAL & PRICING
Start a free trial for Premium for full features.
Free version includes: 2 themes, timer mode.

Auto-renewal can be canceled anytime via Apple settings.

PRIVACY & TERMS:
https://www.bentofocus.com/privacy
https://www.bentofocus.com/terms

SEND US FEEDBACK:
https://www.bentofocus.com/feedback

File size: 104423424

Launched countries: BJBFCMCGCIJOLAMLSNTZUGZMZW

Minimum OS version: 15.1

Release Date: 1649055600000

Published by Keep Productive Ltd

Website url: https://bentofocus.com

Publisher country: United Kingdom

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