BFT - Bear Focus Timer

when i finish a pomodoro, the bear is happy with me. when i pick up my phone before the end of a session, the bear gives me that frowny look. i love it. it always makes me smile. i love the choice for white noise and quiet, unobtrusive alerts. totally happy with the app.

I’ve produced a huge amount of work while listening to Focus Bear’s rain storm. (Probably couldn’t do the coffee grinder.) The bear is friendly, charming, unobtrusive and forms a great habit: when I hear the rain, I knuckle down to the task at hand. Well worth it. Thanks.

Accidentally paid for this app without realizing it costed money. Need the developers to reach out to me from here, please. Thanks

Used to love, although recently it isn’t working well, it will close to the Lock Screen which stops the timer, and because your phone has to be face down for the timer to work you don’t notice until you pick up the phone and see it is on the Lock Screen.

I really like the look and feel of this app, and it has some great stuff going for it. But you cannot start the timer unless you flip your phone over and that’s a non-starter for me. Even when I’m working, I need to have my phone visible to see if there are new notifications from our kids. All they’d need to do is offer an option in settings to start the timer with an onscreen button and I’d give it 5 stars.

Works great and I love it for what it is but was curious as to whether the app would eventually be able to be used in standby mode? Love this app for its simplicity over other pomodoro apps.

Looked cute. Bought it. Followed the instructions, but didn’t get any kind of notification when the timer was up.

All I wanted was a simple, cute timer. No ads and no need for to do lists, statistics, calendars… just a simple pomodoro. So glad to have found one! However, I like being able to see my timer. I wish there was a way to set the timer without having to turn the phone over.

Would you use a timer that only sometimes rings when time is up? That is this app for the Apple Watch. It is simple and cute, but also unreliable. The vibration / audio chime / pop up notification work maybe 50% of the time when sessions are up. The other times I find myself looking at my watch realizing an extra 5 to 10 minutes has passed after the session technically ended. It even happens when I’m stating directly at the app watching the counter go to 0. Sometimes a chime / notification, sometimes nothing. For this being the core function of a paid app, please make this more reliable.

Love the graphics. The app is easy to use and does what it says. Picking up your phone when you wanted to work? You’ll be greeted by a lovable bear and a pause in sound reminding you to put your phone back down.