Block & Flow: Stay focused

I haven’t been in real school for a while, so I had to find a way to get back into study mode and I believe this app is it. I am a first year dental student and seeing the blocks and being able to see how much I have accomplished and that keeps me going! Thank you to the developers of this simplistic, efficient app! Bravo Zulu!

This is an app that’s a visual display of your progress. Blocks of time, goals, organized with categories in different colors makes it a personal goal getter app. So nice!

I was glad to see the app added a pro “option”. I would be happy to support the developer, (if you remember me Stefan I contacted you shortly after you released Block & Flow as a fellow dev,) and it would make total sense if the upgrade offered more features. Sadly, it’s misleading. Pro isn’t an “option” that is “offered” as per the description- it is now a “necessity” that is REQUIRED. You can’t even try a single block without paying. I felt the earlier version in which one had to pay to access history or history over X days, whichever it was, and possibly to use iCloud or export their data, (it’s been awhile so I might be mistaken on the latter,) was fair and reasonable, and it’s still a really nice little app- but I’m sad to see how misleading the description is now- if I recall you live outside of the US, but it’s a law here that you need to clearly state if a purchase, (outright or subscription,) is required to use a product, along with whether it’s a one time fee or a subscription, and depending on the state you also need to list the actual cost to the user. (Not including tax, provided you specify “plus tax” or similar.) I am going to subscribe for 1 year when I post this in order to support you as a developer. I feel you and this app have promise as I told you when I reached out years back- but I sincerely hope you will work on the app some more in order to provide a free basic version and a paid version, or else improve it further as you state the subscription money is supposed to support more development. Please change the description to be honest- Apple isn’t going to pull the app unless someone directly brings it to their attention, and you’ll be able to get it back up just by changing the description to include a disclosure a purchase/subscription is required to use the app, as there’s no free/basic version any longer- but I hope you will fix this yourself prior to that happening as it’s dishonest. Good luck to you, I really hope you’ll take this to heart- your all does have a lot of promise.

But it doesn’t work on my iPhone 5s! I learned this only after having to subscribe. The blocks don’t time, they immediately end right after I press to start a block. Very disappointing. Used this a lot a few years ago, decided to get back to it, but can’t.

Was my favorite work tool. Disappointed. Now it doesn’t work at all. Prompts you to buy Pro, if not it puts you in a marketing loop so original tool a not accessible.

Really helps me focus my attention on one thing at a time!

I love the app!

I bought the 1 year subscription but when the app mess up and I try to delete and reinstall it won’t recognize I have a membership. It says “free trial expired” but when I go to get the subscription it says “you are already subscribed” annoying so I’ll find something else to use even though this subscription is paid for until Feb 2021

This concept / approach to time and task management works really well for me, and i have used all the prominent pomodoro apps out there. I would really like to see a watch app or complication that syncs well. Or else i will have to make it myself!

I was a happy user of this app for a year . . . until . . . they just bricked it unless I purchase one of their “pro” subscription plans. Give me a break . . . a timer app has no excuse for calling themselves a service and demanding monthly payments to continue using any basic functionality. Charge a fair one time price for your app and then get yourself out of the middle of my way. I will be deleting this app now and using one of the bazillion alternatives. Too bad, too, this one had a nice clean design. Stupid business model though. And no transparency.