As the other app shows the time in between sessions, to see if you actually took only a 5 min break or if it was longer. It only shows your total “In the app” time for the whole day divided by the number of sessions you had. And there isn’t time/date stamps in between your sessions.

Which for a student, I wished it would consider day one on Monday. The biggest drawback for me is not being able to change the day of week start as it is a Sunday to Saturday week, meaning it tracks your productivity as day one on Sunday.

I hate that you can’t customize it a lot, and the settings options are very limited. But since I use the attachable iPad keyboard, I also needed it to have the ability to be landscape view and not just portrait view. So I needed a app for my iPad so I can easily see the notification pop up without needing to look away from the screen. That and I didn’t want to worry or wonder if the 25 mins is up yet or not as that takes productivity away. I was using that other app on my iPhone but since I study in my college’s library or other quiet places on campus, I couldn’t have a loud notification if any at all. I only downloaded this app because I needed a wide screen for my iPad because I use the keyboard so my iPad is turned landscape and not in the portrait style view. I was using the other app with the little tree growing as it is much better in a lot of ways, and it’s free. It’s not a bad pomodoro app, I’m still planning on keeping this app as my only pomodoro app. Install Focus Timer: Pomodoro & To Do on your Mac using the same steps for Windows OS above.

Once Focus Timer is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the 'All apps' icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Focus Timer.

The search will reveal the Focus Timer: Pomodoro & To Do app icon.

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search 'Focus Timer'.

On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Install the emulator on your PC or Mac:.

Download Bluestacks Pc or Mac software Here >. We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it.

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