Productivity Challenge Timer

6,055

AXFN Productivity

PEGI 3

Offers in-app purchases

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Productivity Challenge Timer aims to help you be more productive, more focused, waste less time and so on, you already know all that stuff.

What this app is about is challenging you to work harder and tracking your work habits. You'll earn/lose ranks depending on your performance, earn achievements and track your productivity over time, so you'll know how long you worked on what and during which days of the week and hours of the day you're at your most productive.

Now here's a few things you should know before downloading:

- This is not an organizer. If you can't keep track of what you're supposed to be doing, this app is not for you. The app includes tracking of projects so you know how much time you spent working on each of your clients/books/websites/whatever - like a time sheet, but it's not meant to be an organizer or a to-do list.

- This app is in English only. No translations are planned for the foreseeable future.

- This app will not let you pause work sessions or finish them early, so if you have a tiny baby-sized bladder and you need to pause every few minutes, this app is not for you. The shortest work session you can set is 10 minutes and you're not supposed to be interrupted. Also because I use this app too, and I'd be the first to abuse that pause feature to go look up useless nonsense instead of getting work done.

- The purpose of this app is not to promote a healthy work-life balance, but to get you to work harder. Because of this, it does not recognize weekends or holidays or parenting or any other excuse to take time off, and it will demote you if you start slipping. Please don't expect the app to validate your goals, its sole purpose is to make you work harder, even when you shouldn't.

- If you want to use the app with the screen off, make sure it's been exempted from any battery saving apps/features your device may be using.

That's it, thanks for reading and I hope you find this app as useful as I do.

Reviews

4.7

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Callie Arndt

If you like to be told you suck so you can suck less Good app. I'm using it to keep track of studying times for different college classes. If being told that you suck offends you, don't use this app. If like me, being told you suck lights a fire in you then get this app.

saffaa saban

Love this app Finally, I can quantify my laziness/productivity ;) please add the option though to only see the number of projects that are currently ongoing, on the main screen, as opposed to including the ones that are suspended or completed as well

Jake Harris

My response to developer response: Ok, but I still feel that I should gain ranks for consistently meeting the targets I set for myself, not for what percentage I work of an arbitrary "good work day" set by the developer. Also the fact that you can't get it to ignore weekends makes the "daily average" worthless to me since I'm only interested in average amount of work I've done on working days (a particular issue for me since I actually don't always work 5 days a week). It seems like you have withheld this feature out of some kind of principle, but actually having the feature would be more aligned with optimising one's efficiency :/

Sany Yam

Very easy, but kinda hate the ads It wasn't the easiest (or difficult) to figure out how to buy the app, but I bought it just to get rid of the ads, that pop up after every work/break session. Sometimes I would forget to click out of the ad and miss my "start work" timer. Otherwise, great way to keep myself on track, especially with the different project features. I highly recommend!

Marion Beck

Great app! This app is great. Really helps me to get off my backside and do stuff! Would really love the option to record part completed times as I often finish my project before the times up. This means I either have to forfeit even though I've worked and was productive or keep a false record of time worked. Please consider! Thx

Steven Feinstein

Rewriting my review after using the app for a while: This app has been doing for me exactly what the name suggests - challenging my productivity and helping me focus on work throughout the day. I was having fun getting promoted up seven ranks from 'unrepentant slacker' to "bored attendant'. Fun! Until I went on vacation for a week and came back to a series of demotions all the way back to the lowest rank. I realize now there is a setting to turn off rank changes, but really guys. The developer should give the user the option to avoid demotions retroactively if, say, the app isn't used for a week in mid-late August! Duh, maybe the user is on vacation! So I am now looking at other apps. Was fun while it lasted.

User reviews

Callie Arndt August 28, 2016

saffaa saban August 26, 2016

Jake Harris August 30, 2016

AXFN August 30, 2016

That message is about not asking to be able to exclude days from ranking (ie I want day X not to count because of this or that), but you don't have to work every day. It doesn't matter how many days per week you work, just the total time worked during previous 7 days. Keep that at a level you had when you got the rank and you won't be demoted.

Sany Yam September 2, 2016

Marion Beck September 1, 2016

Steven Feinstein August 30, 2016

Vijay V August 27, 2016

Wonderful app but The sounds are hardly noticeable when we r outside. Its better if they r longer or can repeat atleast. Please get this in guys

jake kropac August 31, 2016

really helpful this is yet another tool to gamify life. if you have problems getting motivated, this app helps you focus your efforts. the more you work, the more you will work, and the more you get done.

Brenda Thompkins August 28, 2016

Wanna kick ass?? Simple to use, no frills, intelligent and well thought out app that is not only extremely effective but is attractive and fun. Everyone can benefit from it to increase your productivity time, work harder - I enjoy the challenge!!

Elena Yao August 30, 2016

super helpful! cool idea, simple and easy and keeps me focused. thank you dev, its a great app. Would be even greater if you could set a goal of how many sessions you want to finish today. Thanks!

Riccardo Schiavone August 27, 2016

Nice job with the app Great tool. Bought the premium version. Hopefully the developer will continue updating this, it's great!

Malan van der Walt August 27, 2016

Fantastic! But... Very useful and motivating. How about goals options though? See habitica example.

Kshitij Raul August 27, 2016

Keeps me motivated and less distracted. Will purchase unlocks

Sumit Patra August 29, 2016

Want 3 hours working slot A three hour working slot will do more good

Jerome Heng August 30, 2016

10/10 would destroy self-esteem again

Jessy Yameogo September 1, 2016

Awesome app Needs a leaderboard to compare stats with friends

Carlo Angeles September 1, 2016

Great timer for pomodoro method

Mladen Karadzic August 28, 2016

Nice app :) Really great app.

Florian Sterneder August 26, 2016

Awesome 10/10

Bruno Borelli August 27, 2016

Very useful

Eduardo Ramirez August 30, 2016

Awesome

Marketa Jakesova August 10, 2016

Thank you for your app. It's useful and fun. I really appreciate the option to see statistics for an individual day - would be awesome for an individual project as well. Also I read other users' suggestion about the "10 more minutes button". I also think it's a great idea. (Also, I would appreciate at least one picture of a woman - you know, the world somehow ignores us. But whatever, I got used to it.) Update: Thank you for the lady!

J Wake August 22, 2016

This app has saved me life I have never been so productive in my life! Because of this app, my grades have skyrocketed. I no longer mess around or check my phone when studying. Also, the ranking system is amazing! I feel like whoever made this was so sassy and it just makes me so happy to get another little sassy blurb or award. Love it. Thanks guys.

Matthew Onabajo August 10, 2016

I Never Review Anything... EVER This is the greatest app to grace the app store. This app has allowed me to accomplish my goals that I have been putting off for months. Ive accomplished more in the last two weeks than I have in in the last four months. I'm grateful to the developer(s) for their effort. The taunt system is very encouraging along with the ranking. I love that it tells me how many minutes I need to push myself to the next rank; sometimes that's enough motivation to push myself to finish the job.

Sagar Desai August 11, 2016

Amazing application. Hats off to you. Hands down to the people behind this amazing application. This is the first application I actually took pains to purchase full version. For me purchasing this application is a full fledged investment and I am getting the benefits from the second I bought it. I think everyone should go for a purchase as its totally worth for you. The features that this application offers is available for much cheaper where other apps after charging 5 times the price of this app.

Tim Jefferies August 6, 2016

Good but.. I tend to get so focused the timer ends and I don't register the bell. There needs to be an option to make the bell continuous until I engage with the app again. Currently the app hinders me slightly as I'm only managing to time half of my actual work output. This design choice could turn that mental deflation into mental elation. As it stands I'm going to use tasker to alert me in this way. It would be great if the Dev could implement though. Fantastic app.

Jessa Shu August 14, 2016

Good but I want custom timer times. I want a 24 minute work time, and 40 minute long break. I want to have 28 minute work times if I change my mind, or 54 minute long breaks. I can't image how that'd be difficult as it seems pretty easy to either let the user input the number or make a longer list of numbers and make the drop down list into a smaller scrollable list. I'd really appreciate if you implemented that; I really like this app and use it a lot. But I'd like choosing the numbers, too.

Ivan Mamic August 20, 2016

Great app, but... Yes I have tried that and it didn't work. When google play crashes I get this message: Null data in IAB result (response 1002: bad respone received). I googled that but it looks like a bigger problem...

AXFN August 19, 2016

Not sure what could be the problem. Did you try rebooting your device or clearing app data + cache from the Google Play app?

Andrey Bilenkyy August 23, 2016

Thank you for making this app! I’ve been using the Pro version for three months now, enjoying a tremendous boost in productivity and self-discipline. I really appreciate your latest update, particularly the work session extension to 120 mins. Is there a chance you could extend it to 180 mins? I am a graduate student, and some of my seminars are 3 hours long, sometimes with unevenly spaced short breaks or without breaks at all. Many thanks!

Rafa Syed August 7, 2016

Productivity booster But why doesnt it have any rate the app option which will take me directly to google play and how do i turn it off when i dont want work or use this anymore?

Vineeth Dayalan August 9, 2016

Developers, kindly look into it! Ranking hierarchy overrun! Can you add more number of ranks? Because mine's overrun with the max limit and 8-10 more ranks would be perfect. The app is a killer one! Already recommending it to my colleagues! Absolutely loving it!!!

TrostUA August 6, 2016

What's up with this new projects icon? Previous one was perfectly fine. This new woman looks like she has male body (wide shoulders) and no neck. Woman head looks photoshopped in. Did feminazi visit you? :D Also, the achievements button looks worse without background rays, but maybe that's just me. I like other updates though.

AXFN May 30, 2016

The time up to the project change gets added to the previous project, while the time after that (until you finish or change to yet another project) gets added to the new project. To be able to change projects during a work session, you'll need to buy the pro mode.

James Mariotti August 8, 2016

Great Pomodoro app! As the description states: This ap is meant to make you work harder. Even when you shouldn't. 100% accurate. Now stop reading and get to work slacker!

Natasha Lee August 11, 2016

Dude... Wow. Amazing app, I'm just blown away. The developer has taken the pomodoro concept and turned it into something greater, more accessible, and definitely more motivational. I love the snarky sense of humour and the comprehensive stats. And pretty much everything about this app. Would definitely get the pro mode if i had a job.

August 27, 2016

Motivation It gives me the grit to sit down and work for hours. It has decreased my procrastinating habits.

Daniel Petukhin August 6, 2016

Gets things done! Tried and used most of the pomodoro apps on the market, but this one is by far the best. It offers more then the others, and pushes your limits.

Alonso Vidal August 8, 2016

So much is done! Got my so much done with this app! It's hard to use while on the job yet you can figure it out. Love the snarky comments and ranks!

Navre Dot August 14, 2016

Great app! It helps so much with time management The three things that make this app excellent is its ranking system, statistics it offers on your work habits and the firm, funny or sarcastic comments that go with it to motivate you. This is the best pomodoro/management on the app store. I rely on this to study because the ranking system motivates me to study more.

Melissa T August 23, 2016

Worth paying for! I love tracking different projects and seeing the totals at the end of the week. I didn't realize how much I was underestimating time spent on certain projects before I had this app.