Looking for a Forest alternative?
Forest turns staying off your phone into a game: focus, and a tree grows; leave, and it withers. It's a focus timer, not a task list. Todo & Timer is for when you also want to know what the focus time was for.
| Feature | Forest | Todo & Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | Core features are free: the tree-growing timer, Deep Focus, focusing with friends and focus history. An optional paid Plus subscription adds more. | Free: the timer, timebox mode and sync between devices. Paid plans add room for more lists, tasks, files and history. |
| Focus timer | Countdown or stopwatch; leaving the app withers the tree. Deep Focus blocks apps on the phone. | Pomodoro timer with custom lengths, unlimited rounds on every plan. Each round belongs to one task and ends with “done / not yet / later”. |
| Tasks | No task list — it's a focus app, not a to-do app. | Lists with sections, subtasks, due dates, reminders, notes, attachments and read-only share links. |
| Per-task time & finish time | Not available. | Timebox mode: give any task its own minutes, see when the whole list will be done, run the list in order. |
| Sync between devices | Account data and focus history sync across its apps. | Free account syncs between devices and works offline. |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Chrome and Firefox extensions. | Any modern browser, desktop and mobile. No native apps yet. |
| Use without an account | Yes. | Yes — guest mode keeps everything in this browser, no sign-up. |
Prices and plan limits change, so we don't quote them here. See Forest's website and our plans page for the current details.
Where Forest is the better choice
- The tree and the coins make focusing feel like a game, and you can plant real trees.
- Deep Focus can block distracting apps on your phone.
- Focus together with friends in the same session.
Where Todo & Timer is the better choice
- Your tasks and your timer in one place: every round belongs to a task.
- Lists, sections, subtasks, due dates and reminders.
- Timebox mode with a finish time for the whole list.
- Works in any browser, with nothing to install.
In short
Choose Forest if your main problem is picking up your phone. Choose Todo & Timer if your problem is deciding what to work on and keeping track of it.
Sources
Information about Forest was checked on 2026-09-25 from the public sources below. Prices and features change; if something here is out of date, tell us at stormvite@gmail.com and we'll fix it. Forest is a trademark of its owner; Todo & Timer is not affiliated with it.