15 apps for concentration

During the session, many students are faced with the fact that they cannot concentrate on preparing for tests and exams. So what's the problem? The German philosopher F. Nietzsche in his work "Untimely Reflections" argued that people themselves are constantly looking for reasons to be distracted. Thus, we ourselves switch attention to secondary or completely unimportant tasks, postponing the primary ones.In the modern world, people are most often distracted by social networks. How to deal with this and be effective? The StudyQA team has prepared a list of useful apps for focusing on important tasks.

Timer Applications

Focus Booster - a shareware application where you can set a timer for a period from 1 to 90 minutes.You can also designate the task on which you will work during this period, and the client.

Timesheet is also a shareware timer application, it helps you keep track of what tasks and how long you worked.Especially convenient for those who work on several tasks at the same time.The program has great functionality: the ability to assign tags to tasks, summarize time for different periods (from a week to a year), and count work breaks.

Time is a paid application for iOS.Time allows you to quickly add new tasks, set aside time for them and see how much they actually took.The application works with the help of artificial intelligence, which analyzes your data and after a while begins to give individual advice on how to improve efficiency.

TimeOut is a free iOS app that reminds you to take breaks.The developers propose to take ten-minute breaks every hour, and every 25 minutes to break for 15 seconds to rest the eyes.When the break time comes, the screen dims.The application also has an activity tracker, where you can track in which programs you worked.

Forest is a free application,where you can grow your own forest while remaining productive.You can set the time you need to work, during this period you cannot use the phone, otherwise your tree will die.If you have successfully overcome the urge to check social networks, then a tree will grow, and you will also receive coins.For coins, you can buy new types of trees, background sounds and music, and even plant a real tree.

App blockers

Freedom - a paid app that blocks mail, social networks and other distracting sites of your choice.You can block it for a couple of hours or for the whole day.

Go Fucking Work is an extension for Google Chrome that blocks the sites selected by the user.If he goes to one of them, the plugin will remind him to return to important current tasks.

StayFocusd - another extension for Google Chrome, unlike the previous one, it does not block third-party sites, but allocates time that you can spend on them.

Self-Control - this application blocks sites for a certain time, you can always change the list of sites by adding or removing them.

Other applications

Noisli - generatorbackground music that can pick up the necessary sounds for concentration or relaxation.There are many options, mainly the sounds of wildlife: the splash of water, the sound of rain, the rustle of grass.After registration, you can turn on the timer, and instead of a cumbersome text editor, type text directly on the application page.

FocusWriter is an application that is ideal for those who constantly write texts.It recreates the text editor and blocks all other programs on your screen.All menus are hidden until you hover overhim with the cursor.The application has all the necessary functions: spell check, word counting and a nice bonus in the form of the sounds of a typewriter when writing text.

Escape is a paid application for iOS that calculates how much time you spent on a particular site.Every day, the service sends a report on the number of breaks, working hours and the sites you used.

RescueTime is a shareware application that allows you to analyze your habits and productivity, as well as understand what you spend your work time on.Among the functions, one can note the ability to block sites, track offline affairs and mark personal achievements.

One Big Thing - the application allows you to select one goal per day and focus on achieving it.It is also possible to add multiple secondary targets.

f.lux is a free application that adjusts the screen brightness temperature.Blue light is bad for our vision and sleep.f.lux adjusts the brightness and saturation of the screen based on the time of day.