Here are 5 of the most effective apps to stop procrastination AND are guaranteed to keep you off of your phone!
Have an important deadline coming up? Or have an assignment due soon? Know about these things but still cannot stop procrastinating on your phone? Same. We’ve all been there and visit back… frequently.
The key is to be able to say ‘stop,’ put your phone down and actually crack on with some work when you need to. Now, not all of us (including myself) have the willpower to not pick it up again five minutes later.
Trust me, I have been there and I have tried so many apps to stop procrastination, and I have found these 5 apps are the best, guaranteed to keep you off of your phone, and will stop your fingers from twitching to check your socials.
This post is all about the best apps to stop procrastination!
Best Free Apps To Stop Procrastination
All of these apps are free and are truly the best procrastination apps out there! This isn’t the ultimate key on how to stop procrastinating BUT these apps will really help!
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1. Forest
This app allows you to time how long you want to stay off of your phone for. How? You plant a tree and if you go on your phone… the tree dies. You wouldn’t think it, but this is such a great incentive not to wander off of the app as no one wants a forest of dead trees.
You can also do a group session, which is great, especially when you are doing some long library sessions. I used to do them all of the time at university with my friends, which is why I believe this to be one of the best apps to stop procrastination!
With the paid version you can plant different trees, which is a great motivator. If you have the free version and someone you are doing a group sesh with has the paid version you can plant all the trees they have. The more trees that die, that you want to remove, the more you have to pay to remove them, which really stimulates you not to go on your phone!
This app is truly an awesome and is one of the best most interactive procrastination apps for students or people that will get obsessed with planting pretty trees!
Check out Forest: IOS / Android
2. Toggl
Toggl is essentially a time keeping app that times how long you stay on a task for.
When you set a task, you can assign it a colour category, and start the timer for your task. Until you complete the task, you can pause and restart the timer at your pleasing.
The great thing about this app is that you can create reports and dashboards to see how well you have been doing for each task/ category. For example, it may show that you’ve been spending way too long completing admin tasks. Therefore, these are the tasks you should prioritise first to get them out of the way with.
Having a timer and eventually knowing how long it takes you to complete a task, will mean you stay off of your phone for as long as it takes you to complete the task.
Check out Toggl: iOS / Android
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3. Focus To-Do
Focus To-Do combines the Promodoro method with task management.
The Promodoro method is a time-task (totally made that up) method that requires you to work for 25 minutes straight, have a break for five and repeat.
Focus To-Do is one of the best apps to stop procrastination out there. It is essentially your to-do list, where you focus on one task at a time. Once you have picked a task you set the promodoro timer for 25 minutes and get to it! You will then get a five minute break and repeat until you are satisfied with what you have done.
The Promodoro timer is great! Counting down is an effective way to stop you from reaching for those time consuming apps because you know at the end of your 25 minute break you will have 5 minutes to do whatever you would like.
Check out Focus To-Do: iOS / Android
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4. Freedom
Freedom is a great app that stops you from going onto websites that take up your time.
This is a chrome extension app that once activated you can create a list of blocked websites (like reddit, pinterest etc.) so when you click on them, you cannot access them.
This app doesn’t stop you from going onto different apps but it will help keep you on track and stop browsing!
Check out Freedom: iOS / Android
5. Simple Habit
Simple Habit is not your traditional ‘one of the best apps to stop procrastination and keep you off of your phone’ app. It doesn’t time you, it doesn’t block your screen, instead it gives you time for a five minute meditation.
if meditation is not your thing, then you can totally miss this one out BUT, there’s no harm in trying it. These five minute meditations are thought to relieve stress, and sleep more. This overall helps you improve your mental health and achieve more (thus making you more productive!!)
Check out SImple Habit: iOS / Android
There we have it! 5 awesome FREE apps to stop procrastination so you can get sh!t done!
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