Overview
Flora is a free productivity app that helps you stay off your phone, clear to-do lists, and build positive, life-changing habits. Whenever you want to make progress towards your goals, grow plants in Flora! It's one of the most innovative distraction-free apps that makes blocking sites rewarding.
Features
- Plant Growing: Grow virtual plants by staying focused and off your phone
- Social Accountability: Create rooms with friends to grow plants together
- Group Sessions: Share focus sessions with friends for mutual accountability
- To-Do Lists: Integrate task management with focus sessions
- Habit Building: Track daily habits and build streaks
- Real Tree Planting: Plant real trees through partnerships with tree-planting organizations
- Statistics: Detailed analytics on focus time and productivity
- Customizable Timers: Set focus durations that work for your schedule
- App Blocking: Block distracting apps during focus sessions
- Plant Collection: Unlock different plant species as you progress
- Motivational Quotes: Encouraging messages to maintain focus
- Free Core Features: No paywall for essential functionality
Social Features
Flora's standout feature is social accountability:
- Rooms: Create or join rooms with friends
- Shared Goals: Work toward collective focus time
- Peer Pressure: If one person leaves, everyone's plant dies
- Community: Connect with other users pursuing similar goals
Real-World Impact
Flora partners with tree-planting organizations to convert virtual achievements into real environmental impact. Users can use earned coins to sponsor the planting of actual trees around the world.
Pricing
- Free: Core features available at no cost
- Premium: Optional paid features for enhanced customization
- One of the few truly free productivity apps with full functionality
Best For
- Students who work better with friends
- People motivated by social accountability
- Teams wanting to build focus culture
- Users seeking a free alternative to Forest
- Anyone who wants their productivity to benefit the environment
- iOS (iPhone and iPad)
- Android
- Regular updates and active development
Key Differentiator
While similar to Forest, Flora's emphasis on social features and group accountability makes it unique. The ability to grow plants with friends adds a collaborative dimension to focus sessions.
