Focus apps claim to improve your productivity. Do they actually work?
- Written by Dwain Allan, Lecturer, School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury
Pomodoro Cat/Forest/Focus Friend/Focus To-DoIt’s hardly a revelation that we’re living in an era of distraction and smartphone addiction. Our phones interrupt us, hijack our attention, and tempt us into scrolling. Even when we aren’t interacting with them, their mere presence makes it difficult to concentrate.
To address this, app...





