A free Forest app alternative — built for your browser.
Love the Forest idea — hate that the timer lives on your phone, costs money, and gamifies what should be the simplest tool in your stack? Promodify is the browser-native answer.
Forest vs Promodify, honestly
| Forest | Promodify | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Phone app | Browser tab |
| Price | $3.99 (iOS) | Free · Pro $9.99 one-time |
| Signup needed | Yes | No |
| Tab-title countdown | — | Yes |
| Custom intervals (50/10, 90/15) | Limited | Built-in |
| Ambient sounds | Yes | Yes (4 soundscapes) |
| Gamification (trees, coins) | Yes | No — by design |
When Forest is the right pick
If your problem is your phone — you grab it during work — Forest's "kill the tree" pressure is genuinely useful. Keep it.
When Promodify wins
- You work on a laptop and your phone isn't the problem.
- You want a real 50/10 or 90/15 deep work block, not just 25/5.
- You're tired of gamification and just want a clean timer.
- You want the countdown visible in your tab bar, not in a separate app.
Open it in a tab, no signup.
Try Promodify →