Engross: Focus Timer & To-Do
August 23, 2024
More About Engross: Focus Timer & To-Do
- The timer uses a unique ‘Hit me when you are distracted’ hack that makes you more focused & engaged whether you are working or studying.
- To-do list has features designed keeping in mind the approaches that help in getting things done faster.
- Calendar is neat & simple so that you can keep your days organised effortlessly.
- Keep record of your time spent and get insights into your work & progress.
- You can set the number of hours you aim to focus every day and monitor your daily target.
- Label all your sessions, tasks & events to keep everything organised and have a better track of time.
- Keep ADD & ADHD at bay.
⏱ Pomodoro Timer and Stopwatch
A fully customisable Pomodoro timer with work session length up to 180 minutes and long break length up to 240 minutes, so you can set a timer for a whole day.
Use the Stopwatch when you prefer a flexible schedule or simply want to track your time effortlessly.
You can even attach a timer or stopwatch with your tasks/events and start sessions right from the To-do list and Calendar.
✅ To-Do list
• Repeating tasks with flexible repeat options like twice a week, every alternate day etc. will help you achieve your long term goals and form new habits.
• Track the progress of your long & big tasks with a flexible progress tracker.
• You can set reminders for the tasks that can notify you up to 24 hours in advance.
• Break the big tasks into smaller & achievable sub-tasks and achieve bigger goals effortlessly.
📅 Calendar/Day Planner
• Create events and plan your daily & weekly routines.
• From your main tasks of the day to your lunch break & meditation time, get notified with reminders for everything and stay on track with your schedule.
• Create Recurring events for your regular routine & keep your days organised.
📊 Statistics and Analysis
• 7 different graphs and a summary on top give you proper insights into your focus and productivity levels.
• Detailed History of Work Sessions to help you keep record of all the work you have done.
• You can filter the history and graphs for each label to analyse your performance at different tasks.
• You can also export the sessions history to a CSV file whenever you need to analyse them separately.
🚫 App Whitelist
• Block the distracting apps while working and stay fully focused.
🎵 White Noise
• Soothing sounds help to be more focused & engaged when working.
🧑🎓 An additional Timer curated for students.
• Set a dedicated revision timer before or after your main session, this extra timer ensures that you retain things better and for a longer time. This feature is especially beneficial for students.
☁️ Automatic Cloud Backup & Sync
• Automatic backup of your work sessions, tasks, events & labels and sync across all your Android devices.
A few more useful features of Engross
• Deep focus mode has the option to auto turn-off WiFi during work sessions. Disconnect from internet to focus without any interruptions.
• There are 24 soothing theme accents to choose from and a black theme for timer.
• Get a reminder one minute before the session ends, giving you time to wrap things up smoothly.
• You can add custom quotes to keep yourself motivated while working.
• Optional pause feature in work sessions for those who need to take small breaks while focusing.
• Enjoy more control with Manual mode, giving you the choice to start each new session at your own pace.
• Seamlessly fast forward to the next session or start a break whenever you finish early.
Pomodoro™ and Pomodoro Technique® are registered trademarks of Francesco Cirillo. This app is not affiliated with Francesco Cirillo.
Latest Version
10.2.0
August 23, 2024
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User Reviews
A Google user
6 years ago
Yeah it's good. As of writing this I've used at least 10 different pomodoro timers (many of which I went all in and got the premium version) and this is the one that worked for me. It's clean and well designed. I can't say specifically why I like it, but I can say the other apps I tried we're annoying to use, and this one isn't, so it comes down to design, and I am not versed im enough to be specific about it.
Mathew George
3 years ago
There are some serious issues with this app. The work session stops randomly in between. It shows that the session has been completed even though it is still running. Secondly the notifications does not seem to work properly. I'm not notified when a session is completed sometimes. The notification sound does not beep. I had contacted the customer care and their solutions does not seem to work. Highly disappointed with the premium version. I will move to another app now..
Cat Stickler
2 years ago
Easily my new favorite app to track my distractions, and it was an easy choice to upgrade. I've only been using it for one day, but I LOVE the analytics feature that shows me when I'm most distracted to better optimize my work sessions and work with my brain instead of against it. (And as someone with ADHD, it's so important to find these patterns!) I also love how easy it is to see how much progress I've made on tasks! I've already been recommending it to anyone who will listen.
Frank Alvarez
4 years ago
So good first: If you're looking for an easy-to-use app that'll give you all the Pomodoro perks but with also a stopwatch for tasks you don't know the duration of, this is it. And I love the "distracted" feature, simple AND useful! Thank you for the reply, team. Yes, once you fix the multiple devices cloud sync, I'd happily score it a 5 star. It's become an essential part of my life!
Nina Marcellus
3 years ago
I really like this for my ADHD. It's well worth the flat price to get all the features, and while it's not 100% polished, it has a lot of features other things don't. My main suggestion/request would be that if you have a daily repeat but you didn't get it done, having an option for dismissing it that doesn't mark it as complete. Also, an option for moving one instance in a repeating series.
A Google user
6 years ago
The improvement I want to make this a 5 star is more encouraging text or break suggestions. This is great because the division of work and breaks helps manage my stress and prevent getting sucked into distractions. Five minute breaks are too short to really get invested in most distractions. Also, I can see when I got distracted the most; if I remember what thoughts or circumstances distracted me, I can learn to overcome them next time. I'm slowly learning how to plan my day accordingly.
Steve'Oh Lawrow
3 years ago
Best performance app I have used. I own the premium version, but the tracking, background, and simple layout has made it worth it for the hundreds of hours I have used it. I love the custom labels. **Note to the developers: Could you allow for the labels to be rearranged, or even a sort for recent/most used? Sometimes I want create a new label but hate having to scroll through my personalized ones to find the relevant label. Deleting old to create new leaves them tracked as unlabeled in history.
Nathanael Pelling
4 years ago
I love this app. Programmable pomodoro yanks you back from a user/task specific prespecified break (switches back to engross). Tracks time spent on projects. Allows you to compare on a daily/weekly/monthly basis the proportion and quantity of time going towards each project. You can export your data if you want to analyze it further. Additionally, it has a neat feature where you can track how focused you are. This app just has a nice suite of many productivity/task completion features.
A Google user
6 years ago
Seems like a winner - Used just a bit but my key features are there & Im picky on to do apps. MAJOR + for me: simple drag/drop to rearrange tasks on the fly thru the day. You can sched tasks & filter the view with tags but its essentialy a running to do list. I can ses ALL tasks at once if I want, no complicated menus or folders. Still need to try the Pomodoro feature I'm sure it will be great. App is very functional even w/out premium but will likely upgrade which Ive never done before!
Colin Dunn
2 years ago
This application is the most comprehensive pomodoro timer that I have found. The application is intuitive, you can use it in many different ways to plan your day and Carry out tasks and stay motivated. I have found it to be invaluable. The only thing that's missing is a web version that you could then use when you are working on the computer. Thanks very much!
A Google user
5 years ago
I paid for the premium version but utterly disappointed. I'd want to set my own work sessions. But whatever I set, the app only allowed my session to start from the last one. When I tried to check the length of my first session, it had already turned into the length of the last one! So I'm going to cut my loss and move on. Bye bye, Engross!
Matthew Shelhamer
5 years ago
Promising and thoughtfully-designed, but doesn't sync properly with calendar. It's only showing 2-3 of my several Google calendars (this is true for 2 different devices!), yet multiple other calendar apps on the same device can sync just fine and I can select which calendars I wish. Please fix sync and add option (as in other apps with calendar sync) to select exactly which calendars should be synced.
A Google user
6 years ago
Very good. Would be 5 stars if 1) I could select at what time during the task I want to take breaks, 2) I could turn the screen off without the phone locking on this specific app so as to save battery but easily mark a distraction and 3) I could have multiple goals so that for example I work for 8 hours and exercise for 1 hour a day
Loop
4 years ago
My main criticism is that the To-Do lists cannot integrate with either local tasks/to-do items (e.g., Samsung Reminder) or cloud services (e.g., Google Tasks or Microsoft To Do). I would be happy with any integration regardless of which service. It is not possible to view Engross To Do on a laptop or desktop device. If these criticisms are not a problem for you then it is a good app.
A Google user
6 years ago
I just got the paid app and I wanted to send you a note. When I clicked "Send Suggestions/Feedback" the app asked which app I'd like to use for email. I clicked my email app and it opened but did not populate your email address into the "Send" and there is no email address in the "About" tab. Can you post your contact info in the app? Thanks
Anna Wagner
1 year ago
This app is amazing. I've tried a lot of different focus apps, trying to find what's right for me and this won. There are so many features that this app has & most of it is free except for some color themes & a couple more advanced options. There's a to-do list that is really helpful & you can even put your tasks in order of priority. There aren't any ads & it's a simple yet effective design. You can set the timer to pomodoro or stopwatch which was really helpful for me. I highly recommend!
Charles Hurd
3 years ago
I like that you can choose how long to work and how long to break. 25, 5 is too restrictive for me. I also like how it pauses and waits for you to start the next phase. 10/27/21. Wow, I can't believe I've been using Engross for well over two years now. It's still just as good as ever. I learned how to fine tune the time spent concentrating. The 5 minute increment choices can be adjusted with the revise before or after, and the 5 minute break can be adjusted also. I highly recommend this app.
A Google user
6 years ago
I just bought it to see if by buying it I would be able to set more goals , so maybe by setting more goals I would also get more timers set (and keep them ready) according to the different labels and the different needs of distribution of time, and set different motivational messages according to different goals. --Would you think is possible that you add those features?.... would be great!! thank you for consider.
A Google user
5 years ago
I Like the app. But there is one thing that bothers me since the last couple updates. I use a Pixel phone and when the timer is running, it makes the screen flicker. The screen is trying to settle but the app wakes it up again. I tried with always on display option ON and OFF. The flickering is distracting. I can turn my phone over but I do like to keep the phone face up; plus doing so turns off notifications. I do also miss the Pause feature. A fix would be appreciated.
A Google user
6 years ago
The pro version is only $1.99 so a person can't complain. It does seem like all the features of person would actually use are in that pro version. It would be nice to have a free trial. I really liked being able to divide each task into self labeled parts. However, the slider underneath the task is not easy to advance. I kept trying to mark off a section completed and it kept checking the task as done. The statistics page on how often I was distracted could be a great tool.
