What Forest is

Where StayFocusd enforces, Forest motivates: start a timer, grow a tree, and keep it alive by staying off your blocklist. Pairing with the mobile app keeps your phone and browser holding the same line.

Feature coverage

  • Timed focus sessions
  • Site blocklist during sessions
  • Tree growth and session history
  • Pairing with the Forest mobile app
  • Allowlist mode

What stands out

  • Motivation-first design for people who bounce off hard blockers
  • Large cross-platform brand with an 800,000-user extension base
  • Listing discloses no data collection

Tradeoffs to know

  • Not updated since December 2024 at verification
  • 3.8 store rating trails the focus category
  • The deepest features live in the paid mobile app

Permissions and privacy

Page access

Blocking during sessions requires visibility into the sites you visit while the timer runs.

Data notes

The Chrome Web Store listing says the developer has disclosed that it will not collect or use your data.

Pricing

Free extension; the companion mobile app is paid. Pricing and plan limits change more often than store metadata, so use the linked developer page as the final check before subscribing.

Alternatives

AlternativeStayFocusdAlternativeMomentum

Sources

We used the official Chrome Web Store listing and first-party developer material. Public metrics can change after the fact-check date.

  1. Chrome Web Store listing

    Store facts, update history, and privacy disclosure.

  2. Forest website

    Publisher documentation.

  3. Extension Reviewer methodology

    How we verify public claims and weigh tradeoffs.

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