When comparing Forest vs Engross, the Slant community recommends Forest for most people. In the question“What is the best Android Pomodoro app?” Forest is ranked 4th while Engross is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Forest is:
You can easily visualize how much time you spent productively
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Pros
Pro Gives you a feeling of accomplishment
You can easily visualize how much time you spent productively
Pro Kills your tree if you open other apps
... except those on your whitelist
Pro Makes work feel enjoyable
Planting trees makes you feel enjoyable
Pro Activity log
Pro Distraction counter
When you're distracted during work time you can press a button in the middle of the timer. Later you can see statistics showing you when you are getting distracted the most during the day.
Pro Labels
You can label each pomodoro
Pro Define daily target
You can define target for hours of work per day
Pro Customizable timers
You can choose pomodoro, short and long break lengths.
Cons
Con Not a true pomodoro app
There's no option to set time for a break, and it doesn't automatically start a new session after finishing the current one
Con Looks too much like an iOS app
Even the share icon is loaned from iOS
Con PC browser sync is limited
Con Only basic statistics are free
Anything more than basic stats is premium feature
