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Flow — A pomodoro based work timer to help you get things done
Flow is a minimalistic pomodoro based work timer available for Mac. Flow encourages your focus and motivation while reducing stress. Dividing your workflow into sections with defined breaks is proven to better health and productivity.
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Hello, everyone! 👋🏻
Thank you @chrismessina for hunting us!
I'm Lea, one of the makers of Flow. Our app enables you to be more productive and reduce stress by utilizing the pomodoro technique.
We wanted a minimalistic designed tool with the necessary amount of features to help everyone including ourselves to stay focused and motivated at work. So we created Flow!
What's next for Flow?
📱 iOS Version
⏱ Custom Durations
📝 To Do List
🚫 Block Websites
📊 More Statistics
⌨️ Open-Source
We would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. I'm more than happy to answer any questions!
Thank you to everyone who has already supported us along the way.
We're always listening and would love for you to check it out. To the PH community, Flow is yours, free to use.
@porush_puri Thanks so much for your nice words! Would love to get your feedback once you have a chance to try it out.
@porush_puri Thanks, awesome. Drop us a line at support@flowapp.info ☺️
@davidgay Sure! Since many people were so kind to offer their contribution in developing this project over the past months, we decided to make Flow open-source. Our plan is to do so after the release of our iOS version. We share these kind of news and updates on Twitter, if you want to stay up to date about the development of Flow. 🙂
@chrismessina @lea_hirschmueller this is by far the best Pomodoro timer. Do you guys have any plans to make a Windows version?
@pggonni Thank you so much for your kind words, Piergiorgio! We do really like the idea of developing a Windows version. It's on our minds to potentially do this. But we have no further plans for this at the moment. First, an iOS, iPadOS and watchOS version will follow. 🙂
Very cool - would you consider a calendar integration to sync pomodoro blocks to your calendar? Would be very useful to have "what tasks got done during what blocks" for looking back on the day.
@joelrunyon Thank you for the suggestion, Joel! We like the idea and it's definitely something we're interested in integrating in the future. I'll put it on our list. 😊
I've never used the Pomodoro technique but the design made me download it to check it out. Congrats on the launch.
My one complaint: when I launch Flow and switch it on, it only appears on my Mac task/tool bar if my last mouse-click was on my desktop screen. i.e. if I turn Flow's timer on, and I click on my browser for example, the little countdown on the toolbar is not visible. And no matter how many times I click on the Flow app again from my applications folder, it won't open. Only way to get it back is click on my desktop background and then it appears in the toolbar, and then I can go ahead and use it.
@prithsr Thank you so much! Would love to know what you think when you had the chance to use it. ☺️
Regarding your issue: It would be great if you could send us screenshots from what you described at support(at)flowapp.info. The timer should always be visible in your menu bar. We'd love to help. Looking forward to hearing from you. 🙂
@lea_hirschmueller Thanks for the follow up! I restarted my computer and I can't replicate this issue again. All good!
Amazing app!! Design is so sleek. Was a bit confused though about the four little dots, apparently they represent four flows with short (5-10 min) breaks in between, but took me a minute to figure it out. Would like an option to customize the amount of these flows in a session, like say from 2 to 5 instead of just 4.
Also, curious – how do you monetize?🤔
@sidyakinian Thank you so much for your feedback, Yan! We will add options to customize the amount of sessions as well as the durations. You can follow us on Twitter to get notified about updates.
Thanks for your question. As of right now, we're not monetizing Flow. In the future, we want to implement some kind of "PRO-features", but the usage of the focus timer itself will always remain free to use. 🙂
Feedback:
1- It's annoying to have flow as a popup. It would be better if it was attached to the top bar.
2- I want one simple shortkey to start and pause the flow
Shortkeys + attached menu would improve my flow. (intended pum)
@mextremartini Hi, thanks for your feedback! 🙂
The idea is to be able to easily drag the Flow window where you need it to be. For example, when using multiple monitors, users can simply keep the Flow window open on a secondary screen. You don't have to open the Flow window to start or stop the timer. Simply right-clicking on the menu bar icon does the trick.
You can use ‘cmd+f’ to start or stop a Flow or break. Use ‘cmd+h’ to hide Flow. For now, you need to have the Flow window selected in order for the shortcuts to work. In an upcoming update, we'll implement global hotkeys with which you can control Flow from anywhere in your system.
If you have more suggestions or feedback, feel free to write us at support@flowapp.info. ☺️
Love the design! And wish you can stay with the minimalism approach all the time, to-do list would be just make it like other Pomodoro apps we've seen... Either way, when you add the iOS would be nice to have the sync too.
@sergiosa_la Thank you for your feedback, Sergio! When adding new features we always keep our minimalistic approach in mind. We think less is more. So our to-do list will differ from what we've seen in other pomodoro apps. Stay tuned! 😉
The iCloud sync will be part of the initial iOS version. 🙂
Flow is awesome! I've never had a pomodoro timer that actually worked for me. Flow has just the right prompts and experience to really help me sink into productive work periods and take breaks when needed.
@coffeestacker Thank you so much for your kind words, Melissa! Glad to hear it 😊
Loving this app. Just switched over from Be Focused. So far i really like the clean simple design and the ability to block apps during pomo sessions. One suggestions I'd like to see is the ability to customize work and break times. Prefer the 45/15 mins, and there's only max of 10 mins.
Any plans for making those changes? Referring this to few other entrepreneurs.
@akeeljabber Hi Akeel, thank you so much for your kind words! Yes, we plan to implement custom duration options in the future. We'll also add a 15 mins break option (for short breaks as well as for the long break) with an upcoming update, so stay tuned. ☺️
?makers Congratulations on the launch!
Your product is addressing the need gap - 'Getting things done at individual level' posted on my platform - https://needgap.com/problems/30-....
You're welcomed to join that discussion and explain how your product solves their problem; for your customers to find your product easily.
@needgap Thank you! And thank you for the hint, we will definitely check it out. ☺️
@timjwu Thank you for your kind words, Tim! Right now, we're working on an alternative, less distractive menu bar icon. Since Flow only sits in your menu bar, it's not possible to hide the icon entirely. 🙂
@davidgay Thank you, David! We're planning on implementing both of those customization options, so stay tuned. ☺️
Downloaded and have been using the app for 8 hours now. Very nicely done. Can see this becoming a daily habit for me.
@ashutoshdabral That's so good to hear! Glad you enjoy using Flow ☺️
Flow is great, congrats! A few things I'd love: 1) track my failures (restarts). 2) send feedback directly from the app rather than emailing support@flowapp.info. 3) persist float when switching desktops (if using multiple spaces on mission control). 4) option for some dopamine on completion - a relaxing minigame maybe?
@jonathan_francis Hi Jonathan, thank you so much for your kind and detailed feedback! Those are all great suggestions. We'll put them on our list. We especially like the idea of a mini game 😄
Could you go into more detail what you mean by "persist float"? Also, why would you prefer to send feedback directly from the app? I'm looking forward to your reply. We value your feedback.
@jonathan_francis @lea_hirschmueller
Great, you're welcome! So when moving between mission control "spaces" the pomodoro only remains within one space rather than continuing to appear in every space.
RE feedback - at the moment there's no way to find out that email address to give feedback (even in the about section), I only found it on product hunt so at a minimum you should add the email address. But I think most people prefer a "click feedback button" > "type idea" > "send" experience.
Instead of a "click about section" > "copy email address" > "open browser" > "open email client" > "compose new message" > "type title" > "write formal message including [dear x] and [from y]" > "hit send".
@jonathan_francis @lea_hirschmueller Thank you for clarifying 🙂
From my understanding it's normal for windows to stay in one space. We'll look into it to see if we're able to modify this behaviour for Flow.
Our email address is in the footer of our website. But we'll consider adding an easier way to send feedback directly from the app. ☺️
I love the integration you're working on between the Mac and iPhone app. For someone who jumps back and forth between devices constantly, this is really powerful.
@novelballseal Hi, thank you so much for supporting our tiny developer studio by purchasing Flow Pro! We plan to release the iOS version in early 2021. This will be a free basic version first. More features as well as the optional Flow Pro upgrade will follow. You can follow us on Twitter to get notified about new release and new features.
We plan on implementing a simple task feature and the integration of already existing popular to-do apps.
If you have further questions, you can always contact us at support@flowapp.info. 🙂
@tmasjc Hi Thomas, thank you for your suggestions! We're already working on global hotkeys, so you can expect to see this feature in the near future. Regarding the Alfred integration: this is a great idea! It's already on our list. ☺️
@__developer_ Yes, it's possible to reset statistics. Unfortunately, there's no integrated simple way to do it, yet. But we're planning on implementing it soon. Please write us at support@flowapp.info so we can assist you with resetting your statistics. 🙂
So happy to be part of this team 😊
Flow started as a small personal passion project and is now already being used by thousands of Mac users every day. I’m very excited about what comes next and what your suggestions are 🔥
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