Procraster - Overcome Procrastination app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 9872 ratings )

Business Productivity
Developer: Simen Solbakken

1.99 USD

Current version: 1.3.1, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 14 Nov 2013
App size: 18.39 Mb

Ever felt overwhelmed or anxious about all you have to do, but things never get done? Procraster helps you fight procrastination, and get things done today!

Procraster’s aim is to make you more productive through:
• Guiding you to overcome blocks to action
• Integrated Timer and Stopwatch
• Track your time usage through charts
• Manage tasks, projects and Areas of Responsibility

Only on the App Store

No hidden costs or in-app purchases

Universal App:
- Optimised for both iPhone and iPad
- iPhone 6 and 6 Plus support

Featured blocks to action:
- My task is too big
- I don’t know where to start
- I’ve made a mistake
- I have to finish
- I have to be perfect

Task Management:
- GTD® compatible
- Organise by tags and Areas of Responsibility
- Set due and start date with reminders
- Advanced recurring tasks and projects with relative due dates
- Delegate to your contacts
- Change status: active/paused/completed/dropped
- Add notes
- Sequential and parallel projects
- Task and project search

Procraster Cloud
- Instant Cloud Sync (you never have to click sync)
- Sync tasks, projects, stats, areas of responsibility, tags, and rewards with unlimited devices
- No monthly fees

Procraster QuickTask:
- Procraster helps you quickly choose a task to start on
- Algorithm ranks all tasks based on several criteria
- If you have time left, before leaving let Procraster pick a task for you!

Timer:
- Integrated with Procraster’s tasks and projects
- Set session and break time
- Define rewards to motivate yourself
- Timer Mode: Get motivated to finish your session
- Stopwatch Mode: Flexible time tracking
- Calendar Integration: Visualise your productive time

Stats:
- Generate beautiful charts
- Show stats by project, task or area of responsibility
- Compare stats between projects, tasks or Areas of Responsibility
- Customise chart appearance: area, column or line chart
- Get stats by preferred perspective: days, weeks, months or years
- Save or share your charts

Backup and Restore:
- Backup to your Dropbox® account
- Automatic Backup once a day

Reviews:

“Procraster figures out why you’re procrastinating and helps you fix it” – BuzzFeed

“Procraster [is] an app that figures out what’s blocking you from completing your tasks.” – TIME

“One of the apps on my iPhone is the Procraster app. Ive found it to be useful as a taskmaster and appreciate how the app zeroes in on why people procrastinate as well as what you can do to overcome blocks to action.” – The Huffington Post

“[Procraster is] a uniquely innovative approach to help you stop procrastinating today!” – appPicker

“Procraster will be the best motivation for you to complete projects” – Business Insider

“Procraster isnt a task list app, its a project completion app that helps you break down and complete projects in a logical and realistic way that minimises stress” – iMore

“Now you can get your huge projects done in a reasonable way to get all of that stress off your shoulders” – MacMurmur

“Procraster is a very unique approach to managing your necessary tasks that you keep putting off” – AppAdvice

Pros and cons of Procraster - Overcome Procrastination app for iPhone and iPad

Procraster - Overcome Procrastination app good for

This is the only task manager that gets you "unstuck". This is a full GTD system with tasks, projects, contexts, and areas of responsibility but also with step by step problem-solving when you find that a task isnt getting done. Also has a "Pomodoro" style timer that encourages you to tackle your task for 25 minutes, and even logs that time on your calendar so you can look back and see when you were productive. This is excellent.

Can you make a widget for this so we can see/set the timer without opening the app?

This App has really helped me to prioritize my projects into simple tasks and get things done!!! Thank you!!!

Dont procrastinate putting it to use! It will help! Make your vision plain and clear. Then watch it come to fruition! Remember me, when this app has helped you to become great! Thanks!

Ive tried many apps to handle procrastination and this is the only one I wanna comment. Its making peoples lives easier by psychologically snooping into a procrastinators mind and give various data, charts, tags and options of action to battle it. Although I do think the developers are undoubtedly trying to make the app better, the creation of a task could be simpler, so people wouldnt find it time consuming to manually set up a task. Also, there could be more reasons to procrastinate. This app is not a subscription, totally worth the one time payment. Bravo.

Some bad moments

I cant use this app, there is too much bugs! Nothing works: settings, tasks, timer, etc. What a waste of time and money!

Its just a complicated interface for a timer and recorded stats. All the suggestions and divided inboxes do the same. Not so helpful, Im disappointed.

Looks like developer stopped really supporting this app but still selling it. No updates in 9 months and so many bugs it is just more frustrating than helpful. Recurring tasks impossible when clock sets things for seemingly random incorrect times. Set something for everyday at 8:30 and 2nd day it will switch to 3:30. Set for 24 hours but get only 19 instead. WTF? Stats charts dont work properly either. Only shows columns even if set to line or pie chart appearance. Sad, I really wanted this app to work, was very excited & now really disappointed - will likely delete & find something else to use instead.

This is an AMAZINGLY app. In the last few weeks it has already helped me focus on whats important tremendously. This is what I like about the app: • fairly simple to start but offers many great features which you learn as you use the app. • offers statistics and graphs so you can see your progress over time • allows you to have a break after each session which is valuable • timer continues even after phone is turned off • plus more However I am unable to give it 5 stars because there are a LOT of little bugs in the code. • I used to be able to view all my projects individually in the graph but now I can only see one project at a time, or all project in one colour instead of multiple colours. • The duration of session button isnt always there. Sometimes I know Ill be studying for longer or will provide myself with a longer break • more ringtone options would be nice • the prompt "Rome wasnt built in a day" is nice but would be better if there are a number of those quote so you see a different motivational blip as you complete each session. •project stats graphing can get cleaned up. Maybe adding a swipe function that allows us to view individual projects and all projects separate then all projects In conclusion, this is my favourite app so far in helping me stay productive. To the developers, please update the app! You are providing a great service, please continue! There is great potential in this app and I will certainly recommend it to other friends! Just fix the bugs, please. 9 months of no updating is a LONG time. Looking forward to to updates. Sincerely, B

Save your money. This app sounds great but doesnt work. Recurring tasks create list disasters, the statistics dont record properly into the graph, theres no way to see a list of all tasks in chronological order with the date listed...buy an egg timer instead and make your own graphs.

Was looking for forward to using the app to propose next tasks - but it proposes things that are scheduled for items a year from now. WTF? Not useful.

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