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Andrey Azimov

Y-Productive - Keep your work and distractions under control

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Receive the real-time feedback about your work efficiency and the number of distractions.

Manage tasks, keep an eye on your performance and block distracting websites like Facebook, Reddit or Product Hunt to keep your unproductive habits under control.

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Andrey Kolesnik

Having used a number of productivity apps before, I can say most of such

apps focus on one of the aspects, only: e.g. time boxing, tasks organization etc. And none of those provide a complex solution, "all-in-one". Y-Productive is definitely one of pioneers here. It tracks your productivity in real time. In the focus mode, I have much more chances to complete the work. Feature of history/statistics makes me thinking about retrospective of my work, and it gives another bunch of motivation. Categories feature allows to "teach" the app constantly, and prevent a distraction next time.

I also know Y-Productive team works on the feature kind of "Smart Coach" - virtual assistant which gives an advice based on user behavior. I`m really starving to test it, since this sounds like real AI. Also, mobile app may become a logical extension to the current...

Pros:

Cool UX/UI design and useful features - focus mode, reports, categories. My personal assistant who never sleeps and tracks my productivity.

Cons:

Not really a con, but... I`m missing Focus Mode for desktop apps (Mac/Win). Now, Focus Mode works for browsers, only.

Michael Popchuk
Hey @alex_zhebryakov, my goal for using the app is to get a habit to plan a day and follow such plan. I tried achieving it with just a self-discipline, but it didn't really give a sustainable result. My hope is that Y-productive will help me to form such habit and support me in maintaining it. For now it seems that it will do the job. Do you by chance have any educational videos or articles on good practices of using the tool? I saw the hint on the main page but would appreciate more on the matter - like - what are the hints for reviewing the feedback? - what are the patterns I may observe? - how should I approach any negative patterns that I will observe? Or maybe you can recommend any relevant resource/book on the matter. Appreciate your response, M
Alex Zhebryakov
Maker
@michael_popchuk hi Michael! Thanks for sharing! We have an intro video when you sign in in the app. My team mate also wrote a nice article on topic: https://www.y-productive.com/blo... He shares tips on how to use Y-Productive in a most effective way. The main idea is that our time and energy for the day is limited, and we can use it a lot better. Hints on how to combine such methods with the app functionality included ;)
Roman Stolyar
Very useful extension. Been using it since January 2018 and you know what :) my productivity has increased a lot! Thank you guys
Alex Zhebryakov
Maker
@roman_stolyar it's delightful to hear that Y-Productive helps! Keep it up! :)
Andriy Bahlay
Looks nice. Good luck guys!
Alex Zhebryakov
Maker
@andriybahlay thanks! A bit of a luck always come in handy ;)
Andrey Rozumnyi

Would really recommend to try out the app if you want to have a tool for focusing on your daily tasks.

Pros:

Simple yet powerful tool with great UI/UX. Productivity counter and focus mode are really good features.

Cons:

Maybe would be great to have Productive/Unproductive categorisation for different spheres (like work, self-learning, home etc.)

Pascal Briod
Looking great, I've downloaded the app to give it a try. Usually this kind of tools only last a few days with me, but let's hope this one sticks! How does the "uncategorized" category works, is it for apps that are not really productive but not really un-productive? Other question, is there a way for an app to be sometimes in the productive category and sometimes in the unproductive? When I read medium, it can either be vers productive because it's directly work-related, or very unproductive because totally unrelated with my work ...
Alex Zhebryakov
Maker
@pbriod hi Pascal! Thanks, great question actually. We;re working to implement the categorization profiles to change it on the fly in different work situations (maybe it will be attachable to certain tasks). Right now, yeah, need to deal with the dual nature of some apps. Shouldn't happen often though. If I may ask, are there certain goals you aim to achieve using the app like ours? Maybe, become more focused, suffer less distractions or making more things done?
Pascal Briod
@alex_zhebryakov custom categorization profiles associated to tasks would be awesome, it would make a lot of sense for me. Slack is a great tool and I can be productive when communicating on slack, but when I'm writing an important email or working on a design problem, checking Slack is actually hurting my productivity. If I can find a tool that gives me a honnest feedback on my productivity, the simple fact of knowing that I'm tracking myself will make me more productive. What usually stops me from using a tool like this is when I feel like the tracking isn't really on point, and it loses value for me...
Alex Zhebryakov
Maker
By the way, people - if I may ask you a question. Are there certain goals or improvements you want to achieve for your workday or habits? Like, become more concentrated or spend less time on FB or YT, or earn more by achieving more? Your answer will help us to better understand what new features will be implemented :)
Lera Shukatka

I've been using the app for very long time and I'm completely amazed from the first day. It's not only functional but it's also beautiful and user-friendly (yes, a very important point!).

I had problems with working constantly on things but now it greatly improved and I know where I lose my time and work on improving that.

Pros:

Easy to understand, ability to track where you lose your time, block unproductive web-sites.

Cons:

I miss a mobile app but it's in developers plans :)

Eugene Woronyuk
Good luck guys!
Alex Zhebryakov
Maker
Francesco Di Lorenzo
Seems like an amazing product, good luck with the launch!
Alex Zhebryakov
Maker
@frankdilo thanks a lot! We put our hurt and sweat to do the best we can! :)
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