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I paid for Forest (App) years ago. I reinstalled it and now it has ads and a subscription, so I built my own better version with Claude.

I bought Forest a long time ago and liked it. A while back I wanted to use it again, so I reinstalled it. Now there are ads and a paid subscription on top of something I already paid for. Not everything has to be a subscription, and honestly, not everything has to be an app. So I built my own. It's a web page that works on my phone and my laptop. It's simple on purpose: One running timer. Hit Start when you focus and Pause when you stop. That's the whole core. Switch tasks without

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痛点：用户早已付费买断的工具类应用（Forest）被强加广告和订阅制，老付费用户被二次收割，转而自建无账号、无广告、无订阅的替代品。

目标用户：反感订阅制、偏好一次性买断与数据本地化的个人效率工具用户，尤其是学生、自由职业者和知识工作者。

证据：I bought Forest a long time ago and liked it... Now there are ads and a paid subscription on top of something I already paid for. Not everything has to be a subscription, and honestly, not everything has to be an app. / My data stays in my own database, with no account, no ads and nothing to pay for.

变现：一次性买断（$9–19）的 Web/PWA 专注计时器 + 可选的端到端加密云同步订阅；或围绕“反订阅、本地优先”定位做一组买断制效率小工具，靠 SEO/Reddit 社区冷启动。

MVP：两周内用单页 Web/PWA 实现：单一计时器（Start/Pause）、任务间不中断切换并自动结转时长、暂停区间可视化日志、每 30 分钟“你还在吗”检测与回溯修正误计时、localStorage 或自托管 SQLite 存储、无账号无广告；用 Stripe 一次性付款解锁，免费版限 3 个任务。

竞品：Forest、Pomofocus、Session、Toggl Track、Clockify、Rize、Flow

摘要：一位用户早年买断 Forest，重新安装后发现被加了广告和订阅，于是用 Claude 自建了极简 Web 版专注计时器：单计时器、任务间无缝切换、暂停可视化、离开检测与误计时回溯，数据存在自己数据库里，无账号、无广告、无付费。他明确表示这是个人项目、暂不公开，因此没有出现任何他人付费意愿或收入数据，但“买断制老用户被订阅化收割”这一痛点真实且反复出现，独立开发者做无订阅、本地优先的替代品可行性极高，只是赛道竞品已非常密集。