ProductiviTree

Most people often find it difficult to stay motivated and productive, and quarantine has only served to exacerbate this issue. Now, more than ever, it’s easy to lose track of time watching youtube videos or scrolling aimlessly through social media.

Many of our peers feel lost and isolated, and this can be very damaging to mental health. With ProductiviTree, we aim to change that by incentivizing and sharing your productivity with your friends, creating an encouraging, supportive environment.

ProductiviTree is a mobile application where users can share ways that they stay healthy and productive during and after quarantine with their friends while also gaining points towards daily goals.

Why do we want to share our productivity with others? Well, when I have to do homework by myself it can be hard to stay on task. But when I’m in a study group, we support one another and keep each other accountable. In a survey of our peers, 63% are more productive when they’re with others. Our group wants to recreate this kind of effect with more things, and on a bigger scale.

On top of that, to further incentivize productivity, the user can gain points for doing tasks in the categories of self-care, community, fitness, and productivity. The accumulated points will automatically be redeemed to plant trees, so users can help the environment while helping themselves.

So you might be wondering, what makes this different from other apps, like fitbit which tracks your fitness?

Well, our solution does so much more than just track your data. ProductiviTree focuses on the issue of productivity in isolation and creates a community to support others during this time and even after the pandemic. In our user research, 80% of respondents said they felt more motivated to get things done with some friendly competition, and 69% said they often needed an incentive to get things done. ProductiviTree aims to provide both motivation and incentive in a way to engage users. Users can see the posts of their friends to connect to and easily check up on their wellbeing and productivity in a time when we can’t meet in person safely.

On the data tracking side, we go past just tracking steps. We cover a variety of productive means such as learning a new skill or doing a hobby around the house. Each user has a daily goal they set themselves, and they can choose from a variety of activities to achieve that goal.

Of course, ProductiviTree is not meant to be a replacement for face-to-face human interaction, but instead serves as a way to connect to friends and easily check up on their wellbeing and productivity in a time when we can’t meet in person safely. Users would be able to use the app even past quarantine as it can help motivate you regardless of the circumstances.