About
Focus Friend is a cozy, gamified focus timer created by online educator Hank Green! When you Focus, your Bean Friend will Focus. If you interrupt your Bean by turning off the timer, they'll be really really sad. Complete your focus session, and this cute Bean will give you prizes to buy decorations to help furnish their room. Perfect for anyone who struggles with long sessions of concentration. Focus Friend is for students and beyond. Features: - Live Activity: See your timer progress when your phone is locked - Deep Focus Mode: Lock distracting apps during your focus sessions - Break Timers: Decorate on your breaks, using the Pomodoro method of productivity - Hundreds of decorations: Decorate your room in different fun themes - Bean Skins: Try on different Bean types to customize your Focus Friend (Coffee Bean, Edamame Bean, Pinto Bean, Kitty Bean, or even Hank and John Green... Or rather Hank and John Bean!) Focus Friend will even help you with getting started on your tasks and getting into the flow of your work or studying or even chores. Stay Focused, Have Fun, Drink Water, and Don't Forget to be Awesome~
Info
Release
Jul 23, 2025
Last Updates
Adds Dog Beans and ability to remove decorations + bug fixes
Rating
Everyone
Genre
Productivity
Reviews
bean absolutely loving this game(?). It's been helping me focus as intended and setting little goals for myself like "next decoration I get should be that little poster". I do have some suggestions though. I think the decorating would feel a little more rewarding if there was a few more low-cost options. I've bought pretty much all the low-cost decorations I that I like and when I finally bought a bookstand, I immediately had to start from square one again. I know it's new but that would be nice
Marco M
Even the free version of focus friend has enough going on to make it well worth the while to install and use it. The bean character is fun without being annoying. The one thing I wish I could do is choose the decoration items from a list instead of having to try and click on them in the room. That works great when you're decorating for the first time and you can click on the choose buttons, but when you're gradually switching to a different theme, it's hard to click on items to replace them.
Katherine Hajer
It's so cute! But I'm afraid of investing in my bean friend, and when I need to change my phone, to lose EVERYTHING, isn't there a way to create an account or back up our progress somehow? I'll be happy to play once I can be sure I won't lose everything, right now I've been testing by uninstalling and installing again the game and it always shows me a new bean :(
Mejia Art
I struggle to keep reading when my phone is within arms reach. Focus Friend has given me a low key nudge to keep from reaching for it between chapters. I don't use the locking feature, so I can still get in if I need to, but the little nudge is just enough to keep me from doom scrolling endlessly. The app is also undeniably cute. I'm looking forward to new updates and new decorations!
Rex Schrader
I absolutely love this app! it's super cute, and one of the bean skins looks like my cat. I hope they add tons of more decorations and skins, even maybe some clothes for the beans in the future! I personally am doing homework for 7 hours a day, and I get a ton of socks and scarves made. it almost makes the process of getting decorations a little too easy, so maybe there could be an easy, medium, and hard mode. overall, I think this is an amazing app for people who have procrastination like me.
ooXSPIRIT WOLFXoo
I only spend an average of 2-3 hours per day on my phone, so why would I want this app? Because it's cute! And my bean loves to knit as much as I do! I'm a workaholic, so I actually use the focus timer as a reminder to take a break from my work. I like being reminded to look at my phone (and away from my work!) so I can decorate my bean's home and take a moment to let my brain relax. My screen time hasn't noticeably changed, but I have been taking more breaks from work, so thanks, Focus Friend!
Lauren Smith
Very cute little focus timer! I was glad to see that additional content is planned soon (please hurry), because I'll run out of incentives pretty quickly. I agree with other reviewers that additional rooms, customizable beans, and outfits would be great additions. Maybe some snacks for my bean. It's silly, but these little rewards really do motivate me!
Andrea Johnson
Great little app. Happy to support at the pro level (no ads, no data collection, no monetization) and it's saved me more time that a pro level memberships costs me. I would like a setting to continue earning socks at the same rate as the free level. I'm happy to be frugal with my socks and scarves to wait for the items I want to purchase (minimalist here) and the same earning rate will ensure I can't simply run out of things I want to decorate with.
Jenny Jay
it's a cute app that is exactly as advertised. there are no ads, and it's very simple to use. what i don't like is the extremely expensive in game purchases that it pushes, and the fact that this makes me have to check my phone to start a focus period. it would be nice if there was a way to set it up so it rewards you for simply not using your phone during a set timeframe like work hours instead of needing to use your phone to set it up. decent app, I'm just not addicted enough to need it.
eivilcow
brilliant. absolutely love this and it's genuinely been so helpful. the only thing I'd like to see different is a pause function. often I want to get up and get a drink/etc mid focus session but don't want to lose 5 or so minutes of said focus time, or want to just take a like 2 minute breather/etc when working on hard tasks.
Kai K
Absolutely love this app ! Doesn't sell your data and stuff. But I do face 1 issue, during long deep focus sessions(60+mins), sometimes the app block simply turns off. I start using my phone thinking the timer is over, but no, it's still running in the background. it's only when I open the app again, that the app blocker gets reactivated
HARSH JHAJARIA