# Focus Friend, by Hank Green

> ADHD-friendly Focus Timer

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6742278016](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6742278016)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6742278016`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** B-Tech Consulting Group LLC
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (7,616 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.27
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-21
- **First published:** 2025-07-23
- **Size:** 380 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.yourfocusfriend.com/privacy-policy](https://www.yourfocusfriend.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**Focus Friend** is a cozy, ADHD-friendly focus timer designed to make work, studying, and chores more engaging. Focus alongside a lovable Bean Friend, complete timed sessions, and earn prizes to decorate their room.

Use Pomodoro-style break timers, Live Activities to track progress from your Lock Screen, and Deep Focus Mode to block distracting apps. Customize your companion with Bean skins and furnish their room with hundreds of decorations and fun themes.

## Rankings

- #20,590 — Overall
- #2 — Level Up Your Life
- #4 — Award-Winning Apps
- #6 — Start a Focus Timer
- #4 — focus
- #11 — study

## Review summary

User reviews consistently praise Focus Friend for helping ADHD users stay focused and reduce phone time through a charming, gamified bean world. Its visually rewarding decorations, reliable focus blocking, and free feature set are common highlights, with widgets and live activities added in updates. The main downsides are audio-related annoyances (music not resuming, deep focus glitches and Spotify restrictions), disruptive notifications, and a few usability gaps (no pause for sessions, early-stop progress not counted). Overall, a motivating, well-loved tool with room for refinement.

### Pros

- Helps ADHD users focus and reduces time spent on distracting apps.
- Gamified visuals (bean, rooms, garden) provide motivation and a sense of progress.
- Mostly free to use; features available without a subscription.
- Blocking distractions works well, aiding study and deep work.
- Regular updates and features, including widgets and live activities, keep it fresh.

### Cons

- Audio/music issues during and after focus sessions (music not resuming, deep focus glitches, and Spotify restrictions).
- Ending a session early may not count toward progress and the end alert can be easy to miss.
- Frequent notification prompts can disrupt focus.
- No pause button for a session (a requested feature).
- Some blocking/music restrictions (can't block certain apps or play music during deep focus).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6742278016)