Focus Friend, by Hank Green
- 68 of 100 · reviews
- 4.7of 5 · store
- 4,081ratings on the App Store
- 498reviews read
An editorial reading of the saved reviews
A bean that knits while you work and looks upset when you open your phone creates a surprisingly strong emotional loop. App blocking behaves inconsistently, and push notifications break through even with the setting turned off.
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What people use it for
Young people with ADHD who need an emotional hook
What reviews praise
The game loop of focus to socks to furniture for the bean motivates people with ADHD better than pure timers do.
What reviews complain about
Sync between phone and tablet requires manual file transfer, which breaks the entire flow.
What users experience
2 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.
It's a bean. It knits. You open your phone, it gets distracted and drops its work. When it drops their work, they are sad. You have it make socks. You ride the socks in for furniture. Okay, this is actually so fun! The only flaw is that on older iPads, it doesn't register app activity. !!!BUT!!! It
This is literally the only way I've been able to focus in my statistics class this semester. Molly (my focus friend) is so good with helping me keep track of how long I've been working and motivating me to keep going, and the room decor you can buy with socks is super cute!
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