Focus Friend, by Hank Green

The title says most of it. This has been really helpful for getting me to focus, especially because there’s a level of guilt interrupting my bean (Philbert) while they’re knitting. HOWEVER, there’s not currently enough to decorate. And there are some paid options in the store that I really think should just be built into the game. Maybe 1,000 socks gets you a new bean skin or something. I used this app a few times over a handful of days, and now Philbert’s room is fully decorated. So what now? I just keep collecting all the different colors of things. Again, I get that the point is to help you get off your phone. But if I’m completing the game within a few days, it’s not really helping because now what’s the point of me helping my bean focus? I do really like the style and concept, but I’m guessing it’s still early days because there’s not a lot of goals AFTER you’ve decorated the room. Hopefully down the road there will be expansions - like a full house or something. Or more specific weird and fun decorations. Or if you’re taking a break you could do like a mini game or a word teaser or something. Anyway, in summary, I understand the purpose of the app and it is helpful, but the goal of decorating your bean’s room goes by way too fast with no real knowledge about what’s next to keep you motivated to keep using it. EDIT: excited to hear they’ll be adding more stuff as the app progresses!

I installed this app a few days ago but only recently got the chance to actually try and use it and I put it to the test by starting off with a full hour focus timer as my very first. I had spent nearly twelve hours lamenting that I needed to cleanup my house and get chores done, only to get caught up (at first rightfully) in relaxing on a day off. But self care is not just relaxing and the Sisyphean force of chores must be rolled forward once again, so to this app I went. Normally when doing chores I find myself unable to stop myself from taking a “small” break in between tasks, but thanks to the hour timer I set I knew I had to leave my bean alone and so kept going and going and going…until suddenly not but ten minutes after my focus timer was up I had successfully finished all the chores I had been sitting on. I’m excited to have a genuinely helpful app to help me stay away from my phone entirely when tasks are to be done to help prevent those “small” breaks in between. I’m extra curious now to see if I can also use it to focus my attention away from my phone and take care of the long term things I’ve been putting off for years rather than just the pressing everyday chores staring me in the face

I have a wonderful concontion of focus/proper prioritization inhibiting disorders so ive always been in need of something like this to keep me on track! There have been many other options ive tried but none have worked quite like this one. When i saw it at first i wasnt sure if id like it, as apps like this often drain your battery or arent actually good at holding you to working for extended periods of time!! This app does all of that perfectly which is why i think it is 100% deserving of a 5 star rating. Howerver it is still in its early stages and i do definantly see areas that could be improved!! some things i saw mentioned that i thought were good ideas were things like sleep modes, more rooms etc. And though these are all amazing changed i would love, personally i think that the #1 thing i would like to be added is a mode that doesnt have a set timer but instead keeps track of how long uve focused. This i feel would be helpful in situations where you arent sure how long a task will take you ensuring you stay focused the whole time without having to wait for the timer to end after finishing or needing to start it again in the middle of the task! Im not quite sure how implamentable something like that would be but either way i am extatic to see this project grow and im so thankful that something like it that ACTUALLY works finally exists