# Focus Friend, by Hank Green — user reviews > 1,308 indexed App Store user reviews of Focus Friend, by Hank Green by B-Tech Consulting Group LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 4,202 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,536 · 4★ 380 · 3★ 132 · 2★ 56 · 1★ 98 ## What do users think of Focus Friend, by Hank Green? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Shockingly effective for ADHD - 👍 Intuitive and easy to use UI - 🧘‍♀️ Calming and fun to use - 👍 Helps with productivity and focus - 👍 Affordable and accessible **Cons** - 🐛 Minor bugs with Deep Focus mode - 💰 Subscription model and pricing concerns - 🔓 Apps can still be used during focus sessions **Commonly reported bugs** - Deep Focus mode locking apps after timer ends - Screen turning off during use **Most requested features** - Customizable bean outfits and accessories - Additional rooms and decor options - Seasonal items and events - Expanded statistics and achievements - Background music playback while phone is locked ## Newest reviews (18 of 1,308) ### 4/5 — Traduction français *2026-08-16* L’application est incroyable maintenant bloqué mon téléphone est devenu un jeu mais se serait bien que l’application soit traduit en français ### 2/5 — nice app but *2026-08-16, version 1.24.1* I feel like a lot of features are locked behind pay walls… ### 4/5 — Good, But… *2026-08-15, version 1.24.1* This app has been so helpful with managing my ADHD while satisfying my interest in interior design. However, the images on the screen (e.g. charts, option to buy Pro) have started to overwhelm the entire screen. It makes things distracting, which defeats the purpose of the calm design. If there was just a way to hide the icons in a small menu that could expand or retract, that would be fantastic! ### 4/5 — Allowing non paying customers to join *2026-08-14, version 1.24.1* The fact they’ve got accessories & more added for those who don’t pay to play/use focus friend is a great addition. I had planned leaving it in the past cuz there was nothing more to do, thanks for changing my mind. ### 4/5 — So Nice But ….. *2026-08-09, version 1.24.1* Like this app is great because it is good enough to name the bean after my stuffie Smomi. I have some suggestions like to: 1. Have special beans being able to buy with socks and/or able to buy once you’ve focused for a certain period of time because you might want it a lot but you don’t have money. 2. Some things cost a heck of socks, so maybe cut the price a little? 3. Maybe make every focus session have a slim chance to drop scarves even without pro. 4.Have a pause button in case you have something unexpected happen like dinner you actually focus that long to earn the socks 5.I think the timer skipped past a second in the countdown timer can you see if I saw it right. 6.My bean wears the ascot and for some reason the arm just goes through the cloth. 7.Have the bean grow mold when you don’t focus for one day and die if you don’t do it again. 8. Be able to drag your bean around 9.Be able to see the out side of the walls. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD TRY ONE OF THESE THINGS OUT. :D ### 5/5 — help *2026-08-09, version 1.24.1* Cool app but i can’t delete it. ### 4/5 — could use a lot more basic functionality *2026-08-07, version 1.24.1* really wish i could add a widget to my lock and home screen and pause the focus timer instead of stopping and starting a new one (it's a bit discouraging when it's literally the only thing keeping me from using this app regularly and buying a premium subscription. it's cute but i'd like a little more functionality ### 5/5 — So Nice But ….. *2026-08-07, version 1.24.1* Like this app is great because it is good enough to name the bean after my stuffie Smomi. I have some suggestions like to: 1. Have special beans being able to buy with socks and/or able to buy once you’ve focused for a certain period of time because you might want it a lot but you don’t have money. 2. Some things cost a heck of socks, so maybe cut the price a little? 3. Maybe make every focus session have a slim chance to drop scarves even without pro. 4.Have a pause button in case you have something unexpected happen like dinner you actually focus that long to earn the socks IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD TRY ONE OF THESE THINGS OUT. :D ### 4/5 — So cute! *2026-08-06, version 1.24* I love this app. It really helps me focus and put my phone down. Except I think the rooms are kinda overpriced, as they are 1000+ socks. One more idea, can you make it so that I can interact with the items in the different rooms(such as sitting down at the desk)? Other than that, I LOVE this app and really recommend it! UPDATE: y’all this is awesome but still the rooms are so overpriced. Also when I do the count up, if it goes over two hours I feel like it starts counting down socks. I focus literally all night and all day at school but only gives me 105- socks. Please respond devs and FIX IT PLZ UPDATE 2: okay i just bought the kitchen everything is SO OVERPRICED and why is the next room 2000? That’s like ten focus sessions! No way. UPDATE 3: ok the last few updates were kinda mean. Sry! I still love the app and it seems like the kitchen was the only one with super overpriced stuff. I thought that since the price of the rooms went up by 500 socks each time the garden would be 2500, right? Nope! 2000 and my sock inventory is not completely empty! Yayyy! Thank u so much for not making it 2500, lol😅 also if you added a dark scene like at night make it nighttime ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-08-06, version 1.24* I really enjoy using Focus Friend and it is a part of my daily routine. The only issue is the placement of the air conditioner in the bedroom. It currently overlaps with my poster and I cannot move it. I would appreciate it if you could fix this! ### 2/5 — Cute, but disappointing. *2026-08-05, version 1.24* I’ve loved using this app to help me stay focused, but as you progress through unlocking rooms to decorate, things get so expensive you feel like you have to upgrade to pro. And I was actually about to do it till I recently found out Hank Green uses and supports the destruction of our environment with ChatGPT and other AI models, so I’ll now be looking for alternatives to support and recommend to my friends. Very disappointed. ### 5/5 — So Nice But ….. *2026-08-04, version 1.24* It honestly is great but I think it can improve by: 1. Have special beans being able to buy with socks and/or able to buy once you’ve focused for a certain period of time because you might want it a lot but you don’t have money. 2. Some things cost a heck of socks, so maybe cut the price a little? 3. Maybe make every focus session have a slim chance to drop scarves even without pro. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD TRY ONE OF THESE THINGS OUT. :D ### 4/5 — So cute! *2026-08-03, version 1.24* I love this app. It really helps me focus and put my phone down. Except I think the rooms are kinda overpriced, as they are 1000+ socks. One more idea, can you make it so that I can interact with the items in the different rooms(such as sitting down at the desk)? Other than that, I LOVE this app and really recommend it! UPDATE: y’all this is awesome but still the rooms are so overpriced. Also when I do the count up, if it goes over two hours I feel like it starts counting down socks. I focus literally all night and all day at school but only gives me 105- socks. Please respond devs and FIX IT PLZ UPDATE 2: okay i just bought the kitchen everything is SO OVERPRICED and why is the next room 2000? That’s like ten focus sessions! No way. UPDATE 3: ok the last few updates were kinda mean. Sry! I still love the app and it seems like the kitchen was the only one with super overpriced stuff. I thought that since the price of the rooms went up by 500 socks each time the garden would be 2500, right? Nope! 2000 and my sock inventory is not completely empty! Yayyy! Thank u so much for not making it 2500, lol😅 ### 5/5 — Love it! Please add Chinese language support 💖 *2026-08-03, version 1.24* lt's so cute! This is by far my favorite focus app I've ever used. I really hope you can add an option to change the in-app language in future updates—I'd love to see a Chinese version! ### 5/5 — I’ve never been more productive! *2026-08-02, version 1.24* Absolutely brilliant app, gamifies my focus time and makes me use the app more and more to upgrade my Beans home! I’ve become quite attached to ‘Bert’, he’s my little buddy. Cannot wait to see what new rooms are added as I have unlocked all of them at the moment. I really hope the developers keep adding bits, it’s brilliant, so much so I happily pay for pro 🥰 ### 2/5 — Mixed Feelings About Push Notifications *2026-08-01, version 1.24* Cool idea and I’ve gotten some good use out of it. But I’ve noticed the app starting to send me push notifications when I wasn’t using it as much. Sure I could turn them off, but it feels like a betrayal. Like I can no longer trust the app isn’t actually trying to distract me. So in short, the app itself works fine, I just feel betrayed since it’s supposed to be a focus app. ### 5/5 — Nouvelle salle ? *2026-08-01* Bonjour, j’adore cette application, et l’utilise beaucoup. Avez vous prévue de sortir une nouvelle salle prochainement ? :) ### 5/5 — Yippee with beans *2026-08-01, version 1.24* Playing this good and cute game is fun i like that the socks that you nit turn into like sock money and you have to take breaks to save up (wish was like a real life house with 3 floors tops and hallways to get to room to room plus a stair case plus laundry room would be nice) over all I have only these notes 9/10! -pls let the people who made this look at my comment, thxs! -Christopher Madsen ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Shady *2026-08-07, version 1.24.1* I signed up for pro while it was 1.99 and after the price went up, I wasn’t grandfathered in, so I lost access to pro even though my subscription was still active. That’s very shady to me. If I hadn’t canceled, I would’ve still been charged for no extra perks. ### 1/5 — Made by an Ai bro *2026-08-05, version 1.24* Interesting premise for an app hindered by requiring you to support a supposed science professional who uses Ai to make inaccurate videos about knitting. ### 1/5 — Deleted *2026-08-01, version 1.24* I had the premium edition and quickly ran out of rooms to decorate, essentially making the app an expensive timer. I was waiting to see if they would add more when Hank Green posted on X about how he used ai all the time for his work and videos. Deleted the app and unfollowed on all platforms. ### 1/5 — Was helpful at first, now spams ads via notifications *2026-07-31, version 1.24* Install if you want your phone to buzz frequently in hopes of getting you to buy something ### 1/5 — Seriously need a Screen Time password to delete the app that I paid for myself? *2026-07-10, version 1.23* Of course there are different stages to having ADHD, and I got this app, thinking it would help me with focusing, but really instead it’s honestly just a timer that you have to wait for to then upgrade your room because after a while this sort of just became a ‘ push the button wait a couple of hours and then decorate the room’ as I went on to probably not do anything proactive. It’s a waiting game. I bought the yearly subscription because I wanted to have more time because the two hour limit was too short for me. But even after that, you can’t customize your own little character instead, you have to pay money to. I hope this app finds someone that is actually useful to them. But I honestly don’t see how this isn’t the same as me setting a timer on my phone… The concept is extremely cute, I just don’t think it was ready to be released and especially not after completing all of the rooms, which makes them the app feel useless since you’re earning socks or scarfs for nothing because it’s not like you’re going to change anything… And before you download this app, do make sure you remember your own Screen Time password since that’s the only way to remove this app… sense of course I ran into that problem and have to go get my own iPad that I downloaded this app by myself toyed around to get this off my storage plan I hate leaving negative reviews because I didn’t have any negative reviews starting off when I got this app. And hopefully I didn’t ramble too much for developers to not look at my feedback….but it just feels useless now. Thank you. ### 1/5 — It’s ok buttt *2026-06-08, version 1.20.1* The app it self it’s cute but I don’t love that it said it blocks apps because it really doesn’t work for me I thought it was that you can only ose the app and like the other apps won’t apear but I click focus and go and watch YouTube shorts in my tv and it’s still counting min so I’m just sitting down or even at school just wating for the LITTLE BEAN TO FINISH HIS SOCKS to decorate more and it’s for focus im addicted to putting little things on there and I SLEEP AND LEVE THE BEAN WORKING AT 9:43!!! ### 1/5 — Great but now sucks *2026-05-25, version 1.20* It was a great app until they updated everything to be more demanding towards pr so now if you like setting a stopwatch it’s 5 mins max, it’s rediculous they destroyed the whole joy of the app. Don’t recommend it anymore ### 1/5 — Update is Awful *2026-05-23, version 1.20* You claim to promote studying but put a paywall on the timer? Wow. Completely stingy update that goes against the idea of the app. I'm extremely ashamed and disappointed of this app. ### 1/5 — Push Notifications? *2026-05-12, version 1.19* For an app literally meant to help you focus, I can’t understand why it sends distracting push notifications breaking my focus to remind me to focus. It just seems so contradictory to the whole thing’s purpose. Fine app once disabled, but a very out of touch design decision imo. ### 1/5 — Ok *2026-05-08, version 1.19* Ok ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — please read!! and i’d love to hear back from hank green! i love focus friend thank you! *2026-08-23* as someone who gets distracted VERY easily focus friend is an amazing way to focus on school and even getting other things done without getting distracted! it is so fun to customize your beans house! my beans name is Lima! also this is just a suggestion but i think it would be fun which different themes like colored themes or as someone who really likes harry potter like a harry potter theme ect… i also would love for bean to make his own clothes if you added a closet and bedroom! i think one suggestion is that i use it so much that i have already bought one of everything and it is fun to get more than one of each thing but i also feel like it would be really fun for bean to have a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, game room or maybe even like a closet, pantry or even like a garden or backyard! i think if you get distracted focus friend is such a great app! please get it! they did an amazing job making it! also 100% safe for kids all ages really one of the best apps ever! thank you so much hank green i would really really love to hear back from you! thanks so much! over all really pleased thank you! God bless! **Developer response:** Thanks so much for using Focus Friend! We're continuing to make adjustments to the app, and it's so useful to hear what you'd like to see. There are five rooms out now, and the team is hard at work on new content and features for you and your bean to enjoy. :) ### 5/5 — Game Changer! *2026-08-18, version 1.24.1* Absolute Game Changer. I love this app so much ### 5/5 — It's caused my screen time to go down by so much! (Positive) *2026-08-16, version 1.24.1* It really helps motivate me not to use my phone as Cabbage (my little Bean) is busy and I don't wish to disturb him. Before I was on 13+ hrs of screen time, now I'm down to about 3? I'd love if pros could have even longer timers, maybe up to 12 hours so It can motivate me to sleep well at night. Otherwise, it's a fantastic app! ### 5/5 — I love it!!!!!!! *2026-08-13, version 1.24.1* I love the whole app, it’s very cute and simple. It also genuinely helps me focus. One little Easter egg I found was that it has widgets!! You get to see your Bean through the window. And it changes based on the window you’ve set! Five stars!!!!! ### 5/5 — The best *2026-08-13, version 1.24.1* This app is amazing! I had trouble working for more than 10 mins before but afterwards, I managed to study for hours. I love how cute everything is and just adding, this app is the best! ### 5/5 — Hank does it again *2026-08-12, version 1.24.1* Love this app. Makes it so easy to put my phone down. BONUS: I wasn’t expecting this but i love the background music and I’ll leave it on to work sometimes. I did this while pregnant. They do say that your hatchling can hear stuff right? Well the focus friend music helps put my newborn to sleep, best bonus reason to use the app. ### 5/5 — I LOVE THIS APP!! *2026-08-12* Focus Friend is genuinely unironically one of my favourite apps out there. I have ADHD and get easily distracted and unmotivated and i've tried sooo many apps and techniques like putting my phone in another room, study timers or even app blocks but without that little reward at the end it seems pointless. Like why don't i just go on my phone nothings stopping me?? BUT NO I CANT LET MY BEAN UNRAVEL HER SOCKS!! I mostly use the deep focus mode which rlly helps me from out of habit picking up my phone and doomscrolling when trying to study and i loveeee that you can choose a count up or down timer it's rlly rlly helpful! Anyways i LOVE this app and i've been there from the start of when it was just one room, it's gotten me through so many study sessions so thank you so so much Hank for creating this app! **Developer response:** We love to hear that Focus Friend has been helpful! Your kind words mean so much to the team, and we’re excited to keep adding content for you and your bean to enjoy. :) ### 5/5 — obsessed *2026-08-09, version 1.24.1* this is literally my favorite app. i have accumulated wealth on here and i have a suggestion - what if, for a LOT of socks and scarves, you could buy real life merch and/or different beans? i have purchased multiple sets of furniture for every room and every bean accessory, but still use the app daily! last rec: please add bean plushies to the merch! regardless, love this app so much. 10/10 ### 5/5 — Staple *2026-08-09, version 1.24.1* I use focus friend almost every day. I’m not an all the time pro user, but it IS well worth it imo. I hope they keep creating rooms and items because it helps me keep focused and is one of the very few things that feels like a “reward” when I get to choose new decor lol ### 5/5 — Bruce Springsbean! *2026-08-09, version 1.24.1* Love it so much and need to use it more! Just added the widget to my Home Screen 😭 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*