# Focus Friend

> Gamified focus timer with a bean character and a house to decorate

Focus Friend is a focus timer for iPhone, iPad and Android created by Hank Green and Honey B Games. A bean character works alongside you while a session runs, and finishing the session earns rewards that buy decorations for the bean's house. A Deep Focus Mode can lock distracting apps during a session, and break timers follow the Pomodoro method.

- **Category:** Focus Apps
- **Made by:** Honey B Games (B-Tech Consulting Group LLC)
- **Website:** https://www.yourfocusfriend.com
- **Runs on:** iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Focus Friend has a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99 / month, or $19.99 / year (US App Store).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free to download with no ads. The vendor does not publish a list of what Focus Friend Pro unlocks; its FAQ says only that Pro members earn scarves, a second reward, from each session.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | The app is a free download without ads. Sessions earn socks, the reward spent on decorations. |
| Focus Friend Pro Monthly | $3.99 per month, US App Store in-app purchase | Pro membership paid month to month. Pro members also earn scarves from every completed session. |
| Focus Friend Pro Yearly | $19.99 per year, US App Store in-app purchase | The same Pro membership billed once a year. |
| Lifetime Focus Friend Pro | $39.99 one-time purchase, US App Store | Pro for a single payment. The listing also shows a "Focus Friend Pro Welcome Offer" purchase at $29.99 without saying what it covers. |
| Bean skins and packs | $2.99 to $5.99 one-time purchase each, US App Store | Optional cosmetic skins for the bean, such as Blue Jello Bean at $2.99 and the Jelly Bean Pack at $5.99. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016 on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Focus Friend before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly Pro costs about 58% less than monthly** (Annual discount): The US App Store lists Focus Friend Pro at $19.99 a year against $3.99 a month, which comes to $47.88 over twelve months. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016
- **Lifetime Focus Friend Pro for a one-time payment** (Lifetime license): The US App Store lists a Lifetime Focus Friend Pro in-app purchase at $39.99, paid once instead of a subscription. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016

## App Store prices by country

"Focus Friend Pro Monthly", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $3.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £3.99 | about $5.27 (32% more) |
| Germany | 3,99 € | about $4.46 (12% more) |
| Canada | $4.99 | about $3.50 (12% less) |
| Australia | $5.99 | about $4.16 (about the same) |
| India | ₹ 399 | about $4.12 (about the same) |
| Brazil | R$ 24,90 | about $4.96 (24% more) |
| Mexico | $89.00 | about $4.94 (24% more) |
| Turkey | ₺199,99 | about $4.06 (about the same) |
| Indonesia | Rp 69ribu | about $3.85 (about the same) |
| Philippines | ₱ 249.00 | about $3.95 (about the same) |
| South Africa | R79.99 | about $4.80 (20% more) |

## Key features

- **Bean focus timer:** A bean character focuses while your timer runs, and stopping the timer early interrupts it. A finished session pays out rewards to spend on decorations.
- **Deep Focus Mode:** Locks distracting apps for the length of a focus session, with an allow list for apps you still need. It is available on both iOS and Android.
- **Break timers:** Breaks between sessions follow the Pomodoro method, and the break is when you decorate the bean's rooms.
- **Stopwatch timer, tags and statistics:** A count-up timer covers tasks with no fixed length, sessions can be tagged, and a statistics page records focus time.
- **Rooms and decorations:** Hundreds of decorations in different themes furnish the bean's house, which has grown to include a bedroom, bathroom, garden and a street view of the exterior.
- **Live Activity and widgets:** On iPhone a Live Activity shows timer progress while the phone is locked, and an update added widget support.

## Good for

- People who keep to a timer more easily when it comes with a character and rewards
- Students working in timed sessions with breaks
- Phone users who want distracting apps locked while a timer runs

## Worth knowing

- It runs on iPhone, iPad and Android only; the vendor lists no Mac, Windows or web version.
- The vendor does not publish what Focus Friend Pro includes beyond scarves earned from each session.
- Some bean skins are separate purchases, listed at $2.99 to $5.99 on the US App Store.
- The FAQ, last updated August 26, 2025, says Deep Focus Mode did not yet block Safari on iOS and can conflict with other Screen Time blockers.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 8,322 ratings in the United States, read Oct 6, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6742278016

**Tags:** Pomodoro timer, Site & app blocker, One-time purchase

## Alternatives

- [Forest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/forest): Focus timer that grows a virtual tree while you stay off apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/focus-friend-vs-forest)
- [Flora](https://toolgpa.com/tools/flora): Free focus timer that grows trees, alone or with friends. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/flora-vs-focus-friend)
- [Focus To-Do](https://toolgpa.com/tools/focus-to-do): Pomodoro timer combined with a task list and time reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/focus-friend-vs-focus-to-do)
- [Focus Keeper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/focus-keeper): Pomodoro timer with progress charts for iPhone, Android and web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/focus-friend-vs-focus-keeper)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://www.yourfocusfriend.com/
- https://www.yourfocusfriend.com/faq
- https://www.yourfocusfriend.com/terms-of-use
- https://www.yourfocusfriend.com/privacy-policy
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.underthing.focus.friend&hl=en_US&gl=US

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/focus-friend
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