Hank Green’s Focus Friend swapped my screen time for bean time
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Summary
Hank Green’s new app Focus Friend last month helped him become one of the top downloaded apps in the iOS App store.
The app is designed to help those with ADHD and others improve their focus and concentration by using gamification and accountability.
When a user sets a timer to focus their attention on a task, a bean in the app also sets to work, knitting socks and other garments, which the user can then use to furnish the virtual room in which their bean resides.
However, if the user fails to keep their focus and picks up their phone, the bean loses all progress and must start again.
One user said that the app had transformed their working patterns, and found they were more productive and motivated to work in order to help their bean retire and furnish their home.