You must stay focused. You cannot open TikTok, or Instagram, or whatever little phone games you like to play. If you fail, you will make an anthropomorphic bean very sad, because its knitting project ...

I needed to focus and write this article. Hank Green had just the bean for me. YouTuber Hank Green surprise-dropped his app "Focus Friend," saying in a TikTok that it was "the best idea I ever had." ...

Focus Friend, the screen time assistant from YouTuber and entrepreneur Hank Green, is Google Play’s app of the year. Launched in August, the productivity tool lets you block yourself from distracting ...

Can a smiley cartoon bean help you stay focused? Hank Green, one of the earliest and most influential online creators, hopes so. Focus Friend allows users to set a timer to get a task done, similar to ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — No matter what we’re doing, it only takes a buzz or ringtone to break our concentration but this app does the opposite to help you. Focus Friend’s sole purpose is ...

Focus Friend gamifies my attention in just the right ways. Focus Friend gamifies my attention in just the right ways. is a senior analyst, overseeing newsroom analytics. Zach joined Vox Media in 2021.

YouTuber Hank Green launched "Focus Friend." The app quickly went No. 1 in the App Store.Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images; Focus Friend I needed to focus and write this article. Hank Green had just the ...