Focus Pals

Put the phone down.Your pal is waiting.

A cozy study timer and app blocker for iPhone. Your pal studies next to your friends' pals, live, while the apps that eat your evenings stay locked.

One email at launch. No spam.

The meadow at dusk: Sam the rabbit, Noa the panda and your monkey by the pond, the Focus button below

How it keeps you off your phone

A timer running in the meadow with five friends' pets reading on cushions

Your friends' pets study next to yours, live

Everyone in your meadow sees who is focusing right now. Finish a timer together and the bonus grows.

The Study Time rule: Monday to Friday selected, starts 19:00, ends 21:00, Choose apps and Strict chips

Weekdays 7 to 9 pm, locked by itself

Set a rule once. Your apps lock on schedule, and every window that runs to its end pays a coin bonus.

Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time. Which apps you block never leaves your phone.

Your pet reading in its furnished room

Your pal, your room

Every minute you focus earns coins. Spend them on a lamp, a record player, a plant, an outfit, and your pal reads in the room you made.

More in the app

Your beaver is still reading: the screen you see when you open a blocked app, with a Back to focus button Focus to hatch new pals: eggs in the meadow, one counting down to hatch Dress them up: the shop with your monkey in a safari hat and outfits to wear Unlock rare looks: the snow leopard with its five looks Track your study streak: level, daily goal and streak Collect new critters: what you focused on, and the critter collection

Built by one person who lost too many evenings to their phone.

I kept opening the same three apps every evening, then wondering where the night went. So I drew a beaver that reads when I do, and friends who read next to it.

Focus Pals is the small, kind version of the app blocker I wanted: no guilt screens, just a pal who would rather you came back.

Follow the build

A beaver popping out of an egg, arms up

Your pal is almost ready.

One email at launch. No spam.