How This Productivity App Helps You Focus—and Actually Enjoy Working The Focus Friend app from entrepreneur Hank Green is all about an adorable bean that needs to get its knitting done.

YouTuber Hank Green's "Focus Friend" app pairs you with a sock-knitting bean, rewarding time spent off your phone. Days after its debut, "Focus Friend" went No. 1 on the App Store, topping ChatGPT.

Scrolling instead of working? YouTuber Hank Green's new app wants to help The app, called Focus Friend, features a smiling cartoon bean that encourages users to boost their productivity.

Though the app was soft launched last month, Focus Friend is only now gaining momentum on the App Store charts — likely because Green and his brother, author John Green, are posting about it ...

“It’s an app that installs a bean in your phone. And the bean really wants to spend more time knitting,” Green said in a TikTok video on Monday. “You can focus for an amount of time, and ...

The app, called Focus Friend, features a smiling cartoon bean that encourages users to boost their productivity. By Esme Fox | NBC News • Published August 20, 2025 • Updated 5 mins ago ...

Focus Friend allows users to set a timer to get a task done, similar to other productivity tools. The app temporarily blocks distractions, like social media, while the timer runs its course.

The app, called Focus Friend, features a smiling cartoon bean that encourages users to boost their productivity.