I think I forgot to tell TikTok about the best idea I’ve ever had,” Green started a new video. “It’s an app that installs a ...

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

Focus Friend, which is available on iOS and Android, has the bones of a typical productivity app. It invites you to set a ...

Focus Friend is a new focus timer app released by YouTuber Hank Green that helps you focus using a cute cartoon bean ...

It's already the number one free app on the App Store, usurping ChatGPT, and has been downloaded over 100,000 times on the Google Play Store. All you do is spend time off your phone. The bean knits a ...

but Sullivan tells Inc. she met Green at a dinner, which led to further discussions. After she suggested a productivity timer for his audience, he came up with the initial concept for Focus Friend.

Hank Green has had a while to think about how social media has changed us. He started making YouTube videos in 2007 with his brother, novelist John Green, at a time when the first iPhone was in ...