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I have been using Focusmate for 5 years, and I absolutely love the platform. Over the last 5 years, the team has been making gradual updates and improvements to the platform which has only made my user experience better! Whether I am working on a project for work, packing for a move, or studying for a certification, Focusmate is always there for me!

Review: How Focusmate Changed the Game for My Neurodivergent Brain
I’ll be honest: when I first heard about Focusmate, I was skeptical. As someone who is neurodivergent, I didn't see how sitting on a call with a stranger would help. I eventually gave it a shot, and I am genuinely blown away by how effective it is. It taps into a perfect balance that "study dates" with friends usually lack.

Why It Actually Works
The "Stranger" Advantage: When you work with friends, it’s easy to spend 90% of the time chatting. With Focusmate, everyone is incredibly kind, but because you don’t know them, there’s no social pressure to over-talk. You check in at the start, work in silence, and wrap up at the end.

The Power of Body Doubling: Having someone virtually "work alongside you" is a massive productivity booster. I’ve seen people use it for everything—coding, yoga, cleaning, or administrative tasks.

External Accountability: It helps me keep "appointments with myself." Before Focusmate, my schedule was just a suggestion. Now, knowing someone is waiting for me on the other side of that camera forces me to actually show up and start.

Value and Flexibility
The pricing is excellent. Even at the highest tier, you can get unlimited sessions for under £100 a year, which is a steal for the consistency it provides. They also offer free sessions every week for those who want to test the waters. I personally find the 75-minute sessions to be the "sweet spot" for deep work.

Room for Improvement
While I think the platform is already great (and cheap enough that a student discount isn't even necessary), there are a couple of features I’d love to see:

Integrated To-Do Lists: A shared or personal checklist within the session UI so you can visually track your goals with your partner.

Better Milestone Tracking: A way to log what you’ve accomplished during those appointments.

Conclusion: If you struggle to stay consistent or find it hard to start tasks, I cannot recommend Focusmate enough. It’s transformed how I schedule my life and actually get things done.

What a friendly, kind, and useful idea! I love Focusmate, and though a relatively new user, I am amazed at the boost in productivity it has already brought to my life. The concept is simple: work with focussed and friendly others. Because of the commitment involved, it helps me stay on track and meet my (self-employment) work commitments. Plus it's been sweet to meet folks from all over the world.

Very good for Neuro divergent people.i am able to do so much more.

I really enjoy using Focusmate. It’s a simple idea but very effective. Having an accountability partner makes a big difference in staying productive.

It’s become part of my personal and work routine, and it helps me stay consistent. Definitely worth trying if you need help focusing. Thank you Focusmate!

I am so grateful for this platform. No words can truly express how life-changing, motivating, and connecting it has been for me to have 24/7 access to people around the globe who are also working hard to accomplish something.

It works really really well! I would recommend to everyone!

I get so much done when I use FocusMate — and so little done when I don’t! The interface is so user friendly. I love that I’ve had the chance to work with people from all over the world. (That interaction — even if it’s limited to brief, cheery greetings and goodbyes — provides the extra bonus of giving me hope in a world where politics can be so depressing.). I recommend FocusMate to everyone I meet who has trouble with procrastination, avoidance, or isolation.

Since i started with focus mate about 1,5 months ago, i finished 75 sessions. I am far more productive and focused. I can do what i plan and that is simply because of this awesome platform. I can only recommend.

it's a steal , I have made a yearly subscription and couldn't use it due to lack of time , and I asked them to just pay for the three months in a monthly rate and cancel the account , and the guy completely ignored me saying it's your problem and was really treating me bad.
it seems that their first objective is to make money and the people come second. really dissapointing :(

update **
their reply is just a lie, it's not what happened, if they would have respected their customers they wouldn't receive negative reviews here and on reddit...

FYI, I also ran a business and anyone that paid me for for the entire year and
out of some reason couldn't continue, I would give back the money till the last cent, because that's how we should treat our sisters and brothers, we are all connected here on this planet.

the minimum you could do, is to reach back and try to sort things out, that would be nice.

Focusmate offers a well designed service to help people actually focus. My productivity doubled since I started using focusmate.

This app has completely changed my life. I'm incredibly grateful for it, for people like me it's a god send.

I've logged over 3300 sessions on Focusmate over the last 4yrs - it's my #1 tool to getting more stuff done (and better quality stuff!)

I've dabbled with other accountability platforms and I keep coming back to Focusmate. For me - it's the best tool out there. There's huge power in making an appointment with another human to get meaningful work done. You do get some no-shows but there are so many users on the platform now that a replacement is usually found within 1min - so the show rolls on.

And you meet some great people doing interesting things from all over the globe. Thank you Focusmate and all my digital workmates!

Amazingly helpful tool. I strongly recommend it to ADHD people and those working on tough, overwhelming projects we would otherwise postpone to the very last night.

I wish I had found out about Focusmate many years ago. It would have saved me a lot of grief. I'm a neuropsychologist and have ADHD and this is a proven technique that helps ADHDs called body doubling. It has raised my produtivity by a thousand and I've been reccomending it to all my ADHD patients ever since.

This has been way more helpful than I would have ever thought sitting next to a virtual stranger to complete work would be. Definitely recommend to anyone that struggles with distractions and staying on task during study.

I found the experience of having a session on FocusMate very straight forward. I liked the clean, well designed interface. I have now had 2 sessions on FocusMate - both highly productive and got me through a prevaricating-block. By getting me moving on my tasks I have found each time that the momentum carries on after the FocusMate booked session! Excellent idea and I am sure I will be booking another session soon !

I discovered Focusmate at the beginning of grad school and it has been invaluable! Super easy to use and very effective for body doubling to help me focus on tasks. I love that you can choose from 3 session lengths. As soon as I found out that they did not require your credit card info to use it unless you upgrade, I was sold. That is how much they trust their concept to sell itself. So thankful for this tool!

I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Focusmate team. This platform has allowed me to connect with incredible professionals from diverse backgrounds worldwide. Over the years, I’ve gained so much both personally and professionally, and I’ve even developed lasting friendships. It’s a wonderful experience that goes far beyond simple co-working.