Focusmate Reviews 

As someone who works from home with little structure and an ADHD brain, Focusmate has been a game changer and feels like it’s saved my job. It’s easy to use, everyone I’ve worked with has been great and it’s saved me from stressing about how much work I didn’t do every day. I recommend it to so many people. The premium plan is affordable and worth every penny.

Focusmate has been an absolute breakthrough for me in combating procrastination. The platform’s cooperative and friendly community makes it a joy to stay accountable, and I’ve even made some great work friends along the way. It genuinely feels like a third place, almost like working at a cozy cafe or a quiet library. As someone who loves studying in libraries, this experience mimics that environment incredibly well.

The platform itself is smooth, no bugs, and continues to evolve with thoughtful new features. I also appreciate that it’s priced very reasonably, considering the value it provides. In all my time using Focusmate, I’ve never had any weird, objectionable, or unsafe experiences, which speaks volumes about the community and moderation.

If I could suggest a couple of enhancements, I’d love an app based notification for upcoming sessions to prevent no-shows and perhaps the option for sessions longer than 75 minutes.

Overall, Focusmate is an outstanding tool for anyone looking to boost focus, productivity, and fight procrastination. Love, love, LOVE it.

Super helpful app for external accountability. Easy to use.

It helps you get things done and stick to what you set it to do.

This site was reccommended by a friend and I couldn't be more grateful!!! It helps me so much to improve my productivity, focus on tasks and complete them on time which I stuggled with for a long time...

Honestly, a wonderful app overall! I have used it for everything - from planning my day, coding, and writing. I actually get a lot of work done.

As someone who deals daily with ADHD and all of its saltiness, I had been looking for several years for a service that could provide body-doubling. I knew it made such a difference for me getting work (and life) accomplished. When someone mentioned FocusMate on Reddit as an answer to someone’s question looking for body-doubling, I was thrilled. FocusMate is very high-quality and works very well. I just hit my 100th session, but I am often paired with people who have thousands under their belt. It works well and the community is great. I would give it more stars if I could.

Focusmate has built a supportive community around a great idea. Their app helps me immensly with my ADHD and lack of motivation.

I started focusmate during covid, and have stayed a power user for over 5 years now. I get easily distracted so this gently holds me to my intended task, and helps me time box my work too. One of my favorite tools / products to work on.

This genuinely helps me work and feel less isolated. I use it to structure my days. It's particularly effective when you build up a list of "favourites" aka. friendly faces.

Focusmate has been a huge help in keeping me accountable through both my undergraduate and now my medical studies. It gives me the structure and focus I need to stay on track, and I wouldn’t have come this far without it.

Focusmate has been a game-changer for me. Just knowing someone else is working alongside me keeps me accountable and focused. It’s simple, effective, and makes big tasks feel less overwhelming. I honestly get more done in one session than I do in hours on my own.

Focusmate is such a great concept. The UI is really nice and the varying lengths for meetings are great. I am especially productive when I use Focusmate.

Gamechanger!
I have been using Focusmate for about 18 months. Whenever I don't feel motivated to sit at my desk, which is literally in the next room to me, I book a session. Not only does this give me the commitment needed to do some work, but I also always carry on working for the next few hours. Even if it's tidying my desk!!

I am so grateful for Focusmate! I experience symptoms of severe adult ADHD and was finding it very difficult to concentrate, initiate tasks, and stay on track, despite my constant efforts to do so. It was very frustrating and mentally draining. I also experience chronic health issues as well which make sustained efforts challenging.

Though I am new to the platform, Focusmate has helped me significantly with following through on tasks that I have planned such as writing emails, planning household tasks, studying online, as well as other tasks. My virtual working partners so far have been friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive, and answered questions that I had. I really appreciate Focusmate and would recommend it to anyone, even those without concentration challenges, as a way to become more productive and have fun while doing so!

I have used Focusmate for all sorts of projects: novel writing, screenplays, "day job" work reports, even tidying up my home. It's a platform that has worked well with VERY few problems for the 5 years I've been a member. The "plus" membership is affordable, and it works as-advertised every time! A GREAT product.

Every ADHDer should know about Focusmate! I wish I’d known about it sooner. It’s perfect for when you wish you had a study buddy or a friend to help keep you company while you clean your apartment. It’s the built in external accountability and support to help you accomplish the things you want to do.

Focusmate is very helpful. I stumbled upon it a few years ago and used it off and on. Now, I'm using it daily. It really helps me to structure my day and to have an "appointment" to help me be accountable with my time. They offer a free option, but I have the paid version so I can use unlimited sessions. It is well worth it, and I have only had positive experiences with it.