Hank Green's "Focus Friend" asks users to put down their phone for 15 minutes so their bean friend has time to knit. I ...

Similar to Flora, you do get a virtual reward for completing sessions. Instead of trees, you are awarded one cartoon tomato.

The Focus Friend app from entrepreneur Hank Green is all about an adorable bean that needs to get its knitting done.

But what makes Focus Friend different is that it assigns you a new friend — a little bean — which you can give a cute name, like Garbanzo, or Susan Bean Anthony, or Eda (it’ ...

Earlier this week, a bean moved into my phone. Their name is Billie Bean King, and when I’m working, they work too, knitting socks and scarves. Billie’s knitted wares are more ...