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.

You must stay focused. You cannot open TikTok, or Instagram, or whatever little phone games you like to play. If you fail, you will make an anthropomorphic bean very sad, because its knitting project ...

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.

Staying connected with your friends, especially if they are scattered across the world, can be a challenge nowadays. While the time zone difference is something you can overcome, finding the time to ...