StudyDuoFocus Room
Walk in whenever you need to focus. It's open 24/7, with cameras on and microphones off.
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The study together app that's live 24/7.
StudyDuo is a study together app for people who focus better next to someone else. Open it, write what you're working on, and you're on video with people who are working right now: in a room that never closes, at one set hour every day, or one on one with a study partner.
No account needed: an hour a day free. Sign up to turn on your camera and get 14 days of Premium.
How it works
How the study together app works
- 1
Walk into Focus Room
A silent video room that never closes. No talking, no meetings, no small talk: everyone you see is working right now.
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Write your task
Type what you're working on and pick 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. Your camera starts off: turn it on, point it at your desk, or keep it off.
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Get to work
Your task shows under your name, and everyone around you is working too. Microphones stay off, so all you hear is your own work.
Every minute in Focus Room, Study Hour and 1:1 sessions adds up to your study hours and your streak.
Three ways to study together
Focus Room, Study Hour or a 1:1
Pick the one that fits your day. All three are live video, and all three count toward your hours and your streak.
Study Hour
Once a day, everyone studies at the same time: one hour of focus, no breaks, then a check-in.
See Study Hour1:1 with a partner
Post a time on the board, now or within a week. Whoever joins comes straight into the video with you.
Find a study partnerFocus Room: a video room that never closes
Tap Start working, write your task and pick how long. Your video joins a grid of people doing the same, each with their task under their name and a timer counting down. Nobody talks: microphones are off for everyone.
The bell turns on focus mode, with only the videos and your timer on screen. Need a break? Step away, and your camera pauses while others see that you're away. Listening to music? The song can show on your tile: Apple Music on iPhone, Spotify on Android.
Focus Room has its own room chat, and your messages open over the video, so you can answer a friend without leaving the room.
Study Hour: everyone at the same time
Once a day, everyone studies together at the same moment. Tap I'll be there, and the app reminds you a minute before it starts.
Then it's one hour of focus with no breaks. At the end, you check in: did you get it done? A fixed time is an easy plan to keep, and a room full of people starting with you makes the first minute easier.
1:1 sessions with a study partner
Want one person instead of a whole room? Post a time on the 1:1 board, now or within a week, and say how long. Whoever joins comes straight into the video with you.
A 1:1 has sound: tap the microphone to talk, and the sound button mutes your partner just for you. Rather type? The chat opens right inside the video.
To pick someone yourself, Find Partners lets you search people by country, city and interests, see who's online now, and message them.
Chats: messages, voice notes and photos
Everyone you meet in a room is a message away: open their card from their video, follow them and write.
- Someone new can ask to chat with you, and you accept or dismiss the request
- Reply to any message, copy it, and edit or delete your own
- Voice messages: hold the microphone to record, let go to send
- Photos from your library, opened full screen
- Two checkmarks turn green once your message has been read
- Search your chats, and answer a new message from its banner without leaving the screen you're on
Study hours, shields and badges
Time in Focus Room, 1:1 sessions and Study Hour adds up to your study hours, and milestones turn them into something you can see.
- 20 shields for your total time, from 1 hour to 2,000 hours; your highest one shows next to your name
- Streak badges from 1 to 100 days in a row, kept by your best streak even after a break
- Badges for sessions, partners, group study, early mornings, late nights and special moments
- Open Badges in your profile to see what each one takes
Your streak, and the freezes that protect it
Study 30 minutes a day, in one go or a few, in any of the rooms, and the day counts. Days follow your time zone.
- With a streak of 2 days or more, we remind you at 7 p.m. if today's 30 minutes aren't done yet
- Missed a day? A freeze saves your streak automatically. Miss two days in a row, and it starts over
- You get 2 freezes a month, plus one for every 7 days in a row; unused ones don't carry over
- Reach 90 days in a row, and you get a month of Premium as a gift, once
People who keep you going
Study with friends, and with people you meet
Bring your friends, or make new ones in the rooms: a study together app is only as good as the people in it.
Follow
Follow people who motivate you, and get a notification when they start studying. Their card also lets you send encouragement.
Pin
Pin someone's video, and they stay at the top of your grid. Home shows who pinned you.
Feed
Post in the feed and see what the people you study with share.
Invite friends
Share your code. When a friend signs up with it, you both get 21 days of Premium.
Tasks and reminders
Plan your tasks by day, with a time and a reminder if you like. On Home, tap Work on this, and everyone in Focus Room sees the task under your name.
Set a daily reminder, and StudyDuo sends you a notification at that time every day. Your stats show how your study time adds up.
Your camera, your rules
Your camera starts off, and you decide when it goes on: on your face, or only on your desk, your hands and your notes.
- Choose who sees your video: everyone (visitors watching on the website without an account too), people with their camera on, people with a verified photo or, with Premium, only Premium members or only people you follow. Others see a blurred silhouette
- A selfie check puts a blue check next to your name. Only our team sees the selfie, and it's deleted right after the check
- Video rooms are for 16 and up. A 1:1 is for verified people; in the UK, 16- and 17-year-olds meet only each other in a 1:1
- Rooms aren't recorded, and you can report or block anyone from their video
Free, with Premium when you want more
Without an account, you can watch the video rooms in your browser for an hour a day. Sign up, and the first 14 days are Premium for free; when they end, you choose whether to keep it. A free account keeps an hour of video rooms a day, plus tasks, streaks, badges, chat and the feed. Premium adds:
- Video rooms without the daily limit
- HD video
- 2 boosts a day: an hour first on everyone's grid
- 5 streak freezes a month instead of 2, and one more every 5 days in a row instead of every 7
- A dark theme
- Showing your video only to people you follow
- Showing your video only to Premium members
On your phone and in your browser
StudyDuo is on iPhone and Android, and it works in your browser at studyduo.app: video rooms, chats, tasks, your stats and the feed.
Use the study together app on your phone at home and on a library computer between classes. It's one account, so your hours, your streak and your badges follow you.
FAQ
Study together app FAQ
Is StudyDuo free?
Yes. Without an account, you can watch the video rooms in your browser for an hour a day. Sign up, and the first 14 days are Premium for free; after that, a free account includes an hour of video rooms a day, plus tasks, streaks, badges, chat and the feed.
Do I have to talk or turn my camera on?
No. Focus Room and Study Hour have microphones off, and your camera starts off: turn it on when you want, on your face or your desk. In a 1:1 you can talk, or keep to the chat.
Can I study with my friends?
Yes. Invite them with your code, and you both get 21 days of Premium. Follow each other to get a notification when one of you starts studying, and meet in Focus Room.
What's the difference between Focus Room, Study Hour and a 1:1?
Focus Room is open 24/7, so you walk in any time. Study Hour is once a day, everyone at the same time, for one hour with no breaks. A 1:1 is you and one partner, with sound.
How do streaks and freezes work?
Study 30 minutes a day in any room, and the day counts. Miss a day, and a freeze saves your streak. You get 2 freezes a month, 5 with Premium, and more as your streak grows.
Is it safe?
Video rooms are for 16 and up, and a 1:1 is only for people with a verified photo; in the UK, 16- and 17-year-olds meet only each other in a 1:1. You choose who sees your video, rooms aren't recorded, and you can report or block anyone.
Does it work on a computer?
Yes. Open studyduo.app in your browser for video rooms, chats, tasks and your stats, or use the iPhone and Android apps. Your account and your streak are the same everywhere.
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