A study with me video plays the same recording for everyone. StudyDuo is the live version: a video room where people are studying right now, each with their task under their name. Walk in, write what you're working on, and start.
No account needed: an hour a day free. Sign up to turn on your camera and get 14 days of Premium.
“Study with me” videos began in South Korea, where they're called gongbang — “study broadcasts”: hours of someone working at their desk, often with a Pomodoro timer and quiet music. They spread around the world because they work for a simple reason: watching someone else work makes it easier to start, and harder to drift off to your phone.
A recording can't see you, though. Nobody notices when you leave, and the person on screen finished their session long ago. A live study with me room adds what a video is missing: the people you see are working at the same moment you are, and they see you show up.
It's open 24/7, so you can study with others in the morning, at midnight, or the night before an exam.
Write your task and pick 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. Your task shows under your name, so the room knows what you're doing.
Cameras on, mics off. No talking and no pressure — just the quiet company of people getting their work done.
Show your face, only your desk and hands, or keep the camera off and just watch. You also choose who sees your video: everyone, only people with their camera on, only people with a verified photo or, with Premium, only Premium members or only people you follow. Everyone else sees a blurred silhouette. “Everyone” includes visitors watching without an account.
Mics stay off in Focus Room and Study Hour, so the room is always quiet. The rooms are for people aged 16 and older.
Once a day, everyone studies together at a fixed time, shown in your own time zone. Study Hour is one hour of focus with no breaks, and the room opens 10 minutes early so you can settle in.
It's the closest thing to a scheduled study with me live stream — except you're in it. Tap “Remind me” so you don't miss it, and see who else is going. The rest of the day, Focus Room lets you set your own length: a study with me 1 hour session is just “60 min”.
Every day with at least 30 minutes in a room keeps your streak going. Your hours add up into shields next to your name — 1 hour, 10, 100 and beyond — so the room can see you keep showing up.
Missed a day? A streak freeze saves it: 2 a month on the free plan, 5 with Premium.
StudyDuo runs in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox — nothing to install. In Chrome and Edge you can pop the room out into a mini window and keep it on top of your notes, docs or PDFs.
On iPhone and Android, the app uses the same account, so your streak and hours come with you. Want one person instead of a room? Find a study partner for a 1:1 session.
It's studying alongside someone else on camera. On StudyDuo it's live: you join a video room where real people are working right now, each with their task under their name.
Yes. Without an account, you can watch in your browser for an hour a day. Sign up, and your first 14 days are Premium, with no daily limit; after that, a free account includes an hour of video a day in Focus Room, Study Hour and 1:1 sessions.
No. You can keep it off and just watch, or show only your desk. To turn your camera on, sign up and add your date of birth.
No. Mics are off in Focus Room and Study Hour, so it stays quiet. Only 1:1 sessions with a partner have sound.
Any time. Focus Room is open 24/7. Study Hour happens once a day at a fixed time, shown in your time zone.
Not a fixed one: Study Hour is one hour of focus with no breaks, once a day at the same time for everyone. In Focus Room you pick your own length — 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes — and take your breaks between sessions.
A video is a recording. StudyDuo is live: you work next to people who are studying at the same moment, and they see you show up too.
People aged 16 and older.
Focus Room is open right now.
Join the room — free
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