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- 2026-10-20
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- 25.09.4~
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- Python, JSON
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- en
Focus Friends: An animated Anki study buddy with a focus timer and cute messages
AnkiWeb addon 1343196607
Adds an animated study buddy and countdown timer to reviews, with encouraging messages, heart recovery, optional hardcore mode, and customizable characters and layouts per deck.
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- Last update or commit: 2026-10-20 (12 days before the snapshot).
- Commits in the last year: 6.
- Issues: 0 open, 0 closed.
- Pull requests: 0 open, 0 merged.
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- cobeycobb/focus-friends Β· more by cobeycobb
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- Last commit
- 2026-10-20
- Languages
- Python, Shell
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Description
Focus Friends
A little friend. A timer. A reason to stay focused.
Reveal the answer before the timer runs out to keep your Focus Friend happy. Run out of time? They'll get sadβreview five more cards in time to refill their hearts and cheer them up.
You don't have to get the card right. You just have to stay focused. (Unless you enable optional Hardcore Mode.)
Want company without the countdown? Turn the timer off and let your friend hang out with you.
Your Focus Friend keeps you company while the timer helps you stay with each card. Choose your friend and move them and the timer anywhere. Your layout is remembered separately for each deck.
Encouragement along the way
Your buddy occasionally offers praise when you remember a card and encouragement when you miss one.
A missed review
A correct review
Help your buddy recover
If time runs out, complete five later reviews before their timers expire to refill their hearts. The timed-out card itself doesn't count. You can change the recovery length in Settings.
Just starting
Halfway there
All better
Make it yours
Choose from 15 characters, name your buddy, and move the character and timer anywhere on the screen. Focus Friends remembers their positions separately for each deck, so each deck keeps its own layout. You can also customize timer styles, colors, hearts, and message bubbles.
Pick a buddy and preview their moods
Try timer and color styles
Choose your character
Company between study sessions
Your buddy's home-screen mood changes as your reviews add up. Here Yuzu goes from a few cards to a whole lot of study stars:
Install
Copy the add-on code 1343196607, then open Tools β Add-ons β Get Add-ons in desktop Anki, paste the code, and restart Anki when prompted.
Open Tools β Focus Friends Settings to choose your buddy and customize the timer.
You can also download the .ankiaddon file from the 1.0.0 release on GitHub and open it with Anki.
Focus Friends is for desktop Anki. The timer and recovery are cosmetic: they don't change card scheduling or ratings. Review tracking stays on your computer. The add-on does not send your review history to a server.
Credits and license
Animation source links are listed in the add-on's About tab. The add-on code is MIT licensed; character artwork retains the terms of its respective sources.
README
Focus Friends
A little friend. A timer. A reason to stay focused.
Reveal the answer before the timer runs out to keep your Focus Friend happy. Run out of time? They'll get sadβreview five more cards in time to refill their hearts and cheer them up.
You don't have to get the card right. You just have to stay focused. (Unless you enable optional Hardcore Mode.)
Want company without the countdown? Turn the timer off and let your friend hang out with you.
Get Focus Friends on AnkiWeb Β· Download from GitHub
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Your Focus Friend keeps you company while the timer helps you stay with each card. Choose your friend and move them and the timer anywhere. Your layout is remembered separately for each deck.
Encouragement along the way
Your buddy occasionally offers praise when you remember a card and encouragement when you miss one.
 A missed review |
 A correct review |
Help your buddy recover
If time runs out, complete five later reviews before their timers expire to refill their hearts. The timed-out card itself doesn't count. You can change the recovery length in Settings.
 Just starting |
 Halfway there |
 All better |
Make it yours
Choose from 15 characters, name your buddy, and move the character and timer anywhere on the screen. Focus Friends remembers their positions separately for each deck, so each deck keeps its own layout. You can also customize timer styles, colors, hearts, and message bubbles.
 Pick a buddy and preview their moods |
 Try timer and color styles |
 Choose your character |
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Company between study sessions
Your buddy's home-screen mood changes as your reviews add up. Here Yuzu goes from a few cards to a whole lot of study stars:
Install
- Download the
.ankiaddonfile from the 1.0.0 release. - Open the downloaded file with Anki and restart Anki if prompted.
- Open Tools β Focus Friends Settings to choose your buddy and customize the timer.
Focus Friends is for desktop Anki. The timer and recovery are cosmetic: they don't change card scheduling or ratings. Review tracking stays on your computer. The add-on does not send your review history to a server.
Credits and license
Animation source links are listed in the add-on's About tab. The add-on code is MIT licensed; character artwork retains the terms of its respective sources.