Are you the kind of person who needs some help with their focus? Well, today we are going to break down some apps to help you stay focused on your academic work (we're academics too - we know everyone needs some help now and then).

1 - Focus Friends

Available for Android and iOS, this app sets a 'time out' on your phone. You set a timer, and a little bean starts knitting. The longer you go without distracting your bean, the more knitting they are able to complete. 

2 - Focus Tree

A very similar idea to Focus Friend, but this app actively blocks incoming notifications, so nothing is able to distract you. 

3 - Cold Turkey

Is that annoyingly addictive Sudoku website your main problem? Cold Turkey is a website blocking app that allows you to blacklit websites for a specific amount of time. There are 2 versions, the free one contains all of the basic functionality you need, or you can pay a small fee and get additional functions (like study breaks). 

4 - Noisli

The world is full of distracting noises, like the sound of the ice cream truck outside on a hot day or someone playing your favourite song at full volume next door. If this is distracting you, get some headphones and put on Noisli - a background noise generator! There are paid versions of this, but you get 15 sounds on the free tier.