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The best
Focusmate alternative

Cofocus pairs you with another member who booked the same time, and you each work on your own tasks on camera for 50 minutes.

3 free sessions a week. No credit card needed.
A woman working at her laptop at home.You
A man working at his laptop in his own home.Your partner

Features you
can’t resist

Your tasks, your statistics, the leaderboard, the people you work with and the community are in the same app as your sessions.

Tasks Every plan

A task manager

Inbox, Today and Favorites, with labels, priorities, due dates and subtasks. Pick the tasks a session is for, and your partner sees them in the session. Lists come with Ultra.

Statistics Ultra

A year of statistics

Day and week streaks, your sessions over the last 30 days, a year of activity and your records.

Leaderboard Every plan

See where you rank

Members ranked by sessions over 7 days, 30 days and all time, and by current and best streaks.

Connections Every plan

Keep the partners you like

Connect with someone you enjoyed working with. Then you can message each other any time and mark them as a favourite.

Profiles Every plan

Know who you’re working with

A profile shows what someone is working on, how they like to work, where they are and what time it is there. Interests you share are marked, and they can answer questions such as what helps them focus.

Achievements Every plan

Badges you keep

Badges for sessions and streaks, from your first session to your thousandth. They show on your profile, and once you have one, it stays.

Us Every plan

Your history with each partner

The Us tab on a partner’s profile shows how many sessions you’ve had together and when the first was, your streak of days in a row, and your latest sessions.

Appearance Pro

Your background, your colours

Pick a photo or upload your own, and set the colours of your calendar and session boxes.

Community Every plan

A community in the app

Posts, polls, comments and reactions from other members, next to your calendar.

What you’re used to

  • Google Calendar

    Sessions you book go into the Google calendar you pick, with your own reminders and colour, and come off it when you cancel.

  • Booking someone directly

    Book into a session on a member’s profile. You decide who can book yours: anyone, your connections, your favourites or no one.

  • Favourites

    Star the connections you like working with and find them in a list of their own. They aren’t told.

  • Reminders

    Emails before each session at the times you choose, and a sound before it starts while Cofocus is in another tab.

  • Session tasks

    Put tasks on a session and tick them off in the room. Your partner sees yours as you go, and you see theirs.

  • Session chat

    Type to your partner during the session.

  • Screen sharing

    Show your partner your screen from a computer, on Pro and Ultra.

  • Blocking and reporting

    Block someone and you won’t be paired with them again. Report them and we look into it.

  • Picture-in-picture

    Float your partner’s video in a small window over your other tabs and apps. In Chrome, Edge, Arc and Opera, the session’s clock and their status come with it.

What unlimited
sessions cost

  • Cofocus Pro$4.99 a month
  • Focusmate Plus$12 a month
  • Free plans

    Both have one, with 3 sessions a week.

  • Ultra

    Adds Statistics, repeating sessions, task lists and 3 streak freezes a month to Pro, for $7.99 a month or $79 a year.

  • Lifetime

    Pay $149 once and keep Ultra for as long as Cofocus runs.

  • Refunds

    Cancel anytime. Ask within 14 days of starting a plan or buying lifetime, and we refund it in full.

Prices in US dollars. Focusmate’s are from its pricing page on 24 October 2026, before any tax it adds. See the Cofocus plans

Questions

If yours isn’t here, ask us
on the contact page.

Who will I be working with?

Another Cofocus member who booked the same time. You each work on your own tasks, and you don’t need to share a subject or a line of work.

Can I bring my Focusmate history over?

No. Cofocus can’t see your Focusmate account, so you start with a new one here. To keep working with people you already know, send them your booking link.

What if my partner doesn’t arrive?

A minute after the start, you can press Request a match in the session to look for someone else.

What do I need?

A computer or phone with a camera and microphone, and a browser. There’s nothing to install.

Who runs Cofocus?

A small independent studio, since 2021. Cofocus has no connection to Focusmate.

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first session

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