FocusSea

Study together online, on video

Open the calendar, pick a slot, and at that time we match you with another person who has to study right now too. Twenty-five minutes per session, your goal said out loud at the start, two minutes to compare notes at the end. It's a virtual study room, and it's free.

Open the session calendar Calendar and live headcount are visible with no signup.

The problem, plainly

You sit down at nine, you get up at three in the afternoon, and when someone asks what you got done you have no answer. During exam season this happens most days: hours on the books with a phone within reach, and not one moment where anybody asks what you are actually doing.

Studying alone at home removes the one thing a library gives you for free: another person sitting there, doing the same hard thing, who notices if you get up after ten minutes. This page is about putting that presence back, without commuting anywhere and without having to know anyone.

How it works, step by step

  1. Pick a slot. The calendar has a slot every fifteen minutes, morning to night. You can see which ones are already taken and how many people are online right now, before you have an account at all.
  2. Join at that time. The video call opens in your browser, nothing to install: it runs on Jitsi.
  3. You get matched with another person. If someone else booked the same slot, you land in the same room. If nobody has arrived after seventy-five seconds, a virtual partner joins instead, clearly labelled as one, so the session still starts.
  4. Say your goal out loud. Before you start, each of you says what you want to get done in these twenty-five minutes. One sentence, not a study plan: "finish chapter seven", "two calculus problems".
  5. Twenty-five minutes of silence. Mics off, heads down. The camera is recommended, because it is what makes this work, but it is not required.
  6. Two minutes to compare notes. You unmute and say whether you hit the goal. It is the part nobody expects and the part that changes things: knowing that in twenty-five minutes you will have to say out loud how it went.

The things nobody usually writes down

The next session starts in a few minutes

Look at today's open slots and how many people are connected right now. No signup needed to see it.

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The rest of the app, if you need it

Coworking is not a separate product: it sits inside FocusSea, next to the things a university student actually uses.

Timer with weighted hours

A pomodoro that does not just count minutes in the chair: at the end of a session you rate your focus from 1 to 10, and the hour counts as minutes times focus divided by ten. Two distracted hours weigh less than one real one, which is how studying actually works.

Grade tracking

Exams, credits, a weighted average that updates with every grade you log, and a final-grade simulator so you know what the next exams need to give you to land where you want.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to turn my camera on?

No, it is not required. It is recommended, because the mechanism that makes a shared session useful is seeing another person sitting still and working. Plenty of people turn it on for the first few minutes and decide from there.

Does studying with strangers online actually work?

The principle is called body doubling: another person working alongside you makes interrupting yourself far more expensive, because the interruption becomes visible. It is not magic and it does not land the same way for everyone, but it is the same reason a library beats the couch at home.

What if nobody else booked my slot?

After seventy-five seconds of waiting, a virtual partner joins, declared as an avatar. The session keeps its shape, goal out loud, twenty-five minutes, closing check-in, and you are not left staring at an empty room. It is not the same as a real person, and we will never tell you it is.

Are sessions recorded?

Never. There is no recording of the video call, neither video nor audio.

Can I see the calendar without signing up?

Yes. The calendar, booked slots and the number of people online are all visible with no account. An account is only needed the moment you book a slot.

How long is a session?

Twenty-five minutes, with slots bookable every fifteen minutes. Long enough to get a real piece of work done, short enough not to be intimidating on day one.

An idea, a problem, anything else?

Tried a session and something broke, or want the study room to do something it doesn't do yet? Write it here: we read everything.

Without an email your message stays anonymous.