For students who study with friends

Focus, together.

A nook is a small space to settle into. Nooklo is yours, but with the door cracked open. Friends can see the light on, drift in, work beside you, drift out. Same nook, more company.

Download on App Store How it works

Available now · Free · iOS

Nooklo Tonight tab showing four friends with online and offline status

— the quiet truth

Studying alone is the worst part. Studying with friends fixes it.
But coordinating it is the hard part.

The library helps. Until your friend isn't there.

The group chat tries. "Anyone studying?" never gets enough yes's.

FaceTime study calls work. But they're loud, lit up, and not really a product.

Discord works. If you don't mind your study tool sounding like an esports lobby.

— how it works

Three taps from alone to locked in.

See who's studying tonight.

Open the app and the question "is anyone working?" answers itself. Three presence states — studying, online, offline. No status games, no fake green dots. Just whether your friends are at their desk.

Friend presence list with three online states and four friends

Pick how you'll work.

Pomodoro with the durations you actually want — 25/5, 50/10, or fully custom. Or free-study for the long counting-up sessions. Or open a Nook and invite up to four friends to drop in right now.

Study tab at your desk with start a pomodoro, free study, and open a nook

Drop into the loft.

A synced timer with anyone who joined, rendered as a quiet night-courtyard scene. Your friends are the windows. The desk lamp's color is the phase signal. Lock the phone — the timer keeps ticking on your lock screen and Dynamic Island.

From the loft active study session with focus block 1 timer at 24 minutes 58 seconds

— the product

The whole app, in three screens.

Screen 01

Tonight

The killer screen. Who's studying right now, and one tap to join them.

Screen 02

From the loft

Calm by design. No mics, no cameras. Just a timer and the lights on across the way.

Screen 03

You tab with weekly rhythm heatmap, all-time stats, and settings

Your rhythm

A weekly heatmap of when you actually study — colored by subject, no judgement, no streaks.

— built in app blocking

Silence the apps that break you.

Block apps shields whatever you pick — Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, the whole social category — only during focus blocks and free-study. They come back the second the session ends. No willpower required.

Set always block if you'd rather they stay shielded around the clock. Uses Apple's Family Controls. Nooklo never sees which apps you picked.

Block apps settings with toggles for block during study and always block

— calendar nooks

Schedule it, so it actually happens.

A week strip you can long-press, drag, and drop. Pick a time, pick a subject, invite up to four friends. They get a push when you start.

"Let's grind tonight at 8" turns into something the app remembers, instead of a text neither of you opens.

Nooks calendar showing a week of scheduled study sessions with subject colors

— per-session reflection

End every session with a quiet note to yourself.

"Nice work" — minutes counted, friend you worked with, two text boxes. Per-block notes during breaks, a final overall reflection at the end. Private. Nobody else sees them.

No streaks, no badges, no XP. Just what you got done.

Nice work reflection screen showing minutes studied, friend, and reflection field

— frequently asked

Quick answers, no fluff.

Is Nooklo free?

Yes. The current version is 100% free on the App Store. Friend sessions, pomodoro and free-study modes, the weekly rhythm heatmap, calendar Nooks, and app blocking — all free. A paid tier (Nooklo Plus) is coming later, but the core social-study experience stays free forever.

Do I need to talk or be on camera?

No. Nooklo is presence-only — no video, no voice, no chat. You see when friends are studying and join their session, and you both work in silence. That's the whole product. The opposite of Discord, on purpose.

How do I add friends?

By username. We don't scan your contacts. Search the exact username your friend chose at signup, send a request, and they accept. Privacy-first by design.

How does app blocking work?

Nooklo uses Apple's Family Controls framework. You pick which apps and categories to silence; they're greyed out during your focus blocks and free-study sessions, and unlock automatically when the session ends. You can also set always block to keep them shielded 24/7. Nooklo never sees which apps you picked — Family Controls is on-device.

Will there be streaks or leaderboards?

No. We've decided against streaks, XP, badges, and leaderboards on purpose. Nooklo is anti-hustle. The only feedback loops are real ones — your friends, your weekly rhythm, your own reflections.

What about my privacy?

Your study data is yours. Only friends you explicitly added can see when you're online or studying. Reflections are scoped to the person who wrote them — no one sees them but you. We don't sell data, run ads in the app, or load third-party trackers. Appear offline is one tap away in settings.

My friends aren't on it yet. What do I do?

Same as you — they download from the App Store and pick a username. Tell them yours, send a request, and you're connected. The whole product is the friend graph, so getting one friend on first is the move.

What about Android?

iOS only for now. Android is on the roadmap but not in V1. If you're an Android user, drop us a note at hello@nooklo.com — it helps us prioritize.

Focus, together.

Studying alone is the worst part. Studying with friends fixes it.
But coordinating it is the hard part.