The Forest alternative for people who study with others

Rewards for staying focused, like Forest. Study groups with friends, real stats and study reminders, unlike Forest.

Forest made focus sessions feel like a game: start a timer, leave the app, and something grows. Studova keeps that reward loop with tokens, daily quests, streaks and weekly leagues, then builds the rest of a study app around it.

The difference is what happens outside the session. Forest tracks the minutes; Studova tracks the subjects, the schedule you set, whether you kept it, and who else is studying with you right now.

Rewards that keep going after the session

You earn tokens for completed focus blocks and spend them in a shop on name colours, fonts, titles and themes. Four daily quests rotate with targets scaled to your own recent study history rather than a fixed number that is either trivial or impossible.

Streaks count the days you clear at least two quests, and streak freezes cover the days you cannot study, so one bad week does not erase months.

Studying with other people

Studova's pods are invite-only study rooms where everyone's timer is live. You see who is focusing, on what, and today's totals ranked on a leaderboard, with nudges and chat built in. Yesterday's top studier gets a crown.

Weekly leagues put you against a wider group if your friends are not online, so there is always something to place in.

It runs on your laptop

Studying mostly happens on a computer, next to your notes and lecture tabs. Studova is a web app first, fully featured in any desktop browser, with an Android app for push notifications. Forest is built around leaving your phone alone, which does nothing about the browser tabs in front of you.

That is also what makes the website blocker possible: it blocks distracting sites for the duration of your session automatically.

Studova compared with Forest

Feature	Studova	Forest
Ads	None	Paid on iOS / ads on Android
Works in a desktop browser	Yes, full app	Extension only
Live study rooms with friends	Yes, invite-only pods	Limited (rooms)
Study reminders (start you on time)	Yes	No
Subject tracking & analytics	Yes	Basic
Rewards for focusing	Yes, tokens and quests	Yes, trees
Streaks with freezes	Yes	No
Flashcards with spaced repetition	Yes	No
Blocks distracting sites	Yes, browser and Android	Yes

Common questions

Is Studova free?

You can use the timer, pods, streaks, daily quests, weekly leagues, flashcards and stats without paying, and no card is needed.

Does Studova have a phone-down mode like Forest?

Studova's approach is different. It blocks distracting websites on desktop during a session and supports app blocking on Android, rather than punishing you for unlocking your phone.

Can I keep my Forest history?

No, Forest has no export, so history cannot be imported. Your streak in Studova starts building from your first day.

Does it work on iPhone?

Yes, in Safari, and it installs to your home screen. A native iOS app is not out yet.

Is there a Forest alternative that works on a laptop?

Yes. Studova's full app runs in any desktop browser, and it can block distracting websites through a browser extension while your timer runs.

Can I study with friends on Studova?

Yes. Create a private pod, share the invite code, and you will see each other's live timers, subjects and a daily leaderboard.

Updated 9 October 2026