Lilo
Study with friends

The app to study with your friends

Study together online in your own study room, race each other in study challenges and see everyone's study time live. Lilo turns your friend group into a study group.

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Study challenges

Race your friends.

Pick a goal, send the link and see who studies more. Every minute counts, live.

  • Time Goal
  • Speed Race
  • Ranking Battle
  • Streak Challenge
How challenges work
Students studying together in a Lilo study room, each with a name tag, a country flag and their study time
Study rooms

Study together. From anywhere.

Sit down next to students from 190+ countries, or open a room just for your friends.

  • Public rooms

    Someone is always studying, day and night.

  • Private rooms

    Just your friends, a room code and a chat.

  • Make it yours

    Decorate your room and dress up your character.

More about study rooms

How to study with friends online

Studying with friends works because nobody wants to be the one who quits first. When you can see your friends at their desks, or watch their hours go up in a challenge, it gets easier to start and harder to stop. That's the whole idea behind a study buddy or a study group, and Lilo puts it on your phone so you don't have to be in the same room.

There are three ways to study with friends in Lilo. Make a private study room and sit at desks next to each other while your timers run, with a chat for your breaks. Start a study challenge, like 40 hours in 30 days or a race to 25 hours, and see who studies more. Or simply follow each other: the friends feed and the weekly rankings show who studied today and for how long.

It works across cities and time zones too. Students in 190+ countries use Lilo in 33 languages, so your study group can include a cousin abroad or a friend from summer camp.

Why students study with friends on Lilo

  • A private room for your group

    Your class or your friends get their own study room, joined with a 6-character code. Sit together, chat on breaks and decorate it together.

  • Challenges that keep everyone honest

    Time goals, speed races, ranking battles and streak challenges. Everyone's study time updates while they study.

  • Study time you can see

    In a room, everyone sees your name tag and your live study time. On your own, friends can follow the sessions you share in the feed.

  • Friend rankings every week

    Weekly and monthly rankings show who studied the most, with everyone's streak next to their name.

  • Invite links that just work

    Send a link on WhatsApp, Instagram or anywhere. Friends can open it even before they have Lilo.

  • Streaks you keep together

    Streak challenges ask everyone to study every day, so you keep each other going on the days you'd rather not.

How to start studying with friends

  1. Download Lilo

    It's free on iPhone, iPad and Android. Pick a username your friends will recognize.

  2. Add your friends

    Search for their usernames or send them an invite link.

  3. Choose how to study

    Open a private study room for sessions together, or start a challenge for the week.

  4. Watch the hours add up

    Your time counts in the room, in the challenge, in the rankings and in your streak, all at once.

Studying with friends: questions

What is the best app to study with friends?

If you want to study with friends on your phone, Lilo is built for it: private study rooms where you sit together, study challenges you can race in and weekly friend rankings, all free to start.

Is there an app where you can study with friends online?

Yes. In Lilo you can make a private study room for your friends and study at the same time from anywhere. Everyone sits at a desk in a 3D room with a name tag and a live study timer, and private rooms have a chat for breaks.

Can I study with friends without turning on my camera?

Yes. Lilo rooms never use your camera or microphone. Your friends see your character, your username and how long you've been studying.

Is studying with friends on Lilo free?

Yes. Private study rooms, friends, rankings and study challenges are free. Lilo Premium adds extras like unlimited challenges, the Pomodoro and stopwatch modes and more timer scenes.

Can my friends see how much I study?

Your friends see the sessions you share in the feed, your place in the friend rankings and your time in the challenges you join together. You can keep any session private.

Does Lilo work for a study group or a whole class?

Yes. Make one private room for the group and share its code, then start a challenge so everyone works toward the same goal.

your desk is waiting.

Download Lilo, add your friends and start your first study challenge tonight.

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