# Find a study buddy or accountability partner

Exam prep, certifications, daily habits: it is easy to slip when you go alone. Bifrost finds real people with a similar goal and pairs you one-to-one for seven days.

## Why have a partner

A study buddy is not about small talk. It is about **someone seeing your plan and progress every day**. Knowing another person is working toward the same goal makes it easier to start on time and keep going.

## How Bifrost finds your partner

1. **Set a milestone**: Choose an exam, IELTS, or another milestone, or create your own, with a target date.
2. **Review and light up**: Bifrost recommends real people by goals, interests, and profile, with a match score.
3. **Mutual light-up in 12 hours**: Once they light you back, you are paired one-to-one; no big group chats.
4. **Share seven days of to-dos**: Daily to-dos and progress are visible to both; continue for another seven days if you like.

## How it differs from study groups

|  | Bifrost seven-day journey | Typical check-in group |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Size | One-to-one | Dozens to hundreds |
| How it starts | Mutual light-up within 12 hours | Join by link |
| Length | Seven days, renewable | Usually open-ended |
| What you see | Your partner’s daily to-dos and progress | Scattered screenshots |

## A sample seven-day plan

Here is an example for exam prep. Adapt it to your own goal:

1. Day 1: introduce your goals and exam dates; each write three to-dos for the day.
2. Days 2–3: pick a fixed time to start a focus session together, then check off your to-dos.
3. Day 4: compare progress and break unfinished tasks into smaller ones.
4. Days 5–6: keep the rhythm and nudge each other on the task you tend to put off.
5. Day 7: review the week and decide whether to continue for another seven days.

## Focus together

The Bifrost focus timer lets you invite a friend to focus with you and share your focus timer, so you can set up a virtual study session.

## FAQ

### Does it cost anything to find a study buddy?

Bifrost is free to download, and goal matching, lighting up, the seven-day journey, and shared to-dos are free to use.

### What if the other person does not light me back?

If they do not light you back within 12 hours, no journey is created and you can keep browsing other matches.

### Will my location or photo be exposed?

The current version does not request location permission, and matching does not use location. Photos stay translucent until the seven-day journey is completed.

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Source: https://www.birost.cn/study-buddy/en.html · © 2026 Beijing Yanwan Technology Co., Ltd. · 2026-10-18