The cozy study companion
Study with your Salary Cat.
A free, cozy lofi study timer where your cat works alongside you and earns virtual salary. Invest it, decorate your room, and grow a whole Study City.
Free · No sign-up required · Guest mode available
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Studying didn't get harder.
Staying motivated did.
Most study tools track time. StudySalary makes time feel valuable. Instead of waiting weeks for grades or results, you get immediate feedback every time you finish a session.
The usual study loop
- 1Sit down
- 2Get distracted
- 3Lose track of effort
- 4Feel like nothing changed
The StudySalary loop
- 1Study with your Salary Cat
- 2Earn virtual salary
- 3Invest it & grow your city
- 4Decorate, then come back tomorrow
The system
How it works
- 🐱
01
Clock in
Start a session and your Salary Cat studies right alongside you — typing, sipping coffee, and napping on breaks.
- 💰
02
Get paid
Finish a full session to collect virtual salary — the jar fills and your paycheck gets stamped. Resets and skips pay nothing.
- 📈
03
Invest
Put earnings into a simulated portfolio with real stock tickers, delayed market data, and historical charts.
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04
Build your city
Net worth grows your Study City and finance district. Unlock room themes and decor — the longer you show up, the more you build.
The science-ish
Built around the psychology
of momentum.
Research on focused work, breaks, and self-monitoring supports the idea that structured sessions and visible progress can improve persistence and reduce burnout.
Focused intervals
Clear start/stop points reduce friction and make work feel finite. Knowing a session has an end makes it easier to begin.
Planned breaks
Short breaks may help attention recover and reduce mental fatigue. Built-in rest is part of the session, not a distraction from it.
Visible progress
Tracking effort makes consistency easier to notice. When you can see what you've done, continuing feels more rewarding.
Reward loops
Immediate feedback — salary, portfolio growth, streak milestones — can make repetitive tasks feel more repeatable over time.
StudySalary is a motivational productivity tool, not medical or financial advice. The goal is to make effort visible and rewarding — nothing more.
Who it's for
Built for anyone who has
to sit down and focus.
Med students, coders, creators — anything that takes sustained focus and deserves to feel rewarded.
What's inside
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Salary Cat companion
A cozy study pet that works with you — types, sips coffee, naps on breaks, and celebrates payday.
Study City
Your net worth builds a city. Earn, invest, and watch new buildings and districts light up.
Decorate your room
Unlock room themes and desk decor as you progress. Make your focus space yours.
Finance district
Investing grows a finance district in your city — a place that rewards strategy, not just hours.
Custom Pomodoro timer
Work, short break, long break, auto-start flows. Runs in the background.
Virtual salary
Career mode pays your rising rank, or set your own hourly rate. Finish a session to get paid.
Fake stock portfolio
Invest earnings in real tickers with delayed market data and historical charts.
Streaks, freezes & badges
Build a daily streak with weekly streak-freezes, and unlock badges that add a salary bonus.
Ambient sounds & scene
Rain, Cafe, Birds, Fireplace, Ocean — the room's window matches your sound. Plus your Spotify.
Guest mode
No sign-up. Works locally from the first second. Data stays in your browser.
Optional cloud save
Magic link or Google sign-in syncs your data across devices. No Gmail scope.
Dashboard & stats
Today's earnings, lifetime salary, portfolio value, full activity feed.
The bigger picture
Your study economy.
Your focus becomes income.
Your income becomes investments.
Your investments become a city.
Your city becomes a reason to come back.
Study with your cat
Earn salary
Invest earnings
Grow your city
Decorate & repeat
Questions
Frequently asked
- Is StudySalary free?
- Yes — completely free. The full app, including the timer, Salary Cat companion, virtual salary, simulated stock portfolio, Study City, room decorating, ambient sounds, streaks, and badges, is free with no paid tier.
- What are Salary Cat and Study City?
- Salary Cat is your study companion — a cozy pet that works alongside you in the Focus Room, types while you study, naps on breaks, and celebrates when you get paid. Study City is your long-term progress: as your net worth grows from earning and investing, your city gains new buildings and a finance district. You can also unlock room themes and decor to make your space your own.
- Is the money real?
- No. Every dollar you earn is virtual. Investments are simulated and have no real cash value. StudySalary is a motivational productivity tool, not a financial product. Simulated earnings and investments are for fun and focus only.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Guest mode is the default — just open the app and start studying. Your progress saves automatically to your browser. You can optionally sign in with a magic link or Google if you want to sync progress across devices.
- Can I customize the timer?
- Yes. In Settings you can adjust session length, short and long break duration, hourly rate, daily shift goal, and auto-start behavior for both breaks and back-to-back sessions.
- Who is StudySalary for?
- Students, self-learners, professionals studying after hours, and anyone who finds traditional Pomodoro timers too plain. If you want your focus sessions to feel rewarding in the moment — not just at the end of a semester — StudySalary is for you.
- Is the stock data real?
- Yes — real stock tickers with delayed market data and historical charts from public data providers. Prices may be delayed and are for simulation only. Not financial advice.
Your Salary Cat is waiting to clock in.
No sign-up. No credit card. Start studying — and earning — in under a minute.
Simulated salary & investments — no real cash value. Market data delayed. Not financial advice.