Focus in 25-minute sprints with smart breaks. Customize every length, track your sessions, and get a sound alert when time is up.
Work in focused 25-minute sessions separated by 5-minute breaks; after 4 sessions take a longer break.
Yes — adjust focus, short break, long break and cycle length in Settings above.
Yes, it uses real clock time and stays accurate in the background, with a sound alert at the end.
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For deep work, 6–8 pomodoros (about 3–4 focused hours) is a strong day — it beats 8 distracted hours. Start with 4 and add gradually; the technique is about sustained quality, and fatigue is a signal, not a failure.
Stand up, stretch, drink water, look out a window — anything physical and screen-free. Do not check your phone: a 'quick scroll' is a context switch that steals the first minutes of your next pomodoro.
The underlying principles are well supported: time-boxing reduces procrastination, and regular breaks sustain attention better than marathon sessions. Studies on focused intervals show consistent gains — though like any method, it works best when you protect the breaks as fiercely as the work.
Francesco Cirillo's 1980s method is deliberately simple: pick one task, work with full focus for 25 minutes (one "pomodoro"), then take a 5-minute break. After four pomodoros, take a longer 15–30 minute break. The timer externalizes discipline — instead of negotiating with yourself about when to stop, the bell decides. Short horizons make starting easy ("just 25 minutes"), and mandatory breaks prevent the slow fade into half-distracted hours that feel productive but are not.
Four work blocks: 4 × 25 = 100 minutes of focused work. Three short breaks between them: 3 × 5 = 15 minutes. Add a 20-minute long break: total elapsed 2 hours 15 minutes for 100 minutes of genuine concentration — a ratio most people beat only on their very best days without structure. Two such sets make a formidable morning.
One task per pomodoro — if a distraction pops up, jot it down and return; do not context-switch. Spend breaks away from screens: stand, stretch, water, look out a window. And feel free to tune the lengths — 50/10 suits deep coding sessions, 15/3 suits draining admin — the rhythm matters more than the exact numbers.
Strict 25/5 is a starting point, not scripture. Flowtime flips the logic: work until you feel focus fading, note the elapsed time, then break for a proportional rest (roughly 1 minute per 5 worked). Programmers in deep flow often run 50–90 minute sessions this way — the timer records instead of interrupting. Another variant: 52/17, from time-tracking research showing a top-productivity cluster around 52 minutes of work to 17 of rest. Experiment for two weeks each and keep what survives contact with your actual job; the best system is the one you still use in month three.
The Pomodoro Technique is a time-management method built on 25-minute focused work sessions separated by 5-minute breaks. After four sessions, you take a longer 15–30 minute break. This free Pomodoro timer runs the classic 25/5 cycle in your browser with sound alerts when each session ends — no signup and no app needed.
Why does it work? A 25-minute deadline creates gentle urgency that defeats procrastination, and the forced breaks prevent the mental fatigue that ruins long study marathons. Put your phone on silent, pick one task, and work on nothing else until the timer rings. Students use it for exam prep, freelancers for deep work, and writers for daily word counts. Your sessions stay on your device — nothing is tracked or uploaded. 100% free, on any device.