Pomodoro Timer
Pick a rhythm, hit start, and let the timer run your study session: focus sprints, automatic breaks, and a long break when you've earned it.
- Focus sessions
- 0
- Focused time
- 0 hr
- Long break after
- 4 sessions
The countdown shows in your tab title, and breaks start themselves. Focus rounds wait for you.
Make the timer do the discipline
The technique works because it converts "study all afternoon" (vague, easy to dodge) into "start one 25-minute round" (concrete, hard to argue with). Put the phone in another room, pick the one task the round is for, and let the tab title nag you back when your attention drifts. The session dots build toward your long break. Earn it.
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Common questions
What is the pomodoro technique?
Work in focused sprints with deliberate breaks: classically 25 minutes on, 5 off, with a longer break every four rounds. The timer does the discipline for you: you only commit to one sprint at a time, so starting feels easy.
Why 25 minutes?
It's short enough that starting feels cheap and long enough to get real work done. It's not magic, though. If you find your groove at 50/10 or 52/17, use those presets. The rhythm matters more than the exact numbers.
What should I do during breaks?
Stand up, water, stretch, look out a window: anything that isn't a screen. The break's job is to let your attention recover; scrolling spends it. Long breaks are for actual food.
How many pomodoros should I do a day?
Eight classic sessions is about four hours of genuine focus, more real studying than most unstructured days contain. Track your average for a week before setting targets.
Does the timer keep running if I switch tabs?
Yes. The countdown is clock-based, so it stays accurate in a background tab, and the time shows in the tab title so you can see it from anywhere.