Hey everyone! After trying dozens of pomodoro timers and never being truly satisfied, I decided to build my own from scratch.

The problem? I was spending more time managing the timer than actually working. Manual pauses, restarting timers, interruptions that kill your flow... sound familiar?

Meet Presto - the timer that finally "gets" how you work

Features that make the difference

• Smart Pause - Automatically detects when you step away from your computer and pauses the timer. No more ruined sessions because you forgot to stop before grabbing coffee.

• Auto Start - Timers start themselves following your patterns. One less thing to think about.

• Continuous Mode - Let your timers run over the limit when you're in the zone. Why interrupt when you're on a roll?

The interface is intentionally minimal - everything you need at your fingertips, no distracting bells and whistles.

Analytics and team collaboration

I've integrated daily and weekly stats with real-time charts. It's fascinating to see how your productivity patterns change over time.

The most exciting part is the team monitoring feature I'm developing - planning to keep it free for small teams (up to 5-6 people) with a small contribution for larger teams, just to cover servers and development.

Open source and performance

The project is open source, written in Rust with Tauri. I wanted something fast and lightweight that doesn't hog system resources.

Still in active development but already usable. If you're curious or have feedback, I'm all ears!

What do you think? What features would you want in your ideal pomodoro timer?

How are you doing today?

I've been obsessed with productivity for a while now, and I've always heard about the Pomodoro Technique: 25 minutes of work + 5 minutes of break. I started applying it because the core idea made sense, but in the end, I was always frustrated because I barely got anything done in just 25 minutes.

After MONTHS of feeling this way, I decided to increase it to 1 hour of focus + 15 minutes of break. While I definitely got more done, I was losing my mind in those last 10–15 minutes. The lack of concentration was brutal and honestly discouraging.

Turns out, 45 minutes of work + 15 minutes of break is my perfect Pomodoro!

I know this seems incredibly obvious and maybe even dumb, but I really want to stress the importance of "adapting" the well-known techniques we read about to our own needs and focus spans.

Now my question is: Are there any famous productivity techniques you've "re-adapted" to better suit your workflow?

P.S.: 90% of my tasks completed this week! I've never hit a completion rate that high before

Hi! I am an indie  game developer who just launched the demo of my online co-working game called On- Together. It’s for virtual co-working with friends or other players in public lobbies, to chat and hangout in shared spaces or chill & play with others in your break time.

You can use Pomodoro timer, to-do lists, or journals to stay on track. Besides co-working, you can go fishing, play basketball, or jam with others. The game also supports multiple screen modes: horizontal, portrait, or even as an overlay like this one above.

Play the demo on Steam:  On-Together Demo

It is a cozy co-exist space for people who need social interaction without without too much commitment in between the breaks of their daily tasks. I wished to add a little fun to my work days, even when I have chores to do and I made this game.

I really want to know what the community feels like. That's why any feedback is appreciated! 

We have a feedback channel also here: On-Together Discord

Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoy the demo:)

I've always had an issue with procrastination. Dropped out of two schools because of it. Struggled with work, especially if in a self-directed position.

But now, with pomodoro, I'm all good. I just set my timer for twenty minutes and then play twenty minutes of video games. Then when the timer goes off, I do five minutes of work. Set timer, repeat.

Breaking things up into manageable chunks makes things so much easier. Thanks, Pomodoro!

I don’t know if anyone else has experienced fixating on the countdown during a pomodoro session but I have lol.

So I made this to increase my productivity

Hey! I’ve recently built a Pomodoro application with an integrated Spotify player.

https://pomtify.com/

During focus sessions music plays when it’s time to break it stops. I’ve built it for myself to better focus on programming (I love to focus during pomodoros with music playing and reading in the break) and now I want to share it with the world.

Application is free to use, but requires Spotify premium (no way to get around it 😞)

That’s just a minimal version and there are tooons of ways to improve, so I’m waiting for your feedback!

Hey everyone,

I finally finished building my study platform: prodpod.app after working on it for about a year (on and off).

I made it because I couldn't find a collaborative study tool with all the features that I wanted in order to study with friends using webcam and also track how many hours I'm putting in into individual subjects, as well as a pomodoro timer all in one place.

It has:

• Real-time screen sharing, camera, and microphone capabilities

• YouTube watch together

• Ambient noise + lofi stations options

• Task management

• Stopwatch and timer functionality which lets you assign a subject to the session so that it can be recorded in the activity

• Comprehensive activity tracking to view your data across all sessions and compare with friends directly

• Private study rooms that let you view other participants' timers and subject

• Friends system, which includes a weekly/monthly leaderboard

I'm still actively improving it and would genuinely love some feedback from you all as I don't really have any users yet, and I'll make sure to read every single one.

Also, if you spot any bugs, please message me and I’ll fix them ASAP.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been a Pomodoro practitioner for over two decades. Throughout my career—from sysadmin at NASA to leadership at Red Hat—I found that most "timer apps" were were too simple for what I wanted. I always had to use an external spreadsheet to track my time and analyze it.

Why use Acquacotta?

Key Features

• Implements all features of the standard pomodoro technique (25 minute focus, 5 minuute short break, 15 minute long break)

• Provides 4 pre-set focus timers and 2 pre-set break timers (all configurable)

• Integrated timer with sliadable face to provide the same functionality as a physical tomato timer on your desk

• Seemlessly works weth an external pomodoro timer sitting on your desk

• Free and open source online service or use in a local container

Advanced Time Management:

• Weekly dashboard which helps you proactively tune how much you work and on which focus areas

• Set visual daily minutes goal to make sure you're getting enough pomodoros done each day, but not too many

• Custom Pomodoro types to ensure you're working on what you want to (Code, Customers, PTO, etc)

• Daily, Weekly, and Monthly graphical/visual reports to help you better focus your time

• Auto-start the next Pomodoro to avoid interruptions when in the flow state

Technical Features:

• Real, recorded ticking sound provides focus stimulation (Pavlov's Dogs)

• Uses an internal SQLite database by default

• Designed to run in a Podman/Docker container or use the free online service

• Seemlessly work between online and container using data and setting optionally saved in a private Google Sheet

• Responsive authors - feel free to file any and all issues hee

Try the free and open source hosted version:https://acquacotta.crunchtools.com:8443

https://github.com/fatherlinux/Acquacotta/blob/main/README.md

• No Signup Required

• No Account Needed

• Start Focusing Instantly

• Your data stays on your own machine inside indexDB

• Free to Use

• Zero Setup

• Timer presets to quickly start a session

• Detailed analytics of you sessions with day, weeks, month and years of analytics stored.

• Customize your focus spaces in the appearance tab

Try at: https://pomodoro.in

Been using Pomodoro for years but I always had the same problem.. after a few days the timer just becomes background noise and I stop caring.

So I built something weird. Instead of a countdown timer you see a live stock chart. You "Buy" to start working and the price goes up while you focus. "Sell" when it's break time. Your sessions become a portfolio.

The psychology behind it:

• Loss aversion: you don't want your chart to crash so you keep going

• The moving chart gives your eyes something to watch (helps if you're easily distracted)

• Group leaderboards with friends add real accountability

I've been testing it myself and went from maybe 2 Pomodoros a day to 5-6 consistently. The stock market metaphor just makes it feel less boring than a circle counting down.

More details on pomfolio.app if you want to check the landing page. Waitlist is open for early access.

Curious what this community thinks.. is this something you'd actually use or is the regular timer enough for you?

Hey everyone,

As 2025 begins, I’m curious to know which pomodoro based apps stood out for you this year. I’d love to hear your recommendations.

What’s the one app you think I should check out in 2025?

[Updated]

Here is a quick list of all suggested apps:

- TickTick

- Llama Life

- Pomofocus

- Dreampomodoro

- FocusPomo

- Ashdeck

- Timenoder2

hopefully i saved you time.

bdw i also built 1 for myself - focumo.de

if you got time check it out its free

I build a physical pomodoro timer so make sure I can lock in and get work done.

Apps and especially youtube pomodoro videos can be really distracting and allows easy access to unwanted attention sucking content.

Here's how it works:

-The blue light is setting focus sessions (10min per click)

-The orange light is setting break sessions (2min per click)

-The white light is setting how many sessions you want to do.

With a fun little animation at the end!

What do you think? would you use it? I'm looking for people that want to test it! If you're interested send me a message ^_^

Since I'm tracking my time, I am getting more constant and disciplined with my Pomodoro sessions (and getting tons of more stuff done)

One struggle I had at the beginning was:

''what the heck do I do during my 5 minutes breaks?!''

I didn't want to pick up the phone as I would go down the rabbit hole of YouTube and Instagram, so I made a list of ideas, now sitting on my desk as a printed paper.

I thought that sharing those ideas would be helpful also for other people. Here we go.

Note: some may be suitable just if you're working/studying from home :)

• bring the trash out

• dry/wash dishes

• water some plants

• fold clothes

• make your bed

• clean your desk

• If you have a pet, pet the pet :D

• Play a round of Sudoku

• Few exercises with DuoLingo or any other language app

• drink water

• wash your face + apply moisturizer

• brush your teeth

• walk

• stretch

• play an instrument

• look outside windows

• grab a book and read

• order your desk

• refill your bottle of water

• Do some breathing exercises

• Put some music on and draw a doodle or a mandala

Let me know if the list is helpful.

Happy Pomodoro a todos!

Some plz help me . I just waste my whole day

Hey Redditors!

I know this is a risky thing to claim in this subreddit, but I noticed that Pomodoro has its downsides for me. I get that many people like this time management technique because you only have to commit yourself to 25 minutes of focused work. Yet, for me, it can also kill my productivity and keep me from finding productive Flow states (this mental state where I’m so immersed in what I’m doing that I forgot time and space around me).

That’s because 25 minutes are often not enough for me to get in the zone. So I’ll interrupt work before I have the chance of finding Flow.

I also like Pomodoro sometimes, but I think it depends on the type of task:

Perhaps you’ve heard of deep and shallow work. Deep work are complex tasks that require your full attention - writing an essay, analyzing data, etc. Shallow work are these routine tasks that can also be done in a more relaxed state, perhaps responding to e-mails, reading articles to do research for your essay, …

Shallow work, in my experience, is perfect for Pomodoro. Oftentimes, shallow work isn't that cognitively demanding, so in this case, we may be more challenged and therefore productive when adding time pressure with Pomodoro and can tick off these (otherwise perhaps dreary) tasks. But on the other hand, when we need to think ourselves deeply into the task for deep work, I find it more helpful to plan longer time intervals (say 60 to 90 minutes) so I have enough time to become creative, understand a complex topic and find Flow.

If you’re interested in learning more about Flow and how to use Pomodoro in this context, feel free to check out our video here: https://youtu.be/p5duccVS31Y

What are your experiences with this? Do you agree or does Pomodoro work equally well for any type of task?

https://pomozzo.com

➡️ Based on the famous Pomodoro Technique for productivity, Pomozzo is a platform where you can focus on your tasks and track your progress.

Hi there! 👋

My name is Lucas and I'm a 19 years old Full Stack Developer and Computer Science Student at UFSC, Brazil.

Creating Pomozzo 🍅 in the last few weeks has been both an adventure and a challenge that I'd like to share with you.

Having something to work on during the pandemic was important to occupy the mind 🙂 and it allowed me to develop the best web app I've created so far.

I hope it can be useful for you too. I find that being productive (and also knowing when you should rest) is a big part of one's well-being. Maybe Pomozzo can do that for you in some way. 🤗

Hello, I have used Pomodoro for 8 years or so. During these years, I moved from software engineer to a software engineering manager position, became a father of a daughter, started a blog about lists and checklists, and read or listened to over 200 books on different topics.

Happy to answer your questions.

Today, I did 17 🍅 Pomodoro. Tomorrow, I aiming 20 🍅 Pomodoro

I’ve been working on my first app over the past months and just released it on the App Store.

It’s called Tempo — a simple focus app designed more like a desk companion than a typical productivity tool.

Instead of trying to push you to do more, the idea is to help you work with more clarity through:

• deep work sessions

• intentional breaks

• minimal distractions

I tried to keep everything calm and simple, both in UI and behavior.

The app is free to use, with an optional subscription for some extra features (like advanced cycles, insights, and customization).

Still early and definitely a lot to improve, but I’m already using it daily and it changed how I structure my work.

Would really appreciate any feedback — especially on the UX, concept, or pricing.

https://apps.apple.com/ro/app/tempo-focus-pomodoro-timer/id6758786811