Pomodoro timer splits your work into focused sprints and breaks using the Pomodoro Technique, with an immersive full-screen view and ambient music that fade in when you start a session. The timer runs in a background thread, so switching tabs does not affect countdown accuracy.
Session Length Ranges
Default is 25 min focus + 5 min short break + 15 min long break, triggered after every 4 sessions. All durations are adjustable:
- Focus: 1–180 minutes
- Short break: 0–60 minutes (set to 0 to skip breaks entirely)
- Long break: 0–120 minutes (set to 0 to disable long breaks)
- Sessions before long break: 1–20
Changes take effect at the start of the next phase — the current countdown is not interrupted.
Ambient Tracks
Three tracks play automatically in immersive mode and fade out when you exit:
Forest Awakening
Natural sounds, good for calm, sustained work
Ocean Waves
Gentle surf, good for long output sessions
Provence Fields
Rural ambience, good for writing and reflection
Volume range is 0–100%, default 35%. Switching tracks takes effect immediately without restarting the timer.
Background Wallpapers
The immersive view loads daily landscape photos as background, cycling every 90 seconds with a smooth crossfade. If loading fails, the timer retries up to 3 times before falling back to a plain background.
Focus Statistics
The tool stores today's focus time and session count, plus all-time totals in browser local storage. Only sessions that count down to zero are recorded — using the Skip button or stopping manually does not add to statistics.
Choosing a Duration for Your Task Type
The standard 25+5 setup works for most information-processing work, but isn't the only option:
- Deep reading, debugging, analysis: extend focus to 45–60 min, break to 10 min
- Repetitive data entry: shorten to 15–20 min to sustain quality
- Short break set to 0: maximizes available work time but is not sustainable long-term
- When fatigue sets in early: reduce focus duration before raising break time — pushing through rarely helps