Free online Pomodoro timer — 25-minute focus with 5-minute breaks to boost productivity. Desktop notifications and auto-cycle. Browser-based.
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Pomodoro Timer is a free online tool that boosts productivity with 25-minute focus + 5-minute break cycles.
Developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s, it involves 25 minutes of focus followed by 5 minutes of rest. After 4 sets, take a longer 15-30 minute break.
Yes, both focus and break durations are fully customizable. Find the optimal times that work best for you.
The method says stop when the timer rings, and there is a reason for that: breaking off while the work is going well makes starting the next round noticeably easier. Still, this is a tool rather than a discipline, so if you are two minutes from finishing a thought, take them and lengthen the break to match. And if 25 minutes always feels short, switch to a cycle that suits you — 45 minutes of work with a 10-minute break, for instance.
Scrolling social feeds feels like rest, but the brain is still processing screens and language, so very little recovery happens. Standing up, looking at something far away out of the window, drinking water and rolling your shoulders a few times does far more. Letting your eyes focus at a distance genuinely relieves eye strain. Set the break to alarm as well, and end it on time just as you end the work.