Pomodoro Timer

How to use

1. Check the durations, or change them. The defaults are 25 minutes of focus, a 5-minute short break, and a 15-minute long break after every 4 focus sessions. Type whole minutes within the stated bounds, then press Apply settings. Invalid input is rejected with a plain message and your previous settings stay in place.
2. Press Start. The timer counts down the current phase. The phase label tells you whether you are in Focus, Short break or Long break.
3. Pause and resume with the same controls. Pause stops the countdown where it is; Start resumes it from that exact second. Nothing is lost while the page stays open.
4. When a phase reaches zero, the next phase is set up automatically. A finished focus session raises the completed-focus count, and after the set number of focus sessions the next break is the long one. Press Start when you are ready for the next phase; it never starts on its own.
5. Reset at any time to return to a fresh focus session with the count back at zero.

Worked example

Press Load sample to load a fictional example plan: a writer, Amara, plans four focus sessions before lunch. She uses the defaults — 25 minutes of focus, a 5-minute short break, and a 15-minute long break after the fourth focus session. The sequence runs: Focus 1, short break, Focus 2, short break, Focus 3, short break, Focus 4, long break. The completed-focus count reads 1 after the first focus session ends, 2 after the second, and so on; only after the fourth does the timer offer the long break instead of a short one. If Amara pauses during Focus 2 at 12:30, pressing Start resumes from 12:30, not from the beginning. Resetting at any point returns the count to zero and the phase to Focus. The example uses invented names and numbers; your own sessions will differ.

Limitations

This timer keeps time only while the page stays open. Closing the tab, refreshing the page, or letting the device sleep and the browser discard the tab ends the session, and nothing is recovered afterwards, because nothing is saved. The countdown uses the browser's one-second timer, so a heavily loaded device may drift by a second or two over a long session; it is a session timer, not a clock for time-critical work. The optional beep is generated in the browser and may be silent if the browser blocks audio until you interact with the page, or if the device is muted. The timer does not send reminders, does not run in the background, and does not record what you worked on. Durations must be whole minutes within the stated bounds; seconds, decimals and out-of-range values are rejected.

Frequently asked questions

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