When this split works
Best for coding, long-form writing, or design work that needs warm-up time.
The 50/10 split doubles the focus block and the break with it. It suits programming, long-form writing and design work, where the first ten minutes are often spent reloading the context you had yesterday. A longer block reduces the cost of that warm-up and gives you time to reach a natural stopping point instead of leaving mid-thought.
Ten minutes is enough for a real reset: walk to another room, stretch, make tea. The long break stretches to thirty minutes every four rounds, so a full cycle takes roughly four hours including breaks.
How to use this timer
Press start and leave the tab open. The timer uses absolute end times, so it stays correct after sleep, tab switching or a throttled background tab.
- Choose a preset or set your own focus, short-break and long-break lengths in the settings panel.
- Start the focus block and work on one task. Press Space to pause, S to skip and R to reset.
- Take the break the timer offers. Enable auto-start if you want the next block to begin on its own.
Settings that stay on your device
Every preference — lengths, rounds, auto-start, sound, volume and notifications — is stored in this browser under the fx.pomodoro.v1 namespace. Nothing is sent to a server and no account is required. Use Export settings to download a JSON copy, and Import settings to restore it on another device or after clearing site data.