When this split works
Pick it for deep work that is hard to restart once interrupted.
Ninety minutes matches the length of one ultradian cycle, the natural rhythm of alertness that repeats through the day. Tasks that need deep concentration — a difficult chapter, a debugging session, a first draft — fit inside a single block without a forced interruption. Start the hardest task at the beginning of the block, when attention is highest, and keep the last ten minutes for notes so the next session has somewhere to begin.
The twenty-minute break is long enough to eat, walk or rest your eyes, and the long break every four rounds is thirty minutes.
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.