Step 1
Pick a Focus length. It starts at 25 minutes.
Pomodoro Timer
A free 25 minute timer for study and focus. It has short and long breaks, a soft chime, and lofi, rain, cafe or noise to work to.
How to use it.
Step 2
Choose a Background sound if you want one, then press Start.
Step 3
Work until the chime, rest for the break, and repeat. Every fourth break is a long one.
How the pomodoro technique works
The pomodoro technique is 25 minutes of focus, then a 5 minute break, with a longer break after every fourth round. Each focus round is one pomodoro.
Pomodoro timer gets about 90,500 searches a month in the US, according to Google's Keyword Planner, and pomodoro technique another 49,500. Francesco Cirillo developed the method in the 1980s as a university student and named it after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer he used.
| Part | Length here |
|---|---|
| Focus | 25 or 50 minutes, or Custom from 1 to 120 in 5 minute steps |
| Short break | 5 or 10 minutes |
| Long break | 15 minutes, after every fourth focus round |
A 25 minute timer that keeps time
The timer stays right when you switch tabs. It counts from the clock, not from a ticking loop, and the time left shows in the tab title, so you can check it without switching back. 25 minute timer gets about 110,000 searches a month in the US, more than pomodoro timer itself.
The timer moves between focus and breaks by itself, with a soft three-note chime at each change. Press Space to start and pause, or use Skip to jump straight to the next break or focus round.
Sound to study to
Your Background sound plays only while you focus. It fades out over 2 seconds when a break starts and comes back when the break ends. Pick lofi, rain, a cafe, a fireplace, a forest, or brown or white noise.
The research on noise and focus is mixed, so try a round with sound and a round without and keep what works. Steady sound helps some people settle into work and gets in the way for others. Background volume sets only the sound, and the chime keeps its own level.
Study videos on YouTube
Long study sessions with music are a common format on YouTube, and some of them show a pomodoro timer on screen. Study music gets about 27,100 searches a month in the US and focus music about 18,100.
Chillframe makes the music, the visual and the finished video for your music channel, and publishes it to YouTube on the days you pick.
Questions, answered.
The short answers. Open any question to read it.
Still stuck? Try the help centerA timer for the pomodoro technique. You focus for a set time, usually 25 minutes, take a short break, and take a longer break after four rounds.
25 minutes is the classic length. You can also pick 50 minutes, or Custom for 1 to 120 minutes in 5 minute steps.
15 minutes, after every fourth focus round. It takes the place of the short break.
Yes, before you press Start or after you press Reset. Pick 25 or 50 minutes, or Custom to set your own.
Yes. The timer counts from the clock, so it stays right when you switch tabs, and the time left shows in the tab title. On a phone, keep the tab open with your sound on, because phones can pause pages in the background.
Yes. Pick lofi, rain, a cafe, a fireplace, a forest, or brown or white noise as the Background sound. It plays while you focus and fades out for each break.
Yes. Set the focus length to match your study block and the chime tells you when to rest. Add a Background sound if you like to study with music.
Yes. It runs in your browser with nothing to install.
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Read the guides.
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Software for making study playlist videos
Make study videos for YouTube.
Chillframe makes the music, the visual and the finished video for your music channel, and publishes it to YouTube on the days you pick.