EZYCLOCK

Pomodoro Timer

Twenty-five minutes of focus, then a five minute break, with a longer break every fourth round. Adjust any of it.

Focus
Round 1 of 4
25:00

How the cycle works

Press start and work for twenty-five minutes with nothing else open that can interrupt you. When it rings, stop — even mid-sentence — and take five minutes away from the screen. After four rounds the timer gives you a longer break of fifteen minutes instead.

The colour of the ring and the label above it tell you which phase you are in, so the answer to "am I working or resting?" is readable from across a room without reading a word. By default the next phase starts on its own so the cycle flows; switch that off if you would rather confirm each transition yourself.

Why the intervals are honest here

Each phase stores the moment it should end, not a number being counted down. A browser that throttles a background tab — which every browser does — cannot make a session quietly overrun. That matters more for this tool than any other on the site, because the entire method depends on twenty-five minutes actually being twenty-five minutes.

Pausing and resuming is exact for the same reason. Skip moves you to the next phase without waiting, which is useful when a meeting eats a session.

Adjusting it to your work

Your settings are saved in your own browser, so the timer opens configured the way you left it. Pair it with a soundscape from the speaker icon — there are three focus presets, all generated live in your browser rather than streamed from anywhere.

The part people skip

The breaks are not the reward for the work; they are what makes the work repeatable. Spending the five minutes on a different screen is the most common way to make the method stop helping. Stand up, look at something further than arm's length away, get water. Then come back.

If you want a plain countdown instead of a cycle, use the 25 minute timer or any custom duration.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Pomodoro Technique?

Work for twenty-five minutes with no interruptions, then take a five minute break. After four rounds, take a longer break of fifteen to thirty minutes. The interval is short enough to protect you from distraction and long enough to get somewhere.

Why 25 minutes and not longer?

Twenty-five is short enough that starting feels easy, which is the real barrier for work you have been avoiding. For tasks with a long warm-up, forty-five or fifty often works better — a break at twenty-five arrives just as you have got going. Both are adjustable here.

Do the breaks actually matter?

They are the part that makes it work. Skipping them turns it back into ordinary working with a timer running. Take the break away from the screen if you can.

Does the next phase start automatically?

By default yes, so the cycle flows without you touching anything. Switch off "Auto-start next phase" if you would rather confirm each transition — some people prefer that so a break cannot start mid-thought.

Will it keep time if I switch tabs?

Yes. Each phase stores the moment it should end rather than counting down a number, so a throttled background tab cannot make a session overrun.

Are my settings saved?

Yes — lengths, rounds and the auto-start preference are stored in your browser. A running session is not saved, so reloading starts the cycle again.