About
Hi, I'm Alex. I built this timer because I needed it.
Pomodoro Focus Timer is a one-person project. I design it, write the code, check the translations, answer the emails and pay the bills, from my home in France.
- person behind it
- 1
- first version
- 2025
- languages
- 14
- ads, accounts or paywalls
- 0
Working alone is great, until you need to focus
I am a solopreneur: I build and run my own web products, alone. Nobody gives me a schedule, nobody checks what I did today, and there is no office to go to. That freedom is the best part of the job. It is also the hardest part, because nobody notices when a morning disappears into email, news and "quick" checks of the phone.
The Pomodoro Technique was what finally worked for me: pick one thing, work on it for 25 minutes, take a short break, repeat. It sounds almost too simple, but having a clock that says "this block is for this task, and a break is coming" removed a lot of the friction of getting started.
I could not find the timer I wanted
So I went looking for a Pomodoro timer, and kept running into the same problems:
- Ads next to the countdown, on a page I was supposed to stare at to stay focused.
- An account required before the first session, or my history locked away on someone's server.
- Basic things behind a paywall: changing the durations, seeing my stats, adding a task.
- Interfaces that were cluttered or simply unpleasant to keep open all day.
- Almost nothing that worked well in other languages than English.
So I built the one I wanted
I wrote the first version for myself in 2025: a calm timer that opens instantly, remembers my settings, keeps working in a background tab and plays a bit of rain while I work. Then friends started using it, then strangers, and their emails shaped what came next.
Today the timer has tasks with pomodoro estimates, statistics, ambient sounds, Flowtime, a classroom timer for teachers, an overlay for live streams and online study rooms to focus with friends, in 14 languages. Every feature started the same way: "I wish this existed", from me or from someone who wrote to me.
What I promise
- Free, without ads and without an account. Every feature is available to everyone.
- Your timer data stays on your device. Tasks, statistics, settings and badges are stored in your browser, not in an account database. You can export them whenever you like.
- Honesty about what is measured. The site uses Google Analytics to count visits, and Google Firebase for the study rooms. Everything is explained in the privacy policy.
- No guilt mechanics. Streaks and badges are there to encourage you, never to punish a day off.
- Guides that show their sources. The articles on the blog link to the studies they rely on, and I update them when the evidence changes.
How the project is funded
There are no ads, no paid plan and no investors. The domain, the hosting and the hours of work are paid by me. If the timer helps you, you can support the project with a coffee: payments are processed securely by Stripe and go to me, Alex, to cover hosting and development time. Supporting gives no extra features; the timer stays the same for everyone.
Get in touch
I read every message. Bug reports, translation mistakes (native speakers are very welcome), feature ideas, teachers who use the classroom timer, journalists: write to me at contact@pomodoro-focus-timer.io or see the contact page. The publisher details are on the legal notice.