Free Online Pomodoro Timer Tool

1. Adjust Work minutes and Break minutes if you want something other than 25/5, then press Apply settings.
2. Press Start — the timer counts down the work phase.
3. When the chime sounds, take your break; the timer automatically switches phase.
4. Press Reset to clear the cycle counter and return to a fresh work phase.

The Pomodoro Technique was developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The premise: it's easier to commit to 25 minutes of focused work than to a vague "this afternoon," and a mandatory 5-minute break reduces fatigue before the next block. After four pomodoros, a longer 15–30 minute break resets the cycle.

Writers use it to push past blank-page paralysis. Students use it for chunked study sessions where each pomodoro covers a single topic. Software engineers use it to time-box deep work between meeting blocks. This timer runs the standard 25/5 cycle by default and lets you reconfigure both lengths via the Work minutes and Break minutes fields (50/10 and 90/15 are common variants for deeper work). The Web Audio API plays a short tone at each phase boundary so you don't need to keep watching the timer; a cycle counter tracks completed pomodoros across the session.

Keep the tab open and your system volume on to hear the cue. Closing the tab pauses the timer; it doesn't run in the background as a system notification.