Free Online Pomodoro Timer

How to use it

Everything the classic method asks for

• 25/5 cycles with automatic long breaks. After four focus blocks the break extends to 15 minutes — you don't have to count.
• One-click method presets. Classic Pomodoro (25/5), Deep Work (90/20) and the 52/17 rule, all adjustable.
• A task list with pomodoro estimates. Assign blocks to tasks and watch the progress bar fill.
• Real statistics. A 14-day heatmap, weekly and monthly views, streaks and CSV export — stored privately in your browser.
• Picture-in-picture. A floating mini-timer stays on top while you work in other tabs and apps.
• Zero ads. A timer's job is removing distractions; serving you banners would defeat the point.

Why a plain tab isn't enough

Most browser timers give you a number and hope for the best. Stillscape treats the timer as part of an environment: when a focus block starts, the room dims and the rain leans in; when the break arrives, the light warms and a breathing guide slows your pulse. The scene becomes a conditioned cue — steady ambient sound masks interruptions and tells your brain it's work time, the same way a coffee shop does for people who write in them.

If you're comparing tools, read how Stillscape compares with I Miss My Cafe and the other free Pomofocus alternatives.

Frequently asked questions

Embed a mini pomodoro on your own site

Want the timer on your dashboard, blog or team wiki? Copy this snippet — it runs entirely in the visitor's browser, no account, no tracking. Adjust focus, break and long (minutes) in the URL:

<iframe src="https://still.sendafun.com/embed/pomodoro/?focus=25&break=5&long=15" width="340" height="280" style="border:0;border-radius:16px" title="Pomodoro timer"></iframe>

Choosing between the three presets

All three presets run the same loop — focus, short break, a longer rest every fourth block — they only change where the dial sits. Match the interval to the task, not to ambition.

Classic 25/5 — for work that is hard to start

Email triage, flashcards, a messy first draft, the code you've been avoiding. Twenty-five minutes is short enough that starting feels cheap, and the frequent breaks interrupt the rereading-the-same-line drift. If you keep dreading the timer, this is the preset to come back to.

Deep Work 90/20 — for one thing that must not be interrupted

A proof, a chapter, a refactor that needs the whole architecture in your head. Ninety minutes gives you time to load the problem fully into working memory, where a 25-minute block would end just as it arrives. Choose it when a single interruption costs you fifteen minutes of rebuild time — and only when your calendar is genuinely clear.

The 52/17 rule — for long days that still need rhythm

Coursework after a full workday, exam revision weeks, long shift-style projects. Roughly an hour on and seventeen off trades some of the 25/5's restart momentum for fewer context switches across the day, a pattern many people report feels calmer during multi-hour sessions.

Signals it's time to switch

• You end most 25-minute blocks feeling warm, not finished — try 90/20.
• You end 90-minute blocks restless, or breaks keep over-running — drop back to 25/5 or 52/17.
• You check the clock repeatedly — the block is the wrong length for the task, not a willpower problem.

What to do with a break (and what not to do)

A break restores attention only if the mind actually disengages. When the break starts, the room warms and the breathing circle appears — follow it for a few slow rounds instead of reaching for your phone. Deliberately slowing the breath cues the body's calm response, which is exactly what a five-minute gap is for.

Scrolling is the common trap. Feeds and messages are built to hold attention with the same grip as work, so a "break" spent on them just hands your directed attention to a different master. A useful test: if you return to the timer feeling like the break was another task, it wasn't a break. For 5-minute gaps, breathing, standing, a window view or refilling your water is enough. For the 15- and 20-minute long breaks, stretch, step outside or eat — real recovery, not another screen.

Turn the timer into a record of your work

A timer tells you how long you worked; a record tells you when and on what. Combine the three pieces Stillscape already gives you:

1. Estimate in pomodoros. When you add a task, guess how many 25-minute blocks it needs. Writing "3" before you start is a lightweight plan; comparing it with what actually happened calibrates the next guess.
2. Let the heatmap accumulate. The 14-day view exposes what daily totals hide — which weekdays collapse, whether every Friday dies after lunch. Two weeks is enough for a real pattern to show.
3. Export when it matters. The CSV export gives you raw sessions and minutes for a weekly review, a progress report, or simply proof that the streak was real.

A common pattern: the heatmap works less as motivation and more as diagnosis. A broken streak you can read ("blocked by meetings every Tuesday") is information; one you can only feel is just guilt.

When the method isn't sticking

You keep skipping the breaks

Skipped breaks feel productive until the third block, when quality sags and everything takes longer. Let the timer own the decision — desktop notifications can nudge you when a break ends, even if the tab is in the background.

Interruptions keep eating blocks

If they come from people, tell them when the timer ends — a visible countdown is easier to respect than "soon". If they come from your own thoughts, keep paper beside you, jot the stray idea down and return; the point is to park it in five seconds, not to chase it for five minutes.

You can't start at all

Shrink the block. Focus and break durations are fully adjustable, so set 15 or even 10 minutes for the days when 25 feels impossible — starting is the skill the timer is really training, and length can grow later.

The streak broke and motivation went with it

A streak is a pointer, not a verdict. It restarts at one, and the heatmap holds two weeks of evidence that the habit existed — which outlasts any single missed day.