Pomodoro guides
Find a focus rhythm you will repeat.
Start with the classic method, stretch the timer for deeper work, or make completion tangible with a growing garden.
Pomodoro is a structure, not a sacred number. These guides explain the common rhythms honestly: what each one is good for, where it breaks down, and how to try it in a free browser timer.
Choose a path
Every Pomodoro Planter guide.
Pomodoro Technique
Learn the classic 25/5 method, its rules, and when a different focus rhythm fits better.
Pomodoro planting
Turn each completed focus session into visible plant growth instead of another forgotten checkmark.
Gamified Pomodoro timer
Use a free gamified Pomodoro timer where focused minutes grow a persistent garden.
Custom Pomodoro timer
Build a cycle with named focus and rest timers from one to 120 minutes each.
52/17 rule
Run the longer work-break ratio observed among productive DeskTime users.
90-minute Pomodoro
Pair a full deep-work block with enough recovery to return genuinely rested.
Animedoro timer
Study for 40 to 60 minutes, then use one anime episode as a bounded break.
By length
Timers ready to start.
Each of these opens on the length it names, so there is nothing to set before you press start.
25-minute timer
Set, ready, and free. Press start for a classic Pomodoro.
30-minute timer
A half hour of focus, already set. Press start.
50-minute timer
Fifty minutes deep, ten minutes away. Already set.
1-hour timer
Sixty minutes, set and ready. Press start.
90-minute timer
One deep-work block, one real break. Set and ready.
Study timer
Fifty minutes of study, ten away. Set and free.
Focus timer
One task, a fixed block, and something to show for it.
The simple version
Pick one task and press start.
The best method is the one that gets out of the way. Use 25/5 if you are unsure, finish one focus, then change the rhythm only when the work gives you a reason.