Is there a good app for use a pomodoro focus timer?
Fully Served: 22 apps already serve this, and 7 data points mined from real user reviews across 3 sources show where they fall short. Good apps already cover what people want. You'd need a strong wedge.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to use a pomodoro focus timer, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| chain timers for pomodoro | missing-feature | 1 | Triggering another timer when one timer finishes to allow custom pomodoro functionality |
| no pomodoro timer with widget support | missing-feature | 1 | add a pomodoro timer and update it in widgets... i would pay for this feature |
| focus time and bits disappear | bug | 1 | my focus time and bits just disappear |
| paused pomodoros miscount working time | bug | 1 | paused and resumed pomodoros add 24 minutes only to the Working Time instead of 25 |
| picture-in-picture timer | missing-feature | 1 | it would be a lot more useful if it had picture in picture functionality so I could see the timer while working in other apps |
| no daily pomodoro goal setter | missing-feature | 1 | There should be a goal setter which will indicate number of pomodoros to be finished each day |
| no manual focus start, only scheduled | missing-feature | 1 | instead of me choosing when I want the focus to start, I have to now choose a certain set of time |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Focus Timer : Pomodoro | 4.3 | 155 | $2.99 |
| Be Focused Pro - Focus Timer | 4.6 | 2,970 | $19.99 |
| Focus Tree: Timer & Flashcards | 4.7 | 28,485 | Free |
| Brain Focus Productivity Timer | 4.5 | 14,602 | Free |
| ClearFocus: Productivity Timer | 4.2 | 9,511 | Free |
| Montessori Visual Timer | 4.8 | 4 | $1.99 |
| Time Timer Visual Productivity | 4.3 | 1,468 | Free |
| SprintTimer Pro | 5.0 | 10 | $24.99 |
Should you build it?
Good apps already cover what people want. You'd need a strong wedge. Opportunity here scores 19 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
6 attempts, mostly stale and none above 57 stars — a commoditized graveyard where nothing gains lasting traction.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| jameskimthing/minimalist-focus-timer | stale | 57 | JavaScript |
| aditya-7562/PomodoroTimer | active | 19 | HTML |
| mohammedayanrafiq/StudySprint-pro | active | 12 | JavaScript |
| jmoseka/Pomodoro_Timer | stale | 11 | JavaScript |
| arrudadev/pomodoro-timer | stale | 9 | TypeScript |
| AMaheshVardhan/Pomodoro-Timer | stale | 7 | Python |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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