Built for ADHD brains, not against them
Most timers assume the hard part is tracking time. For ADHD brains, the hard parts are different: starting (task initiation), time blindness (no felt sense of how long things take), and staying in the room (boredom seeking stimulation). This tool is built around those three problems.
Three mechanisms that actually help
1. The Finish-Time Engine — an antidote to time blindness
“What time will I actually be done?” is the question that creates dread and avoidance. Add tasks with pomodoro estimates, and the badge above computes the answer continuously — including all the breaks between — as a real clock time: “Finish at 4:45 PM (2h 10m remaining).” A concrete end-time turns a vague pile of work into a bounded, survivable session. Many users report this single feature is what made Pomodoro finally stick.
2. Procedural soundscapes — stimulation without a feed
The ADHD brain often needs something in the ears, or it goes looking for something worse — a phone. These sounds occupy the boredom channel honestly:
- Brown noise / rain — steady, random, no patterns to latch onto
- 40Hz / 10Hz binaural beats — an optional rhythmic layer (headphones)
- Cafe / keyboard — the feeling of other people quietly working (body-doubling, in sound form)
And because every sound is synthesized — never a loop, never a video with a face or a comment section — there is no rabbit hole at the end of the rabbit hole. There’s nothing to watch, nothing to refresh, nothing to click next.
3. Friction-free starts
No account. No setup wizard. No “pro feature” walls at the moment of motivation. The timer on this page is running-ready right now: set an intention in the task box, press Space, and a 25-minute commitment begins. Short commitments are easy commitments — and completed ones accumulate into a streak, a heatmap, and a garden of plants you grew by finishing sessions.
The reflection loop
After each focus session, a two-second prompt asks how it went: ⚡ Locked In / 🙂 Balanced / 📱 Distracted. Over weeks this builds an honest picture of your focus patterns — best hours, quality trends, and streaks — all visible in the stats modal, all stored only on your device.
FAQ
Is this actually designed for ADHD, or just marketed that way?
The finish-time ETA, the one-key start, the zero-login policy, and the quality-reflection loop exist specifically because of how ADHD users interact with tools: visible end-times reduce avoidance, low friction defeats initiation cost, and honest tracking fights the “I never get anything done” narrative. The competitor comparison table on the home page covers these mechanics in detail.
Do I need to use the Pomodoro method exactly?
No. The timer supports custom durations (try 15/5 if 25 feels too long right now — that’s a legitimate setting, not a failure), Animedoro (50/20), and stopwatch mode for open-ended flow. The method serves you, not the reverse.
Where is my data stored?
In your browser’s localStorage, and nowhere else. No server, no account, no analytics. Export it as CSV or JSON anytime from the stats modal — it’s your data.
Is it really free?
Completely. No ads, no premium tier, no account, no trial that expires. It runs entirely in your browser, so it costs nothing to operate — and we think focus tools shouldn’t be paywalled.