Looking for a pomodoro timer with specific qualities
October 12, 2016 11:27 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for a pomodoro timer that keeps track of my actual time worked/time spent on break. In other words, I'd like it to ring an alarm after the 25-minute work time, but keep timing until I press "Start break," and ring an alarm after a 5 minute break, but keep timing until I press "Go back to work." Does such a thing exist?
I love working using the pomodoro method, and I know you're supposed to be strict about starting and stopping when the timer goes off, but I often go a few minutes over on both work and break. (And sometimes significantly over, if I get a phone call during the break or something.) There are a lot of timers that will just pause after the alarm rings until you press the button, but I haven't been able to find something that will ring an alarm at the desired time AND keep timing until I press the button. I'd love to have a timer that will keep track of my actual statistics over the day/week/etc.
In other words, I work for 25 minutes, the timer goes off, but I'm in the middle of something, so another two minutes go by before I hit "Start break." Then I start my break, but at the four-minute mark the doorbell rings, so eight more minutes go by before I press "Go back to work.", and so forth. At the end of the day, I'd like to see the actual number of minutes worked (27, in this simple example) and the actual number of minutes spent on break (12).
Ideally there would be an Android app for this; I'll also accept something in a web browser or (less ideally) a program for my Mac. Thanks!
I love working using the pomodoro method, and I know you're supposed to be strict about starting and stopping when the timer goes off, but I often go a few minutes over on both work and break. (And sometimes significantly over, if I get a phone call during the break or something.) There are a lot of timers that will just pause after the alarm rings until you press the button, but I haven't been able to find something that will ring an alarm at the desired time AND keep timing until I press the button. I'd love to have a timer that will keep track of my actual statistics over the day/week/etc.
In other words, I work for 25 minutes, the timer goes off, but I'm in the middle of something, so another two minutes go by before I hit "Start break." Then I start my break, but at the four-minute mark the doorbell rings, so eight more minutes go by before I press "Go back to work.", and so forth. At the end of the day, I'd like to see the actual number of minutes worked (27, in this simple example) and the actual number of minutes spent on break (12).
Ideally there would be an Android app for this; I'll also accept something in a web browser or (less ideally) a program for my Mac. Thanks!
Best answer: Came in here to suggest kanbanflow as well. It's time tracking is stellar.
posted by czytm at 12:44 PM on October 12, 2016
posted by czytm at 12:44 PM on October 12, 2016
Response by poster: It's working well, thank you!! Any chance it's possible to configure it to keep track of the time spent on break, too? Not a big deal if not, but thought I'd throw that out there in case you knew of a way.
posted by cider at 1:29 PM on October 13, 2016
posted by cider at 1:29 PM on October 13, 2016
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posted by acidic at 11:35 AM on October 12, 2016