Pomotto

Notifications stop while you work. Breaks keep you going all day.

Start a timer and your Mac goes quiet. When it chimes, step away. Your messages are waiting.

Pomotto timer counting down a focus session

Automatic Do Not Disturb

Start the timer and Do Not Disturb turns on by itself. Nothing to toggle, nothing to remember.

Messages wait for your break

When the break starts, everything that came in shows up. Answer Slack, reply to a text, then start the next session.

Still sharp at 4pm

A gentle chime tells you to stop. Five minutes away from the screen makes the next 25 easier.

Download on Mac App Store

$2.99, yours forever. No subscription. No account.

Rain & café sounds · Works with Focus modes · Favorites still get through

What Pomotto fixes

Two things wreck a workday.

Interruptions

One Slack ping can cost you 23 minutes.

That's how long UC Irvine researchers found it takes to get back to a task after an interruption.

The fix: Do Not Disturb turns on when the timer starts.

No breaks

My third hour is mostly staring at the screen.

Three hours without a break feels productive. By 4pm I had nothing left.

The fix: a gentle chime tells you when to step away.

No stats. No streaks. No cloud.

macOS only. Nailing one platform beats half-assing three.

Carlos

Hey, I'm Carlos

I had two problems. Notifications kept pulling me out of flow. And I'd work for hours without a break and be drained by 4pm. Do Not Disturb fixed the first. Regular breaks fixed the second. Pomotto does both. I use it every day.

Questions

How's Pomotto different from Do Not Disturb?

Do Not Disturb is a switch you have to remember. Most days you'll forget. The days you remember, you'll leave it on and miss your messages until dinner. Pomotto flips it for you: on while you work, off during breaks.

  • A gentle chime and a flash tell you when the break starts.
  • Calls from favorites and repeat callers still get through.
Subscription or one-time?

One-time. Pay $2.99 once and it's yours.

Updates are free. I'm not here to lock you in.

Mac-only?

Yes. No Windows or phone version is coming.

That's what lets Pomotto use the Do Not Disturb and Focus settings you already have.

I hyper-focus. Will this help?

Yes. I built it for that. Hyper-focus is great until you look up, it's 7pm, and you skipped lunch.

  • The chime pulls you out of the rabbit hole.
  • The break gets you out of the chair.
  • Do Not Disturb keeps the next session quiet.
What if I hate breaks?

Most people do until they try them. Five minutes away from the screen makes the next 25 easier. You can make breaks as short as you like.

See why breaks work.

What about urgent messages?

They still reach you. Pomotto uses the Do Not Disturb settings you already have, so you pick what gets through in macOS Settings.

  • Calls from favorites or repeat callers.
  • Calendar alerts, or any app you choose.
  • Emergency calls always get through.
  • Everything else waits for your break.