Focus timer for Mac
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.
$2.99, yours forever. No subscription. No account.
Rain & café sounds · Works with Focus modes · Favorites still get through
How it works
The timer runs Do Not Disturb for you.
Focus is white. Break is gray. Your Mac follows along.
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.
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.
Follows your Mac into dark mode. 52/17 shown.
No stats. No streaks. No cloud.
macOS only. Nailing one platform beats half-assing three.
Small on purpose
Everything it does fits in the menu bar.
Menu bar countdown
The time left sits next to your clock. Always visible, never in the way.
Durations
Your rhythm
25/5 by default. 52/17 if that's your pace. Any length from 1 to 99 minutes.
Ambient sounds
Rain or café noise while you focus. It stops when the break starts. Or pick silence.
Keyboard first
Space starts and pauses. ⌘R resets. Turn on ⌃⌥P in Settings to start or pause from any app, or pick your own keys.
Favorites still get through
Calls from favorites, repeat callers and calendar alerts still reach you. You choose in macOS Settings.
A chime, not a lock
A chime and a screen flash mark the break. Breaks are reminders. You decide when to stand up.
Questions
Something else? Write to me.
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.