FocusPomo · Pomodoro Timer5.3.1 - App Store

FocusPomo is a Pomodoro-based time management app with a minimal and beautiful design, powerful features, and a rewarding sense of progress.

Our mission is to improve and protect your attention. That’s why we don’t simply pile on features, and we don’t use addictive game-like rewards. FocusPomo is built to help you focus on one thing at a time.

## When you may need FocusPomo

1. You work hard, but still don’t feel real progress
2. Your study or work efficiency feels low
3. You get distracted easily and want to reduce procrastination
4. Important things keep getting delayed
5. You want to become more disciplined
6. You want different parts of your life to gradually get better
7. You have many things you want to do, but keep making slow progress

## FocusPomo Core Features

1. Real-time sync across all platforms. Sync through iCloud across Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, so your focus data always stays up to date.

2. A simple and easy-to-use focus timer. No flashy design, no complicated distractions. Everything is designed for a better focus experience.

3. Cute little tomatoes that make focus feel rewarding. Every completed Pomodoro gives you a cute little tomato. Your tomatoes accumulate each week, making effort more visible without turning focus into a distracting game. Tomatoes also support motion response and haptic feedback (motion response is currently supported on iOS only).

4. Powerful focus statistics. View focus trends, Pomodoro insights, and detailed data across different tasks and time ranges.

5. Calendar timeline. Reflection helps you improve. View your focus time distribution by one day, two-day comparison, or one week.

6. Optimized for iPad and Mac large screens. View more useful information and enjoy a focus experience designed for larger screens.

7. Mac support. View timer status, focus task, and today’s focus data from the menu bar. Start, pause, or end focus sessions without opening the app.

8. Apple Watch App that works independently. No iPhone needed. Start a timer, create or edit focus tasks, and manage focus directly on Apple Watch.

## FocusPomo Design Philosophy

1. Focus. We don’t build an all-in-one product. We focus on time management and help make your effort truly pay off.

2. Simplicity. Simplicity is not the goal. It is the result. Every feature and detail is carefully researched, considered, and refined.

3. Warmth. FocusPomo hopes to become a small quiet space for you, staying with you through your effort, focus, and growth.

## More Features

* App blacklist to block distracting apps
* Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets, and interactive widgets
* Live Activities and Dynamic Island
* Landscape StandBy mode for focus sessions
* Custom countdown timer
* Stopwatch mode with pause support
* Different focus tags can have different focus durations
* Apple Health sync
* Manually add focus time
* Custom Pomodoro cycles, long breaks, and short breaks
* Custom focus tags
* Extend focus sessions
* Alarm reminders
* Focus trends by task and time range
* Calendar timeline by 1 day, 2 days, or 1 week
* Optimized for iPad and Mac large screens
* The current Lifetime plan includes all future updates, including Watch and Mac
* And many more features

## 6000+ reviews from users around the world, 59000+ five-star ratings

“No bloat, no unnecessary features fighting for attention - just clean timers that keep me locked in.”

“Collecting Pomodoros makes it a fun and unique experience.”

“Simple but deep”

“Helps me stay on track working from home.”

“One of the very few apps I’ve kept in my phone... Definitely worth the penny.”

Terms of Use:
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Privacy Policy:
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Version History This update brings 30+ feature updates and experience improvements, mainly around iOS 27, the iPad large-screen experience, Timeline, Statistics, and Focus Notes.

- Updated for the new Liquid Glass visual style on iOS 27. The interface now feels more transparent and layered, with Dark Mode and many small details refined.
- Continued improvements for the iPadOS large-screen experience. We redesigned the iPad version last year, and this update further improves layout, information display, and interaction details.
- Added several important features, including Focus Notes, multi-day views, and custom viewing for scrolling tomatoes, making it easier to record, review, and understand your focus.

Timer

- New: Tag search is now supported and can be enabled in Lab.
- New: Floating timer in the background is now supported and can be enabled in Lab.
- Improved: Animation when selecting focus duration now feels more natural.

Timeline

- New: You can now record Focus Notes and view them in the Timeline.
- New: Week view is now supported on iPhone.
- New: Timeline zoom is now supported, making details easier to view.
- New: 3-day mode is now available on iPhone and can be enabled in Lab.
- Improved: 2-day mode now includes a glass-style connected effect, making date comparisons more intuitive.
- Improved: Focus records now have clearer visuals and tap feedback.
- Improved: When the Timeline is long, it will automatically jump near the current time.
- Improved: iPhone now opens the 2-day view by default, making it easier to see recent focus distribution.
- Other: Free users can now edit focus records.

Statistics

- New: The Overview page now supports time range selection, so you can view day, week, month, year, and all-time data directly.
- New: The Overview page now supports tag switching, making it easier to view data for different tags across different time ranges.
- New: Focus Notes can now be displayed in Statistics.
- New: Focus Notes can be viewed by time range and tag. More note types and export options will be supported later.
- New: Small tomatoes now support scrolling and haptic feedback, making your accumulated progress feel more rewarding.
- New: Tomato cards now include a subtle glass jar effect. It stays simple, but feels more like collecting.
- New: Focus distribution now supports showing the number of tomatoes.
- Improved: Focus distribution can now be viewed directly on the Overview page.
- Improved: Time units in Focus Trends are now easier to understand.
- Improved: Fixed overlapping content in Focus Trends.
- Improved: Daily average now only counts days with focus records.
- Improved: Added 7-day average data.
- Improved: iPad Statistics layout has been optimized.
- Improved: Fixed animation lag when returning from detail pages to the Overview page.

Other Improvements

- Improved: Family membership information is now shown in Settings.
- Improved: Added Lab settings, where some new features can be tried first.
- Improved: Fixed lag when returning from Statistics to the Home page.
- Improved: Fixed an issue where tomatoes on the Home page could occasionally disappear unexpectedly.

There are many changes in this update. If you run into any issues, or if something feels too complicated or not smooth enough, please let us know.

We’ll keep refining FocusPomo so it stays simple, beautiful, and easy to use, while becoming more professional. 5.3.1 Oct 1 This update brings 30+ feature updates and experience improvements, mainly around iOS 27, the iPad large-screen experience, Timeline, Statistics, and Focus Notes.

- Updated for the new Liquid Glass visual style on iOS 27. The interface now feels more transparent and layered, with Dark Mode and many small details refined.
- Continued improvements for the iPadOS large-screen experience. We redesigned the iPad version last year, and this update further improves layout, information display, and interaction details.
- Added several important features, including Focus Notes, multi-day views, and custom viewing for scrolling tomatoes, making it easier to record, review, and understand your focus.

Timer

- New: Tag search is now supported and can be enabled in Lab.
- New: Floating timer in the background is now supported and can be enabled in Lab.
- Improved: Animation when selecting focus duration now feels more natural.

Timeline

- New: You can now record Focus Notes and view them in the Timeline.
- New: Week view is now supported on iPhone.
- New: Timeline zoom is now supported, making details easier to view.
- New: 3-day mode is now available on iPhone and can be enabled in Lab.
- Improved: 2-day mode now includes a glass-style connected effect, making date comparisons more intuitive.
- Improved: Focus records now have clearer visuals and tap feedback.
- Improved: When the Timeline is long, it will automatically jump near the current time.
- Improved: iPhone now opens the 2-day view by default, making it easier to see recent focus distribution.
- Other: Free users can now edit focus records.

Statistics

- New: The Overview page now supports time range selection, so you can view day, week, month, year, and all-time data directly.
- New: The Overview page now supports tag switching, making it easier to view data for different tags across different time ranges.
- New: Focus Notes can now be displayed in Statistics.
- New: Focus Notes can be viewed by time range and tag. More note types and export options will be supported later.
- New: Small tomatoes now support scrolling and haptic feedback, making your accumulated progress feel more rewarding.
- New: Tomato cards now include a subtle glass jar effect. It stays simple, but feels more like collecting.
- New: Focus distribution now supports showing the number of tomatoes.
- Improved: Focus distribution can now be viewed directly on the Overview page.
- Improved: Time units in Focus Trends are now easier to understand.
- Improved: Fixed overlapping content in Focus Trends.
- Improved: Daily average now only counts days with focus records.
- Improved: Added 7-day average data.
- Improved: iPad Statistics layout has been optimized.
- Improved: Fixed animation lag when returning from detail pages to the Overview page.

Other Improvements

- Improved: Family membership information is now shown in Settings.
- Improved: Added Lab settings, where some new features can be tried first.
- Improved: Fixed lag when returning from Statistics to the Home page.
- Improved: Fixed an issue where tomatoes on the Home page could occasionally disappear unexpectedly.

There are many changes in this update. If you run into any issues, or if something feels too complicated or not smooth enough, please let us know.

We’ll keep refining FocusPomo so it stays simple, beautiful, and easy to use, while becoming more professional. 5.3.0 Sep 28 This update improves stability and reliability:

• Fixed a launch crash affecting older versions of macOS.
• Fixed incorrect timeline hour labels when using the 12-hour clock.
• Added a potential fix for an issue where tomatoes could occasionally disappear from the Home screen.
• Made improvements intended to help focus sessions started on Apple Watch sync more reliably to the system calendar.

Thank you for using FocusPomo. 5.2.3 Aug 30 This update mainly improves the Mac menu bar experience and fixes several known issues.

Restored whitelist support
Mac menu bar now supports quick focus duration selection, with commonly used time options
Mac menu bar now supports quickly selecting recently used focus tasks
Adjusted the position of “Skip Break” in the Mac menu bar for easier access
Improved Mac menu bar wording, such as changing “Show App” to “Open App” for better clarity
Improved the UI layout of the Mac mini window
Fixed an issue where notifications could not be enabled on some Mac models
Fixed an issue where the app could not be opened in Stage Manager on Mac
Fixed an issue where tomatoes might not appear after resizing the Mac window 5.2.2 Jul 5 Fixed an issue where the macOS status bar icon appeared in low resolution
Fixed an issue where the small tomato could get stuck in Dynamic Island
Fixed an issue where existing users could not see the “What’s New” popup
Fixed an issue where some users still saw the app name displayed as Pomodoro
Fixed an issue where notifications could not be enabled from the macOS Settings page
Restored whitelist support 5.2.1 Jun 22 The first Mac version of FocusPomo is here!

- You can view timer status, focus session details, and today’s focus data directly from the menu bar. Start, pause, or end focus sessions without opening the app.
- The menu bar also includes quick actions such as Skip Break and End Early for a smoother workflow.
- The Mac version is optimized for larger screens with improved layout and spacing, and refined mouse interactions for a better desktop experience.
- It also supports seamless iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, we’d love to hear your feedback and continue improving the experience. 5.2.0 Jun 16 - Now supports iOS 15 devices.
- Brought back stopwatch mode tips — many new users didn’t know this feature existed. More onboarding improvements are coming soon.
- Improved home screen animations and scrolling performance. Older devices like iPhone X now feel much smoother.
- Fixed an issue where blocked apps in blacklist mode didn’t display rounded corners correctly.
- Fixed an issue where the little tomato sometimes wouldn’t appear on the home screen. 5.1.4 May 24 Fixed an issue where some apps could not be blocked 5.1.3 May 7 Optimized: Improved tag interface design for iOS 18
Optimized: Improved error handling on Apple Watch
Optimized: Improved animation when selecting stopwatch mode
Optimized: Default tags can now be deleted 5.1.2 Mar 14 New: Added alarm reminders. Focus reminders can now be delivered even in Silent or Do Not Disturb mode.
New: Tag archiving is now supported. Archived tags still appear in stats, with more options available on the Archive page.

Optimized: Fixed an issue where the Timeline couldn’t be tapped.
Optimized: Fixed an issue with missing Pomodoro vibration feedback.
Optimized: Added onboarding copy to guide manual sorting.
Optimized: Removed the whitelist feature and recommend using blacklist blocking instead.
Optimized: Fixed an issue where tags couldn’t be selected on iOS 17.
Optimized: Improved onboarding animations.
Optimized: Improved interaction animations on the Statistics page.
Optimized: Fixed several stability issues and crash problems. 5.1.1 Mar 3 New: Added alarm reminders. Focus reminders can now be delivered even in Silent or Do Not Disturb mode.
New: Tag archiving is now supported. Archived tags still appear in stats, with more options available on the Archive page.

Optimized: Fixed an issue where the Timeline couldn’t be tapped.
Optimized: Fixed an issue with missing Pomodoro vibration feedback.
Optimized: Added onboarding copy to guide manual sorting.
Optimized: Removed the whitelist feature and recommend using blacklist blocking instead.
Optimized: Fixed an issue where tags couldn’t be selected on iOS 17.
Optimized: Improved onboarding animations.
Optimized: Improved interaction animations on the Statistics page. 5.1.0 Feb 26 Bug fixes and experience improvements 5.0.3 11/03/2025 Optimized: Fixed a bug where tags couldn’t be selected on iOS 17 (thanks to everyone for the quick feedback!)
Optimized: Fixed missing vibration feedback for Pomodoro sessions
Optimized: Fixed an issue where focus sessions in the Timeline couldn’t be tapped
Optimized: Improved animations for new user onboarding flow
Optimized: Fixed an issue where the Statistics subpage could slide up to the home screen 5.0.2 10/23/2025 We’ve added 20+ experience optimizations for FocusPomo 5.0.
Version 5.0 is still being refined — your feedback and suggestions are always welcome!

Optimizations & Fixes:
- Added manual sorting for tags
- Improved focus trend chart layout — durations now increase from bottom to top
- Fixed background color display issue in Live Activities
- Non-Pro users can now rename tags
- Corrected “Monthly Average” text in Statistics
- Fixed overlapping status bar issue on iPad Data Center
- Fixed potential crash on iOS 16
- Minimum supported version is now iOS 16
- Fixed white screen issue for widgets on iOS 16 & 17
- Fixed color display issue in alerts
- Fixed issue when editing focus records on Timeline
- Focus sessions shorter than 5 minutes now sync to Calendar 5.0.1 10/20/2025 This is the biggest update in FocusPomo's 5-year journey, packed with dozens of major improvements. We hope you enjoy it! ^_^

Liquid Glass design:
- Deep integration with iOS 26 Liquid Glass design, including extensive visual enhancements. Dark Mode now looks more elegant and immersive.
- All-new iPad version, fully optimized for iPadOS 26 with a more immersive layout designed for larger screens. Now supports menu bar, pointer, keyboard shortcuts, and a new toolbar.
- watchOS 26 enhancements with support for the new Controls widget and Liquid Glass effects.

Major Updates:
- Redesigned Statistics Dashboard, including focus trends and detailed Pomodoro insights. View focus data by day, week, month, or year — for each task individually.
- All-new Tag System with smoother animations and a more intuitive experience. Customize duration, sort by time or title, and quickly select tag colors.
- Brand-new Calendar View, showing your focus sessions across 1-day, 2-day, or 1-week intervals.

Since this update brings many changes, if you run into any issues or feel certain features are too complex, please let us know.
We’ll continue refining every detail to keep FocusPomo simple, beautiful, and easy to use — while growing more powerful and professional.

Thank you again for all your support — and a special thanks to everyone who helped test and report bugs during the beta! 5.0 09/14/2025 Fixed an issue where white noise would occasionally stop playing.
Improved battery usage during focus sessions.
Fixed a bug where the 12-hour clock didn't display correctly on the timeline.
Resolved several stability issues and crashes.
Fixed currency symbol issues for certain countries. 4.4.5 08/12/2025 Fixed an issue where white noise would occasionally stop playing.
Improved battery usage during focus sessions.
Fixed a bug where the 12-hour clock didn't display correctly on the timeline.
Resolved several stability issues and crashes. 4.4.3 08/07/2025 15+ Experience Improvements in the New Version! Hope you enjoy it (with two behind-the-scenes stories at the end ^_^)

Major Update: Multi-task Timer Widget.
1.Switch between multiple focus tasks easily.
2.Set custom focus durations for different tasks.
3.View focus data by day, week, or month.

New Features:
12-hour time format.
Option to set the first day of the week.
Improved app-blocking (blacklist mode).
View total focus time.
Annual Family Subscription.

Experience Improvements:
Smoother data stats interactions.
Improved timeline animations.
"Back to Today" button in timeline.
Enhanced animation when setting custom time.
Widget improvements.
Fixed iOS 26 black screen issue.

Bug Fixes:
App showed completed status after being closed in the background.
New focus tags were not selected by default.
Timeline date errors in iPad split screen.
Manual focus records not syncing with Calendar & Health.

This update adds 13,000+ lines of code, optimizing many small details for a smoother, simpler experience.
We believe simplicity is built on extreme refinement — each update should make the app feel easier, not more complicated.

During development, our designer also welcomed a new baby into the world!
We’re a small independent team of two designer parents + one engineer, and we love sharing every little milestone and progress with you. ^_^

4.4.2
Fixed an issue where the timeline pointer didn’t update correctly.
Fixed a bug where paused time was lost when saving a stopwatch session.
Fixed a problem where the Apple Watch widget (3-in-1) showed a black screen.
Fixed a missing sound notification after focus sessions on some iOS versions.
Fixed a crash introduced in version 4.4 4.4.2 07/31/2025 15+ Experience Improvements in the New Version! Hope you enjoy it (with two behind-the-scenes stories at the end ^_^)

Major Update: Multi-task Timer Widget.
1.Switch between multiple focus tasks easily.
2.Set custom focus durations for different tasks.
3.View focus data by day, week, or month.

New Features:
12-hour time format.
Option to set the first day of the week.
Improved app-blocking (blacklist mode).
View total focus time.
Annual Family Subscription.

Experience Improvements:
Smoother data stats interactions.
Improved timeline animations.
"Back to Today" button in timeline.
Enhanced animation when setting custom time.
Widget improvements.
Fixed iOS 26 black screen issue.

Bug Fixes:
App showed completed status after being closed in the background.
New focus tags were not selected by default.
Timeline date errors in iPad split screen.
Manual focus records not syncing with Calendar & Health.

This update adds 13,000+ lines of code, optimizing many small details for a smoother, simpler experience.
We believe simplicity is built on extreme refinement — each update should make the app feel easier, not more complicated.

During development, our designer also welcomed a new baby into the world!
We’re a small independent team of two designer parents + one engineer, and we love sharing every little milestone and progress with you. ^_^ 4.4.1 07/23/2025 15+ Experience Improvements in the New Version! Hope you enjoy it (with two behind-the-scenes stories at the end ^_^)

Major Update: Multi-task Timer Widget.
1.Switch between multiple focus tasks easily.
2.Set custom focus durations for different tasks.
3.View focus data by day, week, or month.

New Features:
12-hour time format.
Option to set the first day of the week.
Improved app-blocking (blacklist mode).
View total focus time.
Annual Family Subscription.

Experience Improvements:
Smoother data stats interactions.
Improved timeline animations.
"Back to Today" button in timeline.
Enhanced animation when setting custom time.
Widget improvements.
Fixed iOS 26 black screen issue.

Bug Fixes:
App showed completed status after being closed in the background.
New focus tags were not selected by default.
Timeline date errors in iPad split screen.
Manual focus records not syncing with Calendar & Health.

This update adds 13,000+ lines of code, optimizing many small details for a smoother, simpler experience.
We believe simplicity is built on extreme refinement — each update should make the app feel easier, not more complicated.

During development, our designer also welcomed a new baby into the world!
We’re a small independent team of two designer parents + one engineer, and we love sharing every little milestone and progress with you. ^_^ 4.4.0 07/21/2025 New: Shortcut support added
Improved: Mac window corner radius optimized 4.3.6 05/04/2025 * Optimized app launch time
* Fixed an issue where Mac users couldn't add/edit tags
* Fixed an issue where tag data might not be visible
* Fixed an issue where selecting calendar might fail when there are too many calendars
* Fixed an issue where trial period information might display incorrectly on the membership page
* Other user experience improvements 4.3.5 04/28/2025 Fixed crash issues and optimized user experience

Recent updates:
New: Support syncing tags to specific system calendars
New: Little tomato now interacts with Dynamic Island
Improved: Drop animation for little tomato on iPad
Improved: Gesture tutorial sequence adjusted
Fixed: Weekly tomato reset issue on Mondays 4.3.4 04/22/2025 New: Support syncing tags to specific system calendars
New: Little tomato now interacts with Dynamic Island
Improved: Drop animation for little tomato on iPad
Improved: Gesture tutorial sequence adjusted
Fixed: Weekly tomato reset issue on Mondays 4.3.3 04/21/2025 New: Support syncing tags to specific system calendars
New: Little tomato now interacts with Dynamic Island
Improved: Drop animation for little tomato on iPad
Improved: Gesture tutorial sequence adjusted
Fixed: Weekly tomato reset issue on Mondays 4.3.2 04/20/2025