flowtime timer
no countdown. work until your focus fades, then rest.
press play and start working. no end time.
what is the flowtime technique?
flowtime is a way of working without a fixed interval, developed by Zoë Read-Bivens as an alternative to the pomodoro technique. instead of a bell after 25 minutes, you start a timer when you begin, keep going while your focus holds, and stop when you notice it slipping. then you rest for a while that matches the effort.
how does this timer work?
press play and it counts up from zero. when you press pause, it shows how long you worked and suggests a break of 10 to 15% of that time, the range our flowtime guide uses as a starting point. an hour of work comes out at about a six to nine minute break. press the break button and it counts the break down with a chime at the end, or skip it and start again. sessions of a minute or more go into your stats, alongside the homepage timer's.
who does flowtime suit?
it suits people who find the pomodoro bell lands at exactly the wrong moment, and work where getting into it takes a while, like writing, coding or design. on days when focus is patchy, it is just as happy to log ten minutes as ninety.
what's the catch?
nothing stops you from working for three hours straight and skipping every break. if that sounds like you, decide on an upper limit before you start, or use a 90/20 deep work timer that ends the block for you.