An aesthetic Pomodoro timer

Pupmodoro looks like a page from a sketchbook: warm paper colors, a crayon-style room, and a puppy that curls up and sleeps while you focus.

Pick 25 minutes for a classic Pomodoro, put on a lo-fi record and press Start. Nothing flashes and nothing beeps until the round is over. Then a soft chime plays and the pup stretches.

Set the mood

Rooftop Set (neo-soul) and Night Ferry (warm deep house) are free and loop without a gap. Under the music or instead of it, open the green Nature mix and blend rain, a café, waves or a crackling fire with sliders. Lo-fi study music and rain sounds each have their own page too.

Pretty, and it still works

Every finished round lands in the Sleep log as a crayon bar and earns dog biscuits you can trade for more records. Switch to another tab for more than 10 seconds and the pup wakes for a peek, a gentle nudge to come back.

How it works

Pick 10, 25, 50 or 60 minutes (or tap the minutes and type any length up to 2 hours), then press Start. The pup settles in to sleep.

Keep this tab open while you work. If you are away for more than 10 seconds the pup wakes for a peek; the timer keeps counting, but the round earns one biscuit fewer.

When the round ends the pup stretches and you earn dog biscuits: 1 for 10+ minutes, 2 for 25+, 3 for 50+. The jar holds up to 99.

Records

Records are seamless loops you can play under your focus. Rooftop Set and Night Ferry are free, and two more can be unlocked on the web with 4 biscuits each. The rest, from math rock and cool jazz to deep house and Ethio-jazz, have previews here and live in the app.

The green Nature mix record plays ten looping nature sounds you can blend with sliders: rain, waves, campfire, thunder, crickets, snowy wind, café, turning pages, a pool and deep space.

On iPhone, Apple Watch and Android

The Pupmodoro apps add a Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown, a gentle chime when a round ends, every record and every scene, outfits for your pup, a weekly and monthly journal, focus rounds from Apple Watch, and sync across devices. They are a subscription with a 7-day free trial; the web version stays free.

Sleep log

Every round lands in the Sleep log: today's rounds on a little timeline, and this week as crayon bars with the biscuits you earned each day.

Questions

Can I use it as a study timer?

Yes. Set 25 minutes for a Pomodoro, 50 for a longer study block, or tap the minutes and type any length from 1 minute to 2 hours.

Is Pupmodoro free?

The web version is free with no sign-up. The iPhone/iPad app (with Apple Watch) and the Android app are a subscription with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan: $29.99 a year, $4.99 a month, or a one-time $49.99.

Does the timer keep running if I switch tabs?

Yes. The countdown never pauses. Being away for more than 10 seconds only wakes the pup and costs the round one biscuit.

Do I need an account?

No. Your biscuits, records and sleep log are saved in your browser. Sign in with Google only if you want them on your other devices and in the app.

What is the music?

Original instrumental loops made for Pupmodoro: lo-fi, neo-soul, bossa nova, cool jazz, deep house and more, with no vocals.