Woret

Studies have shown that it is much easier to stay productive when organizing your schedule into work and rest intervals, which is why the Pomodoro Technique has become so popular, with numerous desktop and mobile applications that take advantage of it.

Woret is a slightly different piece of software that takes a different path, organizing your schedule into work and rest periods based on your current state of health. It offers a basic set of features, including a simple task management system.

The application comes in the form of a single executable file, which can be launched from any location without installing anything beforehand.

Setting everything up is quite simple, and you can save your configurations to an XML file, which can then be loaded again when you start up the program. However, you need to navigate to the file’s path every time.

The first thing you should do is select one of the available health assessments, which will determine how long the work and rest intervals are. These times are customizable, but only to a certain degree, so the application still takes your health into account even when you fine-tune the values.

Once the timer has been started, the program will be minimized to the system tray area, and it will display a notification on your screen when a break is due. If you can’t afford to rest at a certain time, you can skip the break.

While this feature is rudimentary, Woret does allow you to add important tasks to a list and mark them off as they are completed, which can certainly prove helpful.

What’s more, it is possible to disable on-screen notifications and have the application play only sound alerts, which is necessary when gaming or performing various other tasks.

Overall, Woret isn’t a particularly impressive piece of software, as it doesn’t bring anything new to the table, but it gets the job done and is very unobtrusive.