Pomodoro App

Managing your work time is very important in order to be productive. If you work non-stop, you will eventually burn yourself out. And if you take too many breaks, you will not be as efficient as you could be.

The Pomodoro technique is a very popular method of time management. But in order to be able to use it, you need a certain device or application. One such program is Pomodoro App.

For those of you who don't know, it basically helps you manage your time by splitting it into multiple work and break periods. Traditionally, each work period lasts 25 minutes.

After opening Pomodoro App, it will immediately hide in your system tray. If you click it once, then its interface will appear. If you want to keep it with its default values, then you can simply press the Play button in order to start the timer.

If any of the time periods don't suit you, you can easily change them from the menu. You can configure the duration of the work period, short break and long break, when the long break should come and if you want the program to notify you with sounds whenever a period ends.

Due to the popularity of this technique, there are lots of other programs that were designed for the same purpose. And even though this one looks nice, it is not too impressive.

You cannot leave it always on top of other applications, as it automatically minimizes when you click anywhere else on the screen. If you work from your computer, you will need to bring it back up manually every time you want to see in what period you are.

It would've been useful if it at least popped up whenever an interval ended, but it doesn't. Also, it made no sound whatsoever while I was using it, even though that option is available.

If you are a fan of this technique, then I would suggest trying to find something else to help you with it.