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Even the free version of this app can go head to head with other paid apps on this list and hence it’s our top pick. But apart from its inability to sync and showing some ads, the developers have not kept any other feature constraints on its free version. However, you do need to buy the Pro version to use the sync feature. It can also sync your data across multiple devices including Mac, iPhone, and iPad. The app is divided into two tabs, which give you access to the ongoing and complete tasks separately. Reports are a way to get the holistic overview of your time including details about time spent on each and every task. You can generate daily, weekly and monthly reports or even reports based on your custom time frame. It also provides you with a detailed report of all your tasks. You can customize the work and break time timers, name your tasks and assign goals (number of cycles) for each task. When launched, the app lives in your menu bar, clicking on which gives you access to its controls. Be FocusedĪll Pomodoro timer apps on this list are good but this will prove to be the best one for the majority of you. Essentially, all you need to get started with this technique is a timer but if you are a little bit serious, here are 6 best Pomodoro apps for macOS which will do the basics and then some: 1. You work for a certain period of time (~25 Minutes) and then take a short break (~5 Minutes) and repeat. The disadvantage is the user can't key in the number of minutes until the next break.The technique utilizes the fact that we humans have a very short attention span (around 20-25 minutes) and uses it to our own advantage. The advantage of this change is user won't have to key in the number of minutes until the next break. For example auto-launching by cron and locking screen at 10am, 12pm and 2pm. To: case $MINUTES in 1|2|5|15|30|60|120|180|240|300|360)Īnother simple change would be to not to implement the spinning pizza in the systray as shown in the link's animated screen.Ī more complicated change would be a set Monday to Friday schedule for rest times. Place a # on line to comment out the command.

To adapt for work rest periods the audible beep can be removed as it would be distracting: # ogg123 '/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/phone-outgoing-calling.ogg' Lock Screen Timer is a small bash script I wrote to solve this question in Ask Ubuntu: Application that will lock screen after a set amount of time for Ubuntu
