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Focus 25 minutes, take a hex on the world map.

Pomomap is a free Pomodoro timer on a shared world map. Every finished session claims a hex. Abandoned ones claim nothing. The board in front of you is already occupied — pick a gap, start a timer, and take your own.

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What is Pomomap?

Pomomap is a free Pomodoro timer that works in your desktop and mobile browser. There is no download and no Pomodoro app to install. Pick a hex tile anywhere on the world map, choose a session length of 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes, and the tile is yours when the timer runs out.

Use it as a study timer for revision, a focus timer for deep work, or a work timer for the admin you keep putting off. The timer does not care what the task is. It only cares whether you finished.

Abandoned sessions claim nothing. That single rule is the whole idea: the map in front of you is a record of work you finished, not work you meant to do. Over a few weeks your territory grows into something you can point at, which is a far better reason to start a timer than a to-do list that never gets shorter.

What is the Pomodoro Technique?

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. Work is broken into focused intervals, traditionally 25 minutes long, separated by short breaks. Each interval is called a pomodoro, after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer Cirillo used as a university student.

The method works because a pomodoro is short enough to start when you do not feel like starting, and long enough to get somewhere once you have. Read the full guide to the technique, including the rules most people skip.

How to use the Pomodoro timer

  1. Click a hex on the map to get started.
  2. Sign in and pick a place you care about, if you have not already.
  3. Pick your session length. 25 minutes is the classic pomodoro.
  4. Start the timer and stay on one task until it rings.
  5. Take a five minute break, then claim the next tile.
  6. Focus on tiles you already own to fortify them against raids.

What you get

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