Pomodoro App for iPad
By Codenauts
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Description
Pomodoro App is a beautiful and easy companion for the popular Pomodoro Technique. Use your iPad to stay focussed throughout the work day!
About the Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique was created by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. It uses a timer to break down activities into 25-minutes intervals. These intervals are called Pomodoros. During a Pomodoro you focus only on the selected activity and prevent distractions and interruptions as much as possible. Once the time is up, stop working for a 5-minute break and relax. Then wind up the timer again and continue your work. Every 4 Pomodoros you can take a longer break, eat something, make a walk or even take a power nap.
How do you know which activity is next? You start your day with a planning phase. Write down new activities into your inventory. Estimate how many pomodoros each activity will take. If it takes more than 5 to 7 Pomodoros, break it down. Combine tasks which take less than 1 Pomodoro. Then select the activities you want to finish today. Put the most important activity on the top of the list, the least important on the bottom. Then begin with the first activity and watch your progress throughout the day. Replan if necessary.
Read more about the Pomodoro Technique at http://pomodorotechnique.com and download the book for free.
Features
✓ Beautiful user interface with wood and paper
✓ Wind up the timer with your finger
✓ Timer plays a ticking sound
✓ Timer continues even if you quit the app
✓ Push notification when countdown is finished (iOS 3 devices)
✓ Local notifications when countdown is finished (iOS 4 devices)
✓ Manage your activity inventory and your today's list
✓ Hide the lists if you don't need them
✓ Move activities between the lists
✓ Estimate number of Pomodoros for every activity
✓ Number of Pomodoros is automatically counted for each activity
✓ Track number of internal and external interruptions
✓ Archive finished activities
✓ Delete activities
Settings
✓ Switch between dark and light color for the timer
✓ Keep the device active while the timer is running
✓ Deactivate all sounds
Available Languages
✓ English, German
Find out more about Pomodoro App on http://codenauts.de or send us an email to info@codenauts.de. Follow us on Twitter for updates and development news: http://twitter.com/codenauts
What's New in Version 1.3.1
- Fixed bug when activity could not be marked as finished
- Fixed bug when a section is deleted from the archive
- Fixed bug when keyboard remains visible after entering Dropbox credentials
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Pretty good but still needs improvement
This app has a great interface and the ui is pretty polished but I can still see the need for some improvements:
--The wind up clock should have tick mark labels on it (available through a setting) so I don't have to count blocks when setting the time.
--Alarm is way too jarring. I jump every time I hear it. Need option to set custom alarm sound or at least include a softer alarm!
--Need unplanned & urgent list under todo today list
--Add due date column
--Implement a simple statistical graph of how many pomodoros are dome each day
Alarm
Overall it is a great app. The only problem is the alarm that you can't change the sound.
great app for pomodoro lovers
best pomodoro app available with real nice interface and some handy features. It would be better if it can automatically start a break after each pomodoro and after every 4 a long break. Also, I'd like to have more choices with alarm sounds.
- $5.99
- Category: Productivity
- Updated: Aug 28, 2011
- Version: 1.3.1
- Size: 6.3 MB
- Languages: English, German
- Seller: Codenauts UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
- © 2010 - 2012 Codenauts UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later
