TickTockFocus Add to Chrome

Multi-step timer for Chrome™

Any routine, one click.

Start Pomodoro, 52/17 or a routine of your own steps, and get a Chrome notification and a sound as each step ends.

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Built-in routine

Pomodoro

2 h 10 min

    1. 25 min
    2. 5 min
  2. 25 min
  3. 15 min
A notification and a sound as each step ends

How it works

  1. Pick or build a routine

    Pick a ready-made routine on the welcome page, or build your own from named steps and repeat groups.

  2. Start it in one click

    Start any routine from the popup with one click. Close the popup and the timer keeps going.

  3. Get notified at every step

    A notification and a short sound as each step ends, with buttons to pause, skip or start the next step.

Built-in routines

Five ready-made routines come with the extension. Pick the ones you want on the welcome page after you install it, or in the Timer tab while it's empty.

  • Focus
  • Break
  • Custom

  • Pomodoro

    2 h 10 min

      1. 25 min
      2. 5 min
    2. 25 min
    3. 15 min

    Focus 25 min, Break 5 min, three times. Then Focus 25 min and Long break 15 min.

  • 52/17

    3 h 27 min

      1. 52 min
      2. 17 min

    Focus 52 min, Break 17 min, three times.

  • Deep work

    1 h 50 min

    1. 90 min
    2. 20 min

    Focus 90 min, then Break 20 min.

  • Study

    2 h 45 min

      1. 45 min
      2. 10 min

    Study 45 min, Break 10 min, three times.

  • Desk break

    2 h 8 min

      1. 30 min
      2. 2 min

    Work 30 min, Stretch 2 min, four times.

Or build your own: exam practice, workouts, lessons, a meeting agenda.

Coming from 1.1? Your presets are kept and become routines automatically.

Features

  • Routines made of steps

    Give each step a name, a kind (Focus, Break or Custom) that sets its color, and a length from 30 seconds to just under 24 hours. Repeat groups run their steps 2 to 10 times, and a routine holds up to 20 steps or groups. Reorder steps by dragging or with the up/down buttons.

  • A notification and a sound at every step

    The notification has buttons for what's next: Pause or Skip, Start next or Stop, and Start again when the routine is done. A short sound plays too: Chime, Bell or Soft, with its own volume, or off.

  • Pause, skip or add time

    Pause, Skip, +5 min and Stop are one click away in the popup. The next step can start automatically or wait until you press Start.

  • Progress at a glance

    The progress ring in the popup is split into steps and colored by kind, so you can see where you are in the routine. Times show in 12- or 24-hour format.

  • Time on the toolbar icon

    The icon shows the minutes left in the step's color, II while paused and ▶︎ while it waits for you. You can turn it off.

  • Keeps running in the background

    Close the popup or restart Chrome and the timer keeps its schedule. If a routine ended while Chrome was closed, you get one silent notification with the time it finished.

  • Routines that follow you

    With Chrome Sync on, your routines and settings reach your other computers through your Google account; the running timer stays on this one. They never pass through a server of ours, because there isn't one.

  • English and Ukrainian

    The extension is available in English and Ukrainian and follows the language Chrome is set to.

  • Keyboard and screen reader friendly

    Full keyboard and screen reader support, with up/down buttons on every step and repeat group as an alternative to dragging. Light and dark themes included.

Private by design

TickTockFocus uses four Chrome permissions and nothing else. It makes no network requests of its own, and there's no account or analytics.

Permissions it uses

storage
Saves your routines and settings, the state of the running timer, and the counters for the rating prompt.
alarms
Wakes the extension when a step ends, even when the popup is closed.
notifications
Shows a notification as each step ends. It's the only permission Chrome lists when you add the extension: “Display notifications.”
offscreen
Plays the end-of-step sound from a hidden extension page, because the background service worker can't play audio. It only plays sound files bundled with the extension.

What it never asks for

  • Access to the websites you visit
  • Your browsing history
  • The content of any page you open
  • A sign-in or account

Read the privacy policy

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Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Works in Chrome 120 or later.

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