1 Hour Timer
An hour you can actually see.
1 Hour Timer ready. Press start to begin.
Each mark is one minute
An hour is the unit the rest of the day is already divided into, which makes it the easiest block to protect and by far the easiest one to lose. Putting a countdown on it is mostly about noticing where it went.
What an hour is good for
A protected hour
One task, no switching, with an end you can see coming.
Cooking and baking
The interval most slow recipes are written around.
Study
Long enough for a full topic, though most people want a break in the middle.
Screen-time limit
A cap on something that would otherwise decide for itself when to stop.
Questions
Should I take a break during the hour?
Most people should. Two twenty-five minute blocks or a 50/10 split will usually get more done than one unbroken hour, unless the work has a long warm-up.
Does it keep counting if my screen locks?
The countdown is measured against a real timestamp, so it stays correct while the tab is in the background. A locked or sleeping device may delay the alarm until you return to the page.
Will it make a sound when it finishes?
Yes — an alarm rings when the countdown reaches zero. The countdown also turns red and the tab title changes to "Time's up", so the end is visible as well as audible.
Does the timer keep running if I switch tabs?
Yes. The countdown runs from a real timestamp rather than counting frames, so it stays accurate in a background tab, and the remaining time shows in the tab title.
The hard part isn’t the timer
This page counts down, and that is all it does. Porotimer handles the part that decides whether the session actually works.
Lock away what breaks focus
Choose the apps you're allowed for the session. Porotimer puts everything else behind a wall until the timer ends — which is the one thing a page in a browser tab can never do.
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Breaks that actually rest you
A calm scene and a breathing guide when the sprint ends, instead of five minutes of scrolling. You come back settled rather than scattered.
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See where the hours went
Every sprint and break laid out in order. The day becomes something you can look back on, rather than something you try to remember.
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