Flow Timer
Count up · break = focus ÷ 5 · open-ended — a real, working flow timer right in your browser. Big color-coded phases, beeps, and the screen stays awake. Free, no sign-up.
Ready to focus
0:00
Break 1/5 of your focus time
Press Start and focus until you're done.
Break
Target
Remind
Break = focus ÷ ratio, between 1 and 30 minutes. A target chimes and keeps counting — it never stops you.
Counts up · open-ended
Palette
Space start / pause B break / go again F finish R reset M mute
How it works
The Flow protocol
A flow timer counts up instead of down. You focus for as long as the focus lasts, then tap Break — and the break you get is your focus time divided by 5 (or 4, or 3, your call). Twenty-five minutes of focus earns a five-minute break. No fixed block ends while you're mid-thought.
- Press Start and focus on one thing — the timer counts up
- Tap Break the moment focus actually breaks
- The break is your focus time ÷ 5 by default (pick 1/4 or 1/3 above)
- When the break ends: Go again for another cycle, or Finish
Direction
counts up
Break
focus ÷ 5
Min break
1 min
Max break
30 min
The Pulse app
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