⭐ Getting Started with Pomodozer Lite – A Pomodoro Timer for Windows

⭐ Getting Started with Pomodozer Lite – A Pomodoro Timer for Windows

When you launch Pomodozer Lite, a lightweight and free pomodoro app, you’re greeted with two main sections:

  • 📋 Classic Pomodoro Scheme
  • ⚙ Settings

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⚙ Settings Overview

Customize your desktop pomodoro timer experience with these options: pomodozer lite settings

  • ✔ Use last location ➤ Remembers the app’s screen position across sessions – perfect for multi-monitor setups.

  • ✔ Always on top ➤ Keeps the timer window visible above others. ✘ If disabled, the app only pops up when a ⏱ focus or break period ends.

  • ✔ Use sound ➤ Toggles gentle audio cues to mark transitions between focus and break periods.

📋 Pomodoro Scheme Overview

Pomodozer Lite starts with the classic pomodoro time scheme: pomodozer lite schema

  • 25 / 5 / 4 ➝ 4 cycles of 25 minutes work and 5 minutes short break
    then:
  • 25 / 20 / 1 ➝ 1 cycle with a longer 20-minute break.

🛠 You can customize this to suit your needs.

Example:

  • 30 / 5 / 4
  • 30 / 10 / 1
  • 30 / 15 / 1

⚠ However, custom scheme resets when you close the app.

💡 Want to save your own schemes?

Upgrade to Pomodozer Plus — it stores up to 3 saved schemes + 1 editable default based on the classic pomodoro method. Get Pomodozer Plus here!

⌛ Session Work Hours:

  • In Session Work Hours, set how many hours 🕒 you want to work (not counting breaks).
  • ✔ Once the goal is reached, the session ends automatically.
  • ✘ Leave it blank or set to 0 to run the timer indefinitely — until you manually hit Stop button.

▶️ Starting a Pomodoro Session

Click Start Session button to begin. pomodozer lite session start You’ll be taken to real-time Timer controls and session Summary screen.

📊 Summary Metrics

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  • 🔁 Total cycles – Number of completed pomodoro rounds
  • ⏱ Total hours – Time spent working + resting
  • 💼 Work hours – Focused work time
  • ☕ Break hours – Time spent on breaks

⏱ Timer Controls

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  • ⏹ Stop – Ends the current session immediately
  • ⏭ Skip – Skips only the break (❌ Work time cannot be skipped)
  • ⏸ Pause – Pauses the current work or break period
  • ▶ Play – Starts the session or resumes the timer after it has been paused

🔁 After the Session

When your session ends:

  • ➤ Click Back button to return to settings
  • ➤ Adjust your scheme or work hour goal
  • ➤ Start a new session

📊 Each time you start a new session, its stats are automatically merged with your previous data, so you can track your total productivity without losing past results.

Pomodozer Lite is a free pomodoro timer available after registering on our website.
Here is the download link: Get Pomodozer Lite here!