Momotaro
Minimal, calm timer for iOS that invites you to focus.
Momotaro launched on December 13, 2025 with 229 votes, #113 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
A minimal, calm timer for iOS that invites you to pause and focus. Pick a duration, start the timer, and unlock soothing color themes as you accumulate focus minutes.
A free pomodoro-style focus timer that blocks distracting apps using Screen Time. Set your time, stay focused. Built in Barcelona.
When was the last time you spent a whole hour really focused on one thing? Without reaching for your phone, drifting between tabs or stopping for a "quick check"? A single notification is enough to break our concentration, and research suggests it takes around twenty-three minutes to get back to where we were. So one small ping can quietly eat a good part of the afternoon. Our brains are overloaded with distractions, and what they really want is some time to go deep. Your brain needs 23 minutes to refocus after a distraction. Every notification is an interruption that scatters your mental energy. Deep focus rewires your brain for clarity. Sound familiar? Studies show that just 10 minutes of…from momotaro.app
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