# Must-Have Apps for Pomodoro Technique

Are you weary of incessantly glancing at your device, getting distracted by notifications, and lacking concentration? Why not attempt the [**Pomodoro method**](https://productive.fish/blog/pomodoro-technique/), a time-management technique centered on segmenting work into twenty-five-minute intervals succeeded by a five-minute reprieve? The principle behind this is to assist in keeping you concentrated, efficient, and lively throughout the day.

Let’s see what are the [best apps for the Pomodoro technique](https://productive.fish/blog/best-pomodoro-apps/).

### [**Yellow Tomato — Simple Pomodoro Timer**](https://productive.fish/pomodoro-timer/)

Yellow Tomato is an intuitive [**Pomodoro timer**](https://productive.fish/pomodoro-timer/) that helps you focus right in your favorite browser. No app, no install — use it simply by accessing the website and allowing your browser to notify you. Just set up your workable time interval, list distracting sites, and focus on the task until the time is up.

### **Forest App**

Forest app helps you to stay focused and introduces a gamified approach of planting and growing trees. If you start working and use your phone in a non-related way (eg. open Messenger), you get a warning. If you keep switching back from your tasks to less important distractions, your tree will stop growing and will eventually dry out. You are free to set the time frame for how long you want to focus between 10 and 120 minutes. After each period is completed, you receive coins in proportion to how long you have not used your phone. (From which you can buy beautiful trees that are just waiting to be grown.)

### **Flat Tomato**

Flat Tomato application is crafted to fulfill every need of a Pomodoro-er. Wonderful design with easy-to-use interfaces supports you along your day of study and work. You can set tasks, start timers for the different intervals and you can also listen to ambient music and background noises, such as ocean waves, to support your focus.

### **Focus To-Do**

Focus To-Do seems similar to Flat Tomato and at its core, they both are to help you nurture the Pomodoro technique. However, Focus To-Do offers a complete platform to set up different tasks with categorization, prioritization capabilities. By standard Pomodoro and task management can be done via two different solutions using integrations, Focus To-Do offers them under one umbrella.

### **Plantie**

Your personal productivity is about to blossom with the **Plantie** app. This app with a user-friendly design helps you remain focused on your work, rewarding you with joyful growth and harvest. By tracking your daily progress, you earn motivating badges and unlock more fruit as you succeed.