How to add a pomodoro timer in Notion

You can add a Pomodoro timer in Notion to run focus sessions on your page. Press play, and the time counts down from 25 minutes or from the Focus length that you set. Some templates add break modes, levels, a boss to defeat, or a plant that grows.

Notion data

The Pomodoro timer does not take Notion data. You set its lengths in the editor.

Add a Pomodoro timer and embed it in Notion

1. In the Blocky dashboard, click Create widget.
2. Under Category, choose Timer.
3. Under Widget type, choose Pomodoro. This is the Pomodoro timer.
4. Under Style, choose a template, such as Normal.
5. Click Open editor.
6. In the Elements panel, select Widget, and then open the Inputs tab.
7. In Focus, set the length of a focus session in minutes.
8. Change the text, colors, and settings of the timer in the editor.
9. Click Save. Blocky publishes the timer and opens the dashboard.
10. On the card of the timer, click Copy.
11. In Copy embed link, copy the link on the Public tab. Anyone who has a Private link can use it, so use a private link only on pages that you control.
12. In Notion, open the page for the timer. Type /embed, choose Embed, and paste the link.
13. Confirm the embed. If the timer needs more space, resize the embed block.

Templates

The create dialog lists the templates of the Pomodoro timer under Style:

• Normal (Normal Pomodoro timer). A small square white card with the time in bold and two round white buttons to play, pause, and reset.
• Minimalist (Minimalist Pomodoro timer). A white card with Focus, Short, and Long tabs in blue, green, and red. The time and a thin top bar take the color of the mode.
• Retro (Retro Pomodoro timer). A cream card with an amber border. The time sits in a monospace font inside a clock dial whose hands move as the session runs.
• Gamified (Gamified Pomodoro timer). A dark indigo-to-purple card with a FOCUS QUEST title, a level badge, and an XP bar. Every four finished sessions raise your level.
• Nature (Nature Pomodoro timer). A light blue-to-green card with a plant in a soil bed. Press Grow, and the plant grows from a seed to a pink flower as the session runs.
• Zen (Zen Pomodoro timer). A square card with a soft blue-to-violet gradient and light, widely spaced digits.
• Boss (Boss Pomodoro timer). A dark slate card with a dragon, its name, and a purple health bar. Each focus session that you finish hits the boss for 10 to 24 damage.

Inputs

The Inputs tab of Widget sets the lengths of the sessions:

• Focus is the length of a focus session in minutes, from 1 to 480. It starts at 25.
• Short break and Long break set the lengths of the breaks, from 1 to 60. They appear when the widget has a Mode switch.
• Boss name and Boss health set the boss that you defeat. They appear when the widget has a Boss.