Notion widgets

Notion Pomodoro Timer Widget

Put a focus timer right on your study or work page, next to the tasks it is for.

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Style

Five looks. Every option below works with every style.
Clean type, no frame. Blends into any Notion page.A frosted, translucent card with a soft highlight edge.Glowing accent-colored type. Best on dark pages.A warm paper card with serif type, like a note on your desk.An LCD screen with scanlines and monospace digits.

Pomodoro Timer options

Reset to defaults
Minutes of focused work per session. 25 is the classic Pomodoro; 45 or 50 suits deep work.
The break after each focus session. Five minutes is enough to stand up and look away from the screen.
The longer rest after a full set of sessions. 15 to 30 minutes is typical.
How many focus sessions make a set. The dots under the timer count them.
Off: the timer waits for you to press Start after each session or break. On: it rolls straight into the next one.
A soft three-note chime when a session or break ends. Browsers allow sound only after you press a button in the widget.
How the time left is drawn.
A ring that empties as the session runs.A progress bar under the digits. Fits short, wide embeds.Just the time, as large as the embed allows.
Shown above the timer, such as the task you are focusing on.

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Colors and font

Light or dark colors. Auto adapts to the page it is embedded in.
Follows the page: light text on dark Notion pages, dark text on light ones (in browsers that pass the theme to embeds, otherwise your device setting).Dark text for light Notion pages.Light text for dark Notion pages.
Transparent lets your Notion page show through, so the widget looks built in. Solid gives it its own card.
Blends into the page behind it.Fills the embed with the style's own background.
Used for highlights: progress fills, the second hand, glows. Leave it on the style default or match your page's colors.
Using the style's own accent. Pick a color to override it.
Fonts already on the viewer's device, so the widget loads instantly and works offline. Each style has its own default.

Language and credit

How month and day names and numbers are written. Auto uses each viewer's browser language. Text you type is shown as you typed it.
A small link in the corner that opens this builder in a new tab. The widget is free either way; turn it off to hide it.
Edit a widget you already madePaste its link

Live preview

This is the real widget, running exactly as it will in Notion.
A small block: 380 × 150 px.One of two columns: 340 × 300 px.The full width of a standard page: 700 × 300 px.
See the widget on a light Notion page.See the widget on a dark Notion page. Theme Auto switches with it.

340 × 300 px

Your embed link

Paste this into a Notion embed block. Everything about the widget is in the link, so there is no account and nothing to save.
Open in new tab
The link updates as you change options. Anyone who can see your Notion page can read the text in it.

How to add it to Notion

  1. 1Copy your linkPress Copy embed link above.
  2. 2Add an embed blockIn Notion, type /embed on an empty line and press Enter.
  3. 3Paste the linkPaste it into the box and choose Embed link.
  4. 4Resize itHover over the embed and drag the bars on its sides. The widget refits to any size.

Works in Notion on the web, the desktop app and the mobile apps: the widget needs no login, so it loads everywhere. Notion's guide to embeds

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Quick answer

A Notion Pomodoro timer widget is a focus timer that runs inside a Notion page through an embed block. Playxoft's free Pomodoro widget alternates focus sessions with short breaks, adds a long break after each set, counts your sessions with dots and chimes at the end. Set the minutes, press Copy embed link, then type /embed in Notion and paste the link.

  • Focus, short and long breaks
  • Session dots
  • Soft chime
  • Survives reloads
  • Ring, bar or digits
  • Five styles

How to use the Notion Pomodoro Timer Widget

  1. 1Set Focus, Short break and Long break in minutes. 25, 5 and 15 are the classic values.
  2. 2Choose the Sessions before a long break, and whether the next one should start automatically.
  3. 3Pick a Display, a Style and an optional Title, then press Copy embed link.
  4. 4In Notion, type /embed, paste the link and choose Embed link.
  5. 5Press Start in the widget. Pause, reset or skip whenever you need to.

How does the Pomodoro Technique work?

Francesco Cirillo developed the Pomodoro Technique as a university student in the late 1980s and named it after his tomato-shaped kitchen timer (*pomodoro* is Italian for tomato). The method is simple:

  1. Pick one task.
  2. Work on it, and only it, for 25 minutes: one pomodoro.
  3. Take a short break of about 5 minutes.
  4. After four pomodoros, take a longer break of 15 to 30 minutes.

The widget runs this cycle for you, with dots that fill as you finish each session of the set. Popular variations:

PatternFocusBreakLong breakGood for
Classic25 min5 min15 min after 4Most tasks, starting the habit
Deep work50 min10 min30 min after 3Writing, coding, design
Study sprint30 min5 min20 min after 4Revision and practice tests
Starter15 min3 min10 min after 4Tasks you keep putting off

Does the timer keep running when I leave the page?

Yes. The widget does not count seconds in the background; it remembers when the current session ends. Switch Notion pages, close the app or lock your phone, and when you come back the time left is right, or the widget has moved on to the break.

The timer's state is kept in your browser's own storage for that embed, on that device only. Nothing is sent to a server, so there is no account, and your laptop and your phone each keep their own timer. If a browser blocks storage inside embeds (some private windows do), the timer still works but starts over when the page reloads.

The chime plays when a session or break ends while the page is open. Browsers only allow sound after you have clicked inside a page, so it works once you have pressed Start, Resume or Skip.

Pomodoro widget or a Notion database: which should I use?

They do different jobs and work well together. A Notion formula cannot tick live, so the widget is the timer itself: big, visible and one click away while you work.

A database is where you keep a record. Many people add a Focus log database with a date, the task and the number of sessions, and fill it in at the end of the day. Put the widget at the top of the page and the log below it.

For a full-screen timer with browser notifications, use our standalone Pomodoro timer; for a countdown to a deadline, the countdown widget.

Tips for focus sessions in Notion

  • Name the task. Put what you are working on in Title, so the timer reminds you every time you look at it.
  • Keep breaks real. Leave Start the next one automatically off, so a break ends only when you choose to start again.
  • Make it small. The inline size (about 380 × 150) fits a row above your task list; the widget moves the ring beside the buttons in wide embeds.
  • Match your page. Minimal blends into a light page, Neon glows on a dark dashboard, and Paper suits a study planner.

Frequently asked questions

Set your focus and break lengths in Playxoft's Pomodoro builder and press Copy embed link. In Notion, type /embed, press Enter, paste the link and choose Embed link. Then press Start inside the widget.
Yes, a soft three-note chime when a session or a break ends. Browsers allow sound only after you click inside a page, so it plays once you have pressed Start, Resume or Skip, and only while the page is open. You can turn it off.
The widget remembers when the session ends, so when you reopen the page it shows the right time left, or moves on to the break. It cannot chime while the page is closed.
Yes. Focus can be 1 to 120 minutes, short breaks 1 to 60 and long breaks 1 to 90, with 1 to 12 sessions before the long break.
No. Each device keeps its own timer in that browser only. Nothing is sent to a server, so there is no account and nothing to sync.
Yes. It is free with no sign-up and no limits. The small Made with Playxoft link in the corner can be turned off in the builder.

Last updated by the Playxoft engineering team.

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