u/Pleasant-Slip-6694

Two things kept breaking Pomodoro for me:

1. Having to manually restart the next focus/break block
2. Losing the rhythm once I locked my phone or switched apps

So I built SliceFocus around a simple idea:

Your Pomodoro rhythm should keep track of its cycles — focus, short breaks, long break — and stay visible in the places where you actually need it.

On iPhone, that means keeping the active timer visible from the Lock Screen.

On Mac, that means showing the same live timer in the menu bar, so you can follow your time without switching windows or changing screens.

You can also plan your day visually on a 24-hour pie chart, or use a simple list of time blocks if that’s how you think.

And because the app keeps your session history, you can compare planned vs. actual focus time and look back at trends over time.

What it does:

• Track focus, break, and long break cycles
• Set your own focus and break lengths, then let the app run focus → break → next focus automatically
• Keep the active timer visible from the iPhone Lock Screen
• Sync the same live timer across iPhone and Mac
• Show the timer in the Mac menu bar, so you can follow it without switching windows
• Plan your day on a 24-hour pie chart, or use a simple list of time blocks
• Compare planned vs. actual focus time, then look back at trends over time

The part I personally wanted most was this:

Lock the phone, put it on my desk or in my pocket, and still have the day’s Pomodoro rhythm continue without manually restarting each cycle.

And if I’m working on my desktop, I can follow the same live timer there at the same time, without starting a separate desktop timer or switching away from what I’m doing.

I added short silent clips in the features section of the site, showing the timer moving between blocks on its own and syncing across devices.
(real app, no edits)
https://slicefocus.app/

It’s still very new and currently free.

If you try it, I’d love to hear what feels useful, what feels confusing, or what breaks.