Clockwork Tomato

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About this app

Clockwork Tomato is a time management application, based on the Pomodoro technique, a method that boosts productivity by breaking down work periods into 25-minute slices, separated by short breaks.

• This application is a timer, a clock, and an activity log all at once (°) with a relaxing display and a beautiful widget.
• Fully configurable: timers, behaviour, colors, sounds, style, and more than 50 options.
• Highly expandable through the Tasker calls (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm).

(°) And more, with the in-app expansion pack, featuring:
• Profiles, to switch between up to 5 preference sets.
• Task lists, editable from any text editor through Dropbox, based on the todo.txt file format (http://www.todotxt.com/).
• Detailed and colorful activity logs with enhanced recaps.

Ratings and reviews

DropBox Sync does not work. I've emailed the developer several times and no response. I see others having the same issue, but no response or steps to fix it. I'd really like this app to sync across devices and offer a browser-based version. Those that do (PomoTodo, for example) charge an annual fee. It would be 5 stars if it could sync and if it had dropbox (or other storage) sync.

The best pomodoro app out there, but needs a few things. I need to have the ability to also choose the notification sound for the START of a timer segment type, not just the end and ending warning of the timer segment type. (I want a different alert telling me I've started a long break vs a short break). Also need the ability to tell the timer, "auto start next timer when this one completes" when it is set to auto-extend at its end. Other than those quibbles, I love this, can't live without it.

I was interested in this app mostly due to its Todo.txt integration; but that's locked behind a paywall and the "try for free" button doesn't work. It seems like a nifty timer. But none of the other bells and whistles matter for my purposes without a solid implementation of Todo.txt, which I'm not going to pay for sight unseen.

What's new

• Dropbox access update to match the new API.