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April 21, 2026
The fastest way to embed a Pomodoro timer in Notion is with Blocs — a free, embeddable widget that lives directly inside your Notion page. No sign-up required. Copy one URL, paste it as an embed block, and you have a working 25/5 Pomodoro timer in your workspace in under a minute.
blocs.me/pomodoroThe Pomodoro Technique — 25 minutes of focused work followed by a 5-minute break — is one of the most studied time management methods available. It helps reduce decision fatigue, curb procrastination, and maintain sustained focus across long work sessions.
Most Notion users either use a separate phone app or a browser tab for their timer. Both create friction: you leave your workspace, lose context, and often get distracted. An embedded timer solves this by keeping everything in one place. Your task list, notes, and Pomodoro timer all live on the same Notion page.
Notion's /embed block supports any public iframe URL, which means tools like Blocs can render a fully interactive widget right inside your page without any plugins or workarounds.
Navigate to any Notion page where you want the timer. This could be a daily dashboard, a study page, a project workspace, or a personal productivity hub. The embed will live inline wherever you place it.
Type /embed in Notion and select the Embed block from the menu. A dialog will appear asking for a URL.
Enter the following URL into the embed dialog:
https://blocs.me/pomodoro
Click Embed link. The Blocs Pomodoro timer will render directly on your page.
Drag the bottom edge of the embed block to adjust the height. A width around 400px and a height that shows the full timer face works well for most layouts. You can also place it in a two-column layout alongside your task list or notes.
Click the play button inside the widget. The default session is 25 minutes of work followed by a 5-minute short break. The timer runs entirely inside Notion — no page navigation required.
The Blocs Pomodoro timer is designed specifically for Notion embeds. Here is what you get:
| Feature | Free | Pro ($17 one-time) |
|---|---|---|
| 25/5 Pomodoro timer | Yes | Yes |
| Session counter | Yes | Yes |
| Custom work/break durations | No | Yes |
| Daily and weekly session analytics | No | Yes |
| Streaks tracking | No | Yes |
| Theme customization | No | Yes |
| Remove Blocs branding | No | Yes |
| Cloud sync across devices | No | Yes |
The free tier is genuinely usable. If you want to track how many sessions you complete per day or customise your work intervals, the Pro plan is a single $17 payment, not a recurring subscription.
Use Notion's two-column layout to put your task list or daily to-do database on the left and the Pomodoro timer on the right. Before each session, pick one task. When the timer starts, you work only on that task.
Some users create a minimal "Focus Mode" Notion page: a heading, a simple task block, and the Pomodoro embed — nothing else. This reduces visual noise during deep work sessions.
Blocs also offers a Habit Tracker widget and a Water Tracker widget that embed the same way. Placing all three on a daily dashboard gives you focus, hydration, and habit accountability in one Notion page without opening a single external app.
If you upgrade to Pro, consider adding a Progress Bar widget below your Pomodoro timer to track a specific goal — word count, tasks completed, or study hours — alongside your focus sessions.
Separate timer apps and browser tabs work, but they create context-switching. Every time you check your phone or switch to another tab to see how much time is left, you break the focus state the Pomodoro method is designed to build. An embedded timer means your eyes can stay on your work page. The countdown is there, peripheral and non-intrusive, without requiring you to leave Notion.
Manual Notion setups — using formula properties or progress bars built from scratch in a database — also exist, but they require significant template maintenance and don't function as real-time countdown timers. An embed is simpler and actually works as a timer.
Yes. The embed renders in Notion's mobile app on both iOS and Android. You may need to tap the embed to interact with it on mobile, depending on your Notion app version.
No. The free Pomodoro timer at blocs.me/pomodoro works without any sign-up or account. Just paste the URL into a Notion embed block and it's ready to use.
The free tier timer resets on page reload. Pro users get cloud sync, which means your session state and analytics persist across page loads and devices.
Custom durations (for example, 50-minute deep work sessions or 10-minute breaks) are a Pro feature. The free timer uses the classic 25/5 Pomodoro structure.
Notion supports embeds from most public HTTPS URLs via its /embed block. Some URLs may be blocked by their source server due to iframe restrictions. Blocs widgets are specifically built to be embeddable, so they work without any configuration.
No. It is a one-time payment. You pay once and get lifetime access to all Pro features across all Blocs widgets, including the Pomodoro timer, Habit Tracker, Water Tracker, Countdown Timer, Progress Bar, Clock, Calendar, Quote of the Day, and Weather widget.
The quickest way to see if it fits your workflow is to try it. Copy the URL below and paste it into a Notion /embed block:
https://blocs.me/pomodoro
Or visit the Blocs Pomodoro timer page to learn more about what's included. If you want the full widget suite for your Notion workspace, the pricing page has the details on the one-time Pro plan.