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Pawodoro

Pawodoro - Paws for a Break

A macOS menu-bar Pomodoro timer that rewards every break with a full-screen cat video you picked yourself.

Pawodoro is a native macOS Pomodoro timer that lives in the menu bar and plays a full-screen cat video during every break, so the rest actually gets taken.

A pomodoro that pays in cats.

Most pomodoro apps end your focus block with an empty screen. Pawodoro ends it with a cat - a full-screen cat video plays during every break, picked from a curated library or from your own clips. No account, nothing to sign in to.

English, Turkish, German, Spanish
macOS 14+, Apple Silicon or Intel, ~20 MB
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Features

  • Full-screen cat video on every break, from a curated library
  • Presets - Classic 25/5, Flow 45/15, Deep 50/10
  • Fully custom work, break and long-break lengths
  • Configurable cycles and optional auto-start
  • Menu-bar controls: pause, skip, reset, live counter
  • Break videos play on every connected display - skip with ESC
  • Stats: bar chart, 16-week heatmap and CSV export
  • Phase notifications - start work right from the banner

How it works

  1. Pick a preset (Classic 25/5, Flow 45/15, Deep 50/10) or set your own work, break and long-break durations, then start from the menu bar.
  2. The timer counts down quietly; pause, resume, skip or reset any time, with a live cycle counter toward the next long break.
  3. When a break begins, a full-screen cat video takes over every connected display. Hit ESC to skip, and the next cycle starts on its own.

Buying and licensing

Yes. Download the app and it runs in full for 30 days - no key, no card, no email. Nothing is held back during the trial.

No. You pay once and the license is yours for good, on up to 3 Macs. There is no renewal and no in-app purchase. The studio also sells an optional subscription that includes this app, if you would rather have every app instead.

Buy from the store and the key arrives by email right after checkout. Paste it into the app once and it stays activated.

The app locks until you enter a key. Nothing is deleted - your data stays on your Mac and comes straight back the moment you activate.

Yes, and thank you. Every app page has a Buy me a coffee button - one-off, any amount. It is not a purchase: no license is issued and nothing is unlocked, so every app works exactly the same whether you tip or not.

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