Focus Task Manager with Integrated Pomodoro Timer

A mobile task manager that pairs a lightweight to-do list with a built-in pomodoro timer. Planning a task and actually doing it live in the same flow, instead of two disconnected apps.

Most task managers treat every task the same - a checkbox on a list. But the tasks that actually need real focus end up sitting right next to "buy groceries." People either stop using the app or get stuck maintaining a categorization system that takes more effort than the tasks themselves. I wanted to separate doing from deciding what to do, without turning task management into its own chore.

I used several task managers and timer apps side by side for a couple of weeks and tracked where I dropped off, and why. Task apps are good at organization but weak at execution - they help you write the task down, then leave you on your own. Timer apps are the opposite: solid at the pomodoro loop but disconnected from any real task list, so a "focus session" has no memory of what came before it or what's next.

What I found:

Planning and doing are split. People write a task in one app, then switch entirely to a different one to focus on it.

Tags get abandoned. Flexible tagging systems start strong and die within a week - too much setup for too little payoff.

No sense of progress. Finishing tasks felt like clearing a list, not building toward anything. Nothing reflected effort over time.

The fix isn't more features. It's connecting the ones that already exist - timer, tags, priority, calendar - into one loop.

Planning and doing were split → tasks and timer live in one loop. Every task can launch its pomodoro timer directly, so starting a focus session is one tap from the task, not a jump to another app. The session screen shows a queue - this session, then a break, then the next task - so finishing a pomodoro never leaves you wondering what's next.

No sense of progress → streaks and stats made effort visible. A day streak sits in the header next to the greeting - quiet, not gamified, just something that shows up every morning. A stats screen breaks down focus time by category and tracks completion rate week over week, so progress is something you see instead of something you infer from a shrinking list.

Structure over more features → one accent color, one meaning. Purple only marks the active day, the primary action button, and anything in progress. It never decorates - it always means "this is happening now," which keeps the interface readable without extra labels.

The task list flows into a focus session, and the focus session feeds back into visible progress - streaks, weekly stats, time-per-category breakdowns. Most of what makes task apps feel like extra work isn't the tasks themselves. It's the gap between deciding to do something and actually starting it. Closing that gap by one tap mattered more than any amount of organizing.