Cadence: Pomodoro Focus Timer
Pomodoro Focus Timer
Only for iPhone
$0.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Cadence is a quiet, single-screen focus timer. Open it, press start, and it runs your whole working session — focus, break, focus, break, four times over, then a long break — and starts again until you stop it.
Buy it once and it is yours. No subscription, no account, no ads, no analytics. Nothing leaves your phone.
KEEPS TIME, WHATEVER YOU DO
The timer is anchored to the clock, not to a ticking counter. Lock your phone, switch apps, or force-quit — when you come back, it is exactly where it should be. Alerts for every phase change are scheduled the moment you press start, so they arrive on time with the app closed.
ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND IN STANDBY
A Live Activity shows the countdown and progress ring on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Put the phone on a charger on its side and StandBy turns it into a full-screen desk clock for the session.
MADE YOUR WAY
• Set each phase length — focus 5 to 90 minutes, short break 1 to 30, long break 5 to 60
• Pick an accent colour for each phase from eight curated tones; the whole screen follows it
• Choose a glyph for each phase from a set chosen to suit it
• Two tidy settings tabs: Timer and Appearance
IN CONTROL, ALWAYS
• Pause and resume with a tap anywhere on the dial
• Restart just the current phase when a session gets interrupted
• Skip ahead to the next phase
• Stop and return to the top of the cycle
• A cycle track shows all eight segments to scale, so you always know where you are
HANDS-FREE
Start, pause or stop from Siri or the Shortcuts app. Assign "Start or Pause Cadence" to the Action Button and begin a focus session without unlocking your phone.
THOUGHTFUL DETAILS
• Alerts can be marked time-sensitive so they arrive during a Focus
• Optional alert sound, and an option to keep the screen awake while running
• A proper landscape layout, not a stretched portrait one
• Dark by design, easy on the eyes at night
Cadence does not collect, transmit, or share any data.
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The Lock Screen and StandBy now show your whole cycle at once, so focus and break move along on their own without opening the app.
• Redesigned Live Activity: the full cycle as a colour-coded timeline, with the times of each focus session above the bar and each break below
• A live clock, so you can see at a glance where you are
• Start, pause, and skip straight from the Lock Screen
• Session lengths can be typed or dialled in, and now go as low as one minute
• Dims itself in StandBy night mode
The developer, Joshua Eastman, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Joshua Eastman
- Size
- 1.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Joshua Eastman, 2026
