Yellow Tomato — Focus Timer

Yellow Tomato is a Pomodoro timer with a superpower: while you focus, the apps you've chosen to block — social, video, games, whatever steals your attention — stay locked. The moment your break starts, they unlock. Automatically.

Sprint, break, repeat — at whatever rhythm works for you. The timer runs the show — the blocking just makes sure nothing else does. Most focus apps ask for willpower or a subscription; Yellow Tomato asks for one sprint.

HOW IT WORKS • Choose your focus length — the classic 25/5 by default, from quick 1-minute sprints to 120-minute deep-work blocks • Press Start and do the work; a sound, a gentle buzz and a little celebration mark every finished Pomodoro • Breaks start on their own, and the next sprint is always one tap away • In the zone? Keep counting past the end and bank the extra minutes

BLOCK DISTRACTIONS WHILE YOU FOCUS (IF YOU WANT) • You decide what gets blocked — hand-pick the apps, whole categories, even Safari websites; nothing is ever blocked unless you chose it • Your picks stay locked for exactly as long as you're focusing — wander onto one and you'll meet an encouraging word and the time left, not a guilt trip • Every break frees everything; the next session locks it again. No schedules to set, no willpower required.

A TIMER YOU CAN TRUST • Live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, with pause, resume and stop right there • Anchored to real wall-clock time: force-quit, restart, dead battery — your session survives

TASKS THAT EARN TOMATOES • A simple task list right under the timer • Mark one task as your focus and every completed Pomodoro is logged against it • Each row shows its lifetime tomatoes and minutes

HONEST STATISTICS • Completed and abandoned sessions are counted separately, so your completion rate is real • Day, week, month and year charts — tap a bar to revisit that day's sessions • No vanity numbers: if you stopped early, it says so

STREAKS WITHOUT GUILT • A day counts when you hit your goal (one Pomodoro by default) • Weekends are rest days out of the box — they never break a streak • Miss a day after a strong week? An automatic freeze saves your run • No leaderboards, no social pressure, ever

PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE Everything stays on your iPhone. No server, no account, no analytics, no third-party code. The privacy label reads "Data Not Collected" because there is nothing to collect. Delete the app and the data is gone — that's the deal.

FREE MEANS FREE No subscription. No trial that quietly flips paid. No three-app limit waiting behind a paywall. The timer, the blocker, the stats and the streaks are the whole product — and the whole product is free.

ALSO ON BOARD Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, a Control Center start button, Siri Shortcuts ("Start a pomodoro in Yellow Tomato"), an optional icon badge with today's count, and a little celebration every time you finish — because finishing deserves one.

Questions or ideas? support@productive.fish — a human reads every message.