About the project
Why I built Bentodoro
I'm Felix Macaspac. I built Bentodoro for my girlfriend while she was preparing for her board exams. She needed a way to keep her study sessions, subjects, and review schedule in one place.
It started as a personal project. Now other students and board exam reviewers use it too, and I'm still working on it.
What is Bentodoro?
Bentodoro is a free online Pomodoro timer with two modes: Classic counts down from a set work time, and Reverse counts up while you earn breaks. You can use either mode without an account.
When you sign in, you can save your study activity, track subjects and topics, and put review tasks on a calendar. Those features help you keep a record of your work across study days.
Why the name?
The name combines bento, a Japanese boxed meal, and Pomodoro, the time-management method created by Francesco Cirillo. Each tool has its own card, like a compartment in a bento box.
You can rearrange the cards and hide the ones you don't need. If you only want a timer, you can keep the page simple.
How do the two timer modes work?
Classic Pomodoro
By default, you work for 25 minutes and take a 5-minute break. After four work sessions, the break is 15 minutes. You can change all of these intervals in the timer settings.
Reverse Pomodoro
Start at zero and count your work time up. When you stop, your completed work minutes determine the break you've earned. The default maximum work time is 60 minutes.
The study guide has setup instructions and examples of how earned breaks work.
Bentodoro is an independent app, not an official Pomodoro Technique product. You can learn about the original method on Francesco Cirillo's Pomodoro Technique website.
Keep in touch
If something isn't working, or you have a suggestion, send me a message. The changelog lists what's been added and fixed.
You can find my other work at felixmacaspac.dev.