Most online timers are a bald number ticking down. This one has a small bird working next to you, a bar that shrinks, sounds made in your browser, and a celebration when the time is up. Free, no signup, no download.
Nothing is uploaded. The countdown runs in this tab.
A fun timer gives you something to look at while the number falls: a bar that visibly shortens, a character that reacts, a sound at the end rather than a silent tab. That feedback loop is the whole trick — the countdown stops being an obligation and becomes a tiny game you can win several times a day. It's why classroom timers use a shrinking circle, why cooking videos use a jingle, and why kids will sit through a five-minute tidy-up if something cheerful is doing it with them.
| Typical fun-timer pages | This one | |
|---|---|---|
| Ads | Pop-ups and banners around the clock | None, and none planned |
| Feedback | A number, sometimes a ring | Number + shrinking bar + a bird that moves, sleeps and celebrates |
| After the timer | Nothing remembers you | Streaks, badges and grain earned carry over in your own browser (or a free account) |
| Length | Presets only | 1–180 minutes, free text |
| Cost | Free with upsell to a plan | Free; optional items are bought with grain you earn by focusing |
On this page you get the plain timer: countdown, bar, start/pause/reset, alarm sound. The living version is the main Pomodoro Bird app — the bird follows your cursor, flaps while you focus, sleeps through breaks, celebrates a finished session, and gets thin and cross-eyed if you keep quitting before the end. You earn grain for every five focused minutes, spend it on hats, bird species, sounds and themes, and keep streaks plus a 28-day heatmap. It's the same free tier, no card, no subscription.
Yes. No signup, no card, no ads, and the timer itself works with no account. Creating a free account only turns on cloud sync of your own progress.
No. It runs in any modern browser on a phone, laptop or school machine — including machines where installing software is blocked.
Anything from 1 to 180 minutes with the length box. The preset buttons are just shortcuts for the common ones.
It's designed for it: one tab, no ads, no links to leave the page, and a friendly alarm instead of a harsh buzzer. There is no chat and no collection of children's data.
Yes — the end-of-session alert is a short chirp synthesised in your browser, so there is no audio file to download. Mute the tab and you still get the pop-up and the empty bar; the bird that actually jumps and flaps is in the main app.
Nothing is stored and nothing is charged — the countdown only exists while the tab is open. On the main app, an early stop counts as a quit and the bird shows it.
3–4 short notes a year, new features only — no newsletter, no ads. How we handle email.