Sole Focus: Pomodoro Timer

About this app

Sole Focus is a calm, distraction-free focus timer for your Mac. It pairs a classic Pomodoro timer with a free count-up stopwatch, so whether you work in fixed sessions or open-ended sprints, the right timer is always ready. No sign-up, no setup, no subscription. Sole Focus lives in your menu bar and opens straight to a usable timer — then gets out of your way. FOCUS THE WAY YOU WORK • Pomodoro timer with adjustable focus, short-break, and long-break lengths • Set how many sessions run before a long break — or switch to a simple countdown • Chrono stopwatch that counts up, with milestone markers for open-ended work • Tasks: save named timer presets and start them in one click ALWAYS WITHIN REACH • A glanceable menu-bar timer with pause, skip, and finish controls • Zen mode: a small, always-on-top window with just the timer, sized to fit beside your work • Study mode: a slim strip with a focus quote to keep you in the zone • Optionally start Sole Focus automatically at login and keep it a click away CALM BY DESIGN • Five soothing completion sounds, plus optional shake and notification alerts • Light and dark themes, accent colors, and adjustable timer size • A gentle, tidy interface that never gets in the way SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Statistics track your focus time over time • A light leveling system turns focused minutes into visible progress PRIVATE, OFFLINE, YOURS • No accounts. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. • Sole Focus makes zero network requests — everything stays on your Mac • Your settings, sessions, and presets are stored locally and can be erased anytime Sole Focus is free. Download it, press Start, and get to work. Questions or feedback: support@metkapstudio.com

Settings, under Help, now has Acknowledgements — the full open-source notices for everything Sole Focus is built on, grouped by licence and readable offline inside the app. Fixed: Statistics claimed 100% Chrono on any day with no sessions. Both rows now read a dash. Fixed: opening the app took two clicks. It now opens on the first one. Fixed: leaving Study mode could get stuck as a thin strip with no way out. Fixed: the menu-bar icon could be invisible, leaving no way back into the app. Fixed: closing the window quit the app and killed a running timer. It now hides to the menu bar, and the menu bar brings it back. Fixed: a task's session was logged at the global focus length instead of the length that actually ran. Under the hood: a crash in the app's native half now leaves a trace in the Mac's own system log. Nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is collected — Sole Focus is still fully offline, with no account and no tracking.

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1. First observed Aug 17, 2026 · 11:35 AM Free