Otto - A little friend for a wandering mind
Overview
A focus timer that helps you reduce procrastination and friction and helps you be mindful while working and browsing the web.
Hello! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 A focus timer that helps you reduce procrastination, friction and helps you be mindful while working and browsing the web. And we take your privacy very seriously. We do not spy, collect, steal, or sell your data. What's new? Notion Task timers How to Install Otto? - Click on the “Add to Chrome/Brave” button. - Once installed, you’ll see a welcome page with an overview. - Be sure to pin the extension. This is important because the timer is displayed in the extension when you start a session. If you don’t pin it, you may not see it. Remember to "pin it" ✅ Main Features Pomodoro Sessions: Split your time into manageable chunks. For example, work for 45 minutes and take a 5-minute break. After each work session, a break session begins. The timer recurs until you stop it. Task Sessions: Task sessions let you name your tasks, they act as a way to remind you what your working on. They function differently from a pomodoro timer since they do not respect the work/break idea. You can add up to 3 tasks on the free version and unlimited tasks on the Pro version. The task timer also shows you a little pop with your tasks, which you can minimize. Website Blocking: Block any website without any restrictions. You can add unlimited websites for free. Just go to the blocklist in otto’s popup and add your site. You can also go to a website and open ottos popup and block the site directly from there. The block site will only be activated when a Pomodoro timer or task timer is running. This plays nicely into focus during work Notion Task Timers Turn your To-dos on Notion into Task sessions. You can create 4 days per day with a total duration of 80 min. Nudges Nudges are small reminders you can set throughout the day. They prompt you to focus for 5 minutes, helping you build a habit if you need that extra push. You can customize reminders to suit your schedule. Autoblock Websites: Automatically block websites after spending a certain amount of time on them. For example, block YouTube after 1 minute. Useful for breaking habits. The free plan allows one autoblock. 5-Minute Focus Reminders: Encourages you to start working for 5 minutes, which often leads to longer focus periods. Daily reminders to help you get into the flow. Sounds: Customize the sounds that play at the end of a Pomodoro session. Now how does Otto’s health and game mechanic works? Here’s a simple explanation - Focus is important, focus for 25 minutes or more and you gain 100+ health and a maple leaf - Get distracted and your health goes down by -10 - If health goes to zero, then death comes - But death is not final, revive using 10 maple leaves So remember - Collect maple leaves and restore Otto. Complete List of Features - Pomodoro Work/Break Timer - Block Unlimited Websites - Point-Based Reward System - Tasks (3 tasks, upto 15m duration, Pro) - Workflows (Pro) - Basic Focus Insights - Notifications - Break Block (Block Websites during a break) - Sounds - Custom reminders (nudges) - Create and Manage Unlimited Tasks (Pro) - Sequence Task Mode (Pro) - Advanced Insights (Pro) - Unlimited Workflows (Pro) - Autoblock Websites (Pro) - Notion Task Timers Integration (Beta) Data Collection and Privacy We take your privacy very very seriously. We do not spy, collect, steal, or sell your data. That goes against our values of creating good software products and building trust with our users and customers. All the data that is collect for visualization is stored in your browsers local storage and doesn’t leave it. We do collect events and page views using Google analytics. This will help us improve Otto. This is a list of data google analytics colelcts - how long people use the extension - the number of daily/weekly/monthly users - what part of the UI is most active (via GA events) If you have any questions, bug reports or feature requests or just want to say hi? Email me at jbnj@ottoapp.me ✌️
Alina DevoogdOct 4, 2024
I love the extension, I love pomodoro, and seeing it up above. I love the element of gamification and earning points HOWEVER, none of my points or stats get saved whatsoever. It isn't tracking my stuff and I can't find any place in my settings to fix it!
Joel BenjaminDeveloperOct 5, 2024
Hi Alina! Yes, thats a bug. Thanks for reporting! :) I'm aware of it and it's on my list to fix. Currently though there are other features/fixes I'm prioritising but I do have plans to overhaul the stats/points/reporting system soon. Ideally this month or the next. edit (Oct 15, 2024): Hi Alina, I've fixed the focus stats not getting saved bug. Needs version 1.0.32 New improvements coming soon, including a better game mechanic and better analytics.
Kimberly FongSep 16, 2024
LOVE this extension, but tasks feature is glitchy. Pause buttons not working on both the pop up and the extension. I also set a task to 15 mins but it sets a timer of 30 mins. Other than that, it's one of the best apps out there. I will be using the timer feature more.
Joel BenjaminDeveloperSep 18, 2024
Hi Kimberly, thank you for your review. Yea it can be glitchy sometimes, I will be fixing it soon. :) edit edit (Oct 15, 2024): Hi Kimberly, I've fixed the tasks. To get the latest fixes you'll need version 1.0.32 or higher. - Pause buttons now work both for popup and task list embeds in pages - Can switch tasks in sequence mode from embeds - Smoother drag and drop - The duration can be changed now and it's not a fixed at 15 min. - Fixed the 30 min bug - When a task finishes, it shows you a popup to go to next task or extend current task unlike before. + many more fixes :)
Andrea WattAug 4, 2024
i love this extension , one of the best pomodoro extension i have ever used. Although I have one request, please please add a stopwatch mode along with the pomodoro mood.
Details
- Version1.0.32
- UpdatedOctober 15, 2024
- FeaturesOffers in-app purchases
- Size818KiB
- LanguagesEnglish (United States)
- DeveloperWebsite
Email
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Privacy
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- Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
- Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
- Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes