Pomodoro - tomato time management on the iPad (the contest is completed)
Makradar Ios / / December 22, 2019
In today's article we will focus on Pomodoro - application for time management, offering tomato time management technique.
Help a little for those who are not familiar with this method of time management. Tomato technique invented in the late '80s Italian student Francesco Cirillo. Ask what's the tomatoes? Quite simply, at the time of his studies, to count time intervals he used a kitchen timer in the form of tomato.
The basis of this method is the division of tasks at intervals of 25 minutes of continuous operation. At the end of the segment you need to make a five-minute break. After four tomatoes, the author offers a technique to make a big break for 15-20 minutes. For successful planning, at the beginning of the day you need to make a list of things you need to accomplish, as well as to calculate the approximate time you will spend on certain tasks. Because of this you will be able to track how much time a scheduled task will be different from the actual.
To ensure proper use of this technique, I recommend to check out more information on
official website tomato equipment, or if your knowledge of English is not enough, you can easily find yourself you are interested in the material in Russian.Let us now proceed directly to the Pomodoro application review for the iPad. Appearance of an application to be a rather attractive - for background use wood texture that is quite popular recently.
The center circle is a timer that you can set to the desired time, by default, the maximum duration of which is, as you might guess, 25 minutes. Each of the divisions is one minute, in addition to the graphical display, there is a conventional digital timer on the bottom line. Starting the timer by pressing the button with the symbol «Play». At the end of the time interval an audible alarm, so that you do not get to forget about the application and pass a five-minute break. I was amused that the sound is very reminiscent of cheap Chinese alarm clock from the 90s, which is very tedious and disgusting food.
By pressing the button with coffee started a five-minute timer, which will measure the time interval. I note that the developer may be worth it to automatically start the timer at the end of "tomato". A separate timer for the big break in the Pomodoro is not provided, but for this purpose is quite amiss basic timer routine at the appropriate time.
Of course, developers could not ignore the compilation of lists of cases. Pressing the corresponding button in the app, open a sheet of paper on which you will be able to make lists of your affairs. No special functions is not here, you write down the problem and specify how many tomatoes are planning to spend it. In the future, some tasks will display the current and total number of "tomatoes". In accordance with the rules of tomato art, there is a possibility a small point to note when you are distracted by extraneous things, or something related to the implementation of tasks.
Completed tasks from the list of current cases are sent to the archive to the end of the day you could detailed analysis of completed tasks and how effectively you manage your time.
The settings in the application is not a lot, but everything you need is taken into account. Appearance settings, virtually none. The only thing that you can select - the color timer (dark or light), as well as the font in the list of cases. Unfortunately, the first font does not support Cyrillic, but it's not a problem, the choice you have is three. It is possible to select the duration of the timer, but to change them, I do not see the point - it is better to stick to the recommended time. By the way, in order not to accidentally lose your data, the Pomodoro supports backups to Dropbox.
Pomodoro I really liked their appearance, functionality and usability. In addition to its primary function, if necessary, it can replace your normal timer and task-manager, but still keep in mind that the application is not created for this purpose.
Developer kindly provided us with 5 code to the application. You want to get a free Pomodoro? Tell tweeted this review (for example: On @MacRadar review Pomodoro program for iPad and competition http://macradar.ru/software/pomodoro-ipad/). Link your account to post comments here. Randomly determine the winners, their names will announce tomorrow. Codes to send mail Twitter (so do not forget to zafollovit @MacRadar).
UPDATE. Names of the winners: @mynameismikla @Nikolay_nip @ redrover336 @aerofreeze @mazazzz. All codes sent!
Download from the App Store: Pomodoro
Price: $5.99
website DeveloperCodenauts
System requirements: IOS 3.2 and higher