| System | macOS |
| Version / Model | 2.0 |
| Description | A Pomodoro timer for Mac that integrates into the menu bar, simplifies breaks, and displays local 30-day focus analytics without the need for accounts. |
| Test Date | 2026-05-11 |
| Link | Learn more |
| Rating | 5/5 |
Video transcript
Kofe flow, a clean and intentional
Pomodoro timer for Mac. I've been testing Pomodoro apps for years and I always felt something was missing.
What was missing? I'd say it had too much, actually. Most of them were either too ugly, came loaded
with task managers I didn't want, or hid the timer from me. Uh, Kofe Flow.
A focused and simple Pomodoro timer that does exactly what I needed. Clean, modern
design that feels native. Yeah, sure, everyone sells that spiel, but let me see. Always-visible
timer in the menu bar. That one is good, but there are already plenty that do that. The
truth is that when it comes to Pomodoros, I don't get why so many are floating windows.
If the window gets stuck behind, man, or if it's right in front, it gets in the way. Ah,
you know what? Let's check it out. Kofe Flow. Kofe Flow. Is this it? Yeah, because I think the icon
is a coffee cup. Okay, so it's installed since it's on the App Store, so
Kofe Flow. Well, for starters, we already have it up here running as soon as it opens,
a little timer as it should be, and that's it. Mm. Let's look at the settings first, which I'd like to be
in Spanish, but as usual, it probably isn't.
[snort] I just don't understand why they don't make them
multilingual, man. No, it's not—it's not that hard, it's not that much extra work, but anyway.
Statistics. Uh, well, in the settings we have the focus time set to 25 minutes
by default, typical Pomodoro stuff, 5-minute short break times,
and the 15-minute long break after a set amount of sessions. Everything is adjustable,
but you see the typical stuff, uh, this… what? Just like this? What if I want it to be 7 minutes?
Well, at least this one goes unit by unit.
The thing is, it could just let me type it in so I don't have to keep clicking.
And this 25-minute focus, 35… it goes by fives. Well, honestly,
going unit by unit doesn't make much sense here either, but well, it's fine like this.
The number of Pomodoro sessions,
uh, behavior, notification… uh, upon completion, it sends notifications.
Mind you, right now I have Do Not Disturb turned on. It's
very likely that notifications won't pop up for me.
Notification appearance,
statistics. 7-day and 30-day statistics.
I imagine it doesn't store data for longer than that—the break, focus, and session, right?
It felt a bit laggy to me, but no, it seems
this got stuck for a second here. Glitchy mouse. Ready. Okay, it would be nice if there were a
shortcut, that would be nice to start the…
mm, full screen, right? Why full screen? What do you want this in full screen for?
Well, if you're going to use it on another computer… two settings icons, that's a bug.
Why two?
Yeah, that's a—that's a bug,
but let's see, really it's the same thing, both show the exact same thing,
huh? Okay, one thing that would be really good, which I think
maybe the developer didn't realize, is that,
man, a keyboard shortcut, being able to assign a keyboard shortcut to start and stop it, meaning a single
shortcut with which, I don't know, I press Control + Spacebar and it starts the
Pomodoro, and when it finishes, being able to press that same shortcut to start the break.
Anyway, I'm going to lower this so it's short. I'm going to Short Break.
Ah, look, I can't drop focus below 10 minutes to test it out. These are the minimums. Yeah.
Well, no big deal. To test it out. Okay, I'll leave it. So, I click "enable notifications".
Notifications are here, right?
And let's close it. Did it start or what? Ah, funny.
Well, we'll leave it there. For now, it's counting down up here in the clock, so
let's see if you can see it. It's right here. Here it is.
[snort] And this would be the notification. So,
well, let's just leave it as is to keep running. The alert will pop up later.
As for this app, there isn't much else to see. Eh, if it delivers on that, which
I imagine it does. If you check the support section, it's right here to rate it on the store,
and project support should be somewhere around. You don't have project support, man. Seriously,
I don't have access to the official website.
Ah, man, seriously, you didn't include it?
What an oversight, huh? What an oversight. It doesn't have the application's website listed anywhere,
nor, for example, a way to support the app. Like, sure, you can rate it, but you rate it on
the App Store and that's it, right? What would be cool is if somehow people could leave you a,
I don't know, whoever wants to support the project because, well, they use it every day, could say, "Hey,
I'm going to give this pal a financial contribution to help out, you know?" Or things like that.
But there's only that. Well, what a shame. We'll check the notification when the time comes,
and that's it, because there isn't much else to see on this one. Uh, okay. Uh, 2 seconds left before it goes off,
Break Ready. That's it.
That was it, man. Okay, it just shows this notification. Well then, pal. Start Break.
I guess at some point… Let's see if it plays a sound.
But I didn't notice. I have music playing. Look, Focus Ready. Uh, I don't know if this played a sound or not.
Mind you, I have Do Not Disturb active. I don't know if that's why I didn't catch it.
Well, let's assume that it does make a sound. It's not like it's anything out of this world
for it not to do so. Let's click it to finish up. And how do you close it?
You have to open it from here to close it,
right? Man, it should give you the option to close it from here, buddy.
You have to open it just to close it. Well,
The app gives you exactly what it promotes: a fairly simple menu bar timer for the Mac.
It has a few things that, while not a problem, I wish it had included; for example, times are set in 5-minute increments and it has defined minimums, which I repeat is not a problem, but it did strike me as odd not being able to set it exactly how I wanted.
Once the timer runs out, you get notifications, but I previously had to manually grant permissions for them on the Mac.
Otherwise, it’s smooth sailing, lightweight, and gets the job done. You don’t need an account anywhere, and the statistics cover 30 days.
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