The Pomodoro Alternative

Deep work in hours, not minutes.

Long sprints with flexible breaks. Stay in flow for hours, not 25-minute cycles.

7 days free · Cancel anytime
Sprintbox focus session - deep work timer with break budget
The Flow Tax

You're stopping exactly when it starts to get good.

It takes roughly 20 minutes to reach a state of deep flow. If you use short cycles, you are paying a "Flow Tax" that robs you of the breakthroughs that only happen once you've settled into a sustained, uninterrupted session.

FLOW ZONE 025m50m75m2h3h4h Constant Resets
Traditional Pomodoro
Sprintbox

Every interruption costs you twice.

The 25-Minute Wall

Why you lose flow.

Standard Pomodoro forces stop right as your brain solves the hardest problems. You waste your peak mental state on a forced break.

The Break Spiral

Why you lose the day.

Without a fixed container, a 5-minute break becomes a 2-hour scroll session. One slip destroys the afternoon's structure.

The Context Switch

Why you lose energy.

Managing "what to do next" creates decision fatigue. Every time you pause to plan, you drain the battery you need for executing.

You don't need more time. You need to stop losing the time you have.

The system for deep work.

The Sprintbox Container

A Sprintbox is an unpauseable block of time. It eliminates choice fatigue by locking your start and end times, so you spend your energy on the task, not the clock.

Start Sprint

Deep Work Shielding

Tasks are ordered before you start. Once the sprint begins, only the top task is visible to prevent overthinking.

API Integration
Update Documentation
Fix Auth Bug
Review PRs

The Rest Budget

Rest without the spiraling into distraction. Your Sprintbox includes a dedicated rest budget that keeps the container intact, so you recover without drifting. And don't worry, you will get a designated break time after your sprint.

Paused
5:00
The Break Spiral
Working...
Focus time

The structure that holds focus so you don't have to.

Decide your dayonce.
Lock into flowuninterrupted.
Rest intentionallyinside the budget.
Finish groundednot drained.
Work Queue
Write API docs
Fix auth bug
Review PRs
Update deps
Design review
Today's Schedule
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
Morning Focus
09:00 - 11:30
Lunch
Afternoon Focus
13:00 - 15:30
Break
Evening Wrap-up
16:30 - 18:00
Focus Session

2:00

Task: Write API documentation
Getting started
🔥 0 tasks
Break budget: 15 min remaining
Focus Session

0:38

Task: Fix auth bug
Focus holding
Break budget: 15 min remaining

Sprint complete
You stayed with it.

09:00 - 11:24Rest used: 6 min
Write API docs
Review PRs

Progress, not perfection.

Is This You?

Built for people who do deep work.

You need 45+ minutes just to "warm up" — Pomodoro kills your flow before it starts.

You lose entire afternoons to "break spirals" where 5 minutes turn into 50.

You want to automate your discipline so you can focus purely on the work.

Join Developers, Founders, Writers & Researchers

Start Your First Sprint

Stop forcing deep work into short cycles.

7-day free trial • Cancel anytime

Frequently asked questions