A Pomodoro timer without streaks or gamification
Most focus timers try hard to keep you engaged. Streaks to protect, badges to collect, leaderboards you never asked for, a tree that dies if you quit early. At some point the app becomes the thing you are focusing on. Nagi is the opposite of that: a free Pomodoro-style timer for iOS and Android that starts, runs, and gets out of the way.
What Nagi does not have
- No streaks and no daily goals
- No points, badges or achievements
- No leaderboards and no social features
- No account to sign up for
- No cloud tracking and no in-app analytics
- No ads, ever
What it does instead
You pick one of three presets — Work at 25 minutes, Flow at 50, or Research at 90 — and press start. Instead of digits counting down, the session shows as a 30x30 grid of 900 dots filling in gradually from the center: enough to read your progress in a glance, not enough to watch. When the session ends you get one gentle notification and the break starts by itself, with the palette shifting to teal so you can tell without reading anything. That is the whole loop.
Tags let you label sessions if you want to know where your time went, and widgets, Live Activities and the Dynamic Island show a running session without opening the app. Everything is stored on the device and everything works offline.
Gamified focus apps vs Nagi
| A gamified focus app | Nagi | |
|---|---|---|
| Missing a day | Breaks your streak; the app tells you so | Nothing happens. There is no streak to break |
| Finishing a session | Points, badges, a tree, a level-up animation | A gentle notification, then a break starts on its own |
| Watching the time | Digits counting down | A 900-dot grid filling in from the center — glanceable, not hypnotic |
| Getting started | Sign up, pick a goal, meet your avatar | Open it and press start. There is no account |
| Your data | Synced to an account so the social features work | Stays on the device. No analytics in the app, no servers |
| Social accountability | Friends, groups, shared leaderboards | None. If external accountability is what keeps you going, a gamified app is genuinely the better tool |
To be clear: if streaks and shared goals are what actually get you to sit down, a gamified app is the right tool and Nagi will feel like it is missing something. Nagi is for the people that pressure works against.
Get it
Nagi runs on iOS 17 and later and Android 8 and later, in English and German, and follows your system light or dark theme. It is a free download.
Questions about focus timers without streaks
Is there a Pomodoro app with no streaks at all?
Yes. Nagi is a free Pomodoro-style focus timer for iOS and Android with no streaks, no daily goals, no points, no badges, no achievements, and no leaderboards. Skipping a day has no consequence in the app and it never sends you a reminder to keep a run alive.
Why do focus timers use streaks in the first place?
Streaks, badges and growing trees are retention mechanics: they make opening the app a habit worth protecting. They work for some people. They also mean the app has a reason to interrupt you, and for a tool whose entire job is to reduce interruption that is a conflict of interest.
Does a timer without gamification still help me focus?
The Pomodoro method itself is just a fixed work interval followed by a break — the rewards layer is an addition, not part of the technique. Nagi keeps the interval and the automatic break and drops the rest.
Does it need an account or an internet connection?
Neither. There is no sign-up and the timer works fully offline. Sessions, tags and preferences are stored locally on your device.
What does it cost?
The timer is free with no ads. Nagi Pro is optional and unlocks custom focus and break durations, custom tags, and full session history with weekly insights — as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Can I still see how much I focused?
Yes, but only if you go looking. Today's sessions appear as a timeline, and Nagi Pro adds weekly summaries, tag breakdowns and a calendar heatmap. None of it is pushed at you and none of it is scored.