Grove – Pomodoro Timer & Website Blocker

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

Changelog

• May 11, 2026
  description

  🌿 Focus. Rest. Restore.
  Stay productive with a structured Pomodoro workflow:
  Focus Session – Deep work timer for distraction-free productivity
  Rest Break – Short recharge break between sessions
  Restore Break – Longer recovery break after multiple focus cycles
  Designed to help you maintain energy, avoid burnout, and stay consistent.
  
  ✅ Plan Your Tasks
  Organize your work before every session:
  Add tasks for today
  Set Priority Levels:
  Normal
  Urgent
  Low
  Add optional notes
  Repeat tasks daily/weekly/custom
  Build your daily plan before you begin
  
  🚫 Block Distractions Instantly
  Protect your focus with built-in website blocking:
  Block custom websites manually
  One-click category blocking for:
  Social Media
  Video Sites
  News
  Shopping
  Sites automatically unblock during rest breaks
  Stay in flow without needing separate blocker extensions.
  
  📖 Grove Journal
  Reflect before and after every session:
  Write what you plan to accomplish before starting
  Log what you completed afterward
  Build awareness of your productivity patterns
  Track your growth over time
  Turn every session into a mindful productivity ritual.
  
  📊 Track Your Progress
  Visualize your focus journey:
  Daily / Weekly Stats
  Focus Time Tracking
  Session Count
  Day Streaks
  Best Day / Peak Performance
  Growth Progression & Milestones
  Stay motivated as your Grove grows.
  
  🎨 Personalize Your Workspace
  Make Grove truly yours:
  Multiple Themes:
  Grove
  Dark Forest
  Ocean
  Desert
  Snow
  Sunset
  
  Timer Styles:
  Ring
  Analog
  Minimal
  
  Font Options:
  Sans
  Serif
  Mono
  
  Background Textures:
  Paper
  Linen
  Leaves
  Bark
  
  🕒 Browser Tab Timer
  
  Always know your remaining focus time:
  See live countdown directly in your active browser tab
  Stay aware without reopening the extension
  Perfect for multitasking and deep work sessions
  
  Why Grove?
  Unlike traditional Pomodoro timers, Grove combines:
  Timer + Tasks + Blocking + Journal + Stats + Themes
  into one seamless productivity experience.
  
  No clutter. No switching apps. Just focus.

  🌿 Focus. Rest. Restore.
  Stay productive with a structured Pomodoro workflow:
  Focus Session – Deep work timer for distraction-free productivity
  Rest Break – Short recharge break between sessions
  Restore Break – Longer recovery break after multiple focus cycles
  Designed to help you maintain energy, avoid burnout, and stay consistent.
  
  ✅ Plan Your Tasks
  Organize your work before every session:
  Add tasks for today
  Set Priority Levels:
  Normal
  Urgent
  Low
  Add optional notes
  Repeat tasks daily/weekly/custom
  Build your daily plan before you begin
  
  🚫 Block Distractions Instantly
  Protect your focus with built-in website blocking:
  Block custom websites manually
  One-click category blocking for:
  Social Media
  Video Sites
  News
  Shopping
  Sites automatically unblock during rest breaks
  Stay in flow without needing separate blocker extensions.
  
  📖 Grove Journal
  Reflect before and after every session:
  Write what you plan to accomplish before starting
  Log what you completed afterward
  Build awareness of your productivity patterns
  Track your growth over time
  Turn every session into a mindful productivity ritual.
  
  📊 Track Your Progress
  Visualize your focus journey:
  Daily / Weekly Stats
  Focus Time Tracking
  Session Count
  Day Streaks
  Best Day / Peak Performance
  Growth Progression & Milestones
  Stay motivated as your Grove grows.
  
  🎨 Personalize Your Workspace
  Make Grove truly yours:
  Multiple Themes:
  Grove
  Dark Forest
  Ocean
  Desert
  Snow
  Sunset
  
  Timer Styles:
  Ring
  Analog
  Minimal
  
  Font Options:
  Sans
  Serif
  Mono
  
  Background Textures:
  Paper
  Linen
  Leaves
  Bark
  
  🕒 Browser Tab Timer
  
  Always know your remaining focus time:
  See live countdown directly in your active browser tab
  Stay aware without reopening the extension
  Perfect for multitasking and deep work sessions
  
  Why Grove?
  Unlike traditional Pomodoro timers, Grove combines:
  Timer + Tasks + Blocking + Journal + Stats + Themes
  into one seamless productivity experience.
  
  No clutter. No switching apps. Just focus.
  
  
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  🌲 v1.5 — Bigger Stats & Journal Window
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  • Open Stats and Journal in a full standalone window (1100×800)
  • Click the "↗ Expand" pill in the popup to launch
  • Roomier compose box with 800-char limit and Cmd/Ctrl+Enter shortcut
  • 4 hero stat cards: today's sessions, focus time, streak, all-time
  • GitHub-style 12-week heatmap with intensity bucketing
  • Tree progression timeline with current stage highlighted
  • Live sync — changes in popup or window appear in both instantly
  
  • Onboarding flow for first-time users (4-step welcome, skippable)
  • Daily goal pill on the main view (default 4 sessions, customizable 1-12)
     - Click the pill to change your goal
     - Turns solid green when goal reached
  • Weekly review card — shows once per week summarizing previous Mon-Sun
     - Total sessions, deep work hours, best day
     - Trend comparison vs prior week
  
  • Smart rating prompt for engaged users
     - Shows after 5+ sessions across 2+ days
     - Two-stage soft ask: "Enjoying Grove? → Leave a review?"
     - Routes feedback for unhappy users instead of bad reviews
     - Capped at 2 prompts ever, 14-day defer between asks
  
  
  🍃 v1.4 — Custom Block Lists & Pending Sessions
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  • Custom block lists ("My Lists") — save groups of sites for different work moods
     - Stack semantics: lists add to your active blocker, don't replace
     - Manual activation, manage mode, custom list editor modal
  • Cloud sync via chrome.storage.sync
     - Settings, stats, tasks, and block lists follow you across Chromes
     - Automatic fallback to local storage on quota errors
     - Sync status card in Settings
  
  • Passive journal nudge — small badge on the 📖 icon shows unwritten count
  • Pending sessions card in journal view
     - Per-session Write/Skip buttons + "Skip all" bulk action
     - Newest sessions first, dates shown for older ones
     - Inline writing — no modal, no nag
  
  • In-page completion toast — soft notification on your active tab when a session ends
  • Cancel button on Add Task form
  • Reset to Default link below the dial when value differs from default
  • Subtle gold dot marker on the dial showing default value (25/5)
  
  
  🌱 v1.3 — Premium Dial & Polish
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  • Redesigned dial with three states: idle / running / paused
  • 60 tick marks around the ring with theme-aware color derivation
  • Dial labels positioned outside the ring (Focus: 60/15/30/45, Rest: 30/15)
  • Big serif "25 / MINS" centre text when idle
  • Clean minimal small ring during running state
  • Drag-to-set duration with wrap-around fix and ±24px ring tolerance
  • Smooth timer face transitions
  
  • Bug fixes:
     - Windows timer freeze (absolute endTime instead of decrement)
     - All CSP violations resolved
     - Stats counter now records via background (single source of truth)
     - "Rest complete" race condition (snapshot mode at session start)
     - Tab title properly restores on session end
     - Sound now plays reliably via offscreen document with audioCtx.resume()
  
  
  🌿 v1.2 
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  • Better appearance customization
  • Theme support: forest, mocha, slate, paper
  
  
  🌾 v1.1 — Foundations
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  • Pomodoro timer with focus and rest modes
  • Drag-to-set ring control
  • Today's tasks list with add/complete/delete
  • Website blocker with redirect to gentle reminder page
  • Virtual tree that grows from Seedling to Ancient Grove with sessions
  • Stats view with daily log and streak tracking
  • Journal entries
  • Sound alerts and browser notifications
  • Tab title shows live countdown
  
  
  🌱 v1.0 — Initial Release
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  • A calm, nature-themed Pomodoro timer
  • Focus, rest, and forest growth
  • Built to help you grow through focused work
  
  
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    Made with care · Grove 🌲
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• May 7, 2026
  description

  🌿 Focus. Rest. Restore.
  Stay productive with a structured Pomodoro workflow:
  Focus Session – Deep work timer for distraction-free productivity
  Rest Break – Short recharge break between sessions
  Restore Break – Longer recovery break after multiple focus cycles
  Designed to help you maintain energy, avoid burnout, and stay consistent.
  
  ✅ Plan Your Tasks
  Organize your work before every session:
  Add tasks for today
  Set Priority Levels:
  Normal
  Urgent
  Low
  Add optional notes
  Repeat tasks daily/weekly/custom
  Build your daily plan before you begin
  
  🚫 Block Distractions Instantly
  Protect your focus with built-in website blocking:
  Block custom websites manually
  One-click category blocking for:
  Social Media
  Video Sites
  News
  Shopping
  Sites automatically unblock during rest breaks
  Stay in flow without needing separate blocker extensions.
  
  📖 Grove Journal
  Reflect before and after every session:
  Write what you plan to accomplish before starting
  Log what you completed afterward
  Build awareness of your productivity patterns
  Track your growth over time
  Turn every session into a mindful productivity ritual.
  
  📊 Track Your Progress
  Visualize your focus journey:
  Daily / Weekly Stats
  Focus Time Tracking
  Session Count
  Day Streaks
  Best Day / Peak Performance
  Growth Progression & Milestones
  Stay motivated as your Grove grows.
  
  🎨 Personalize Your Workspace
  Make Grove truly yours:
  Multiple Themes:
  Grove
  Dark Forest
  Ocean
  Desert
  Snow
  Sunset
  Timer Styles:
  Ring
  Analog
  Minimal
  Font Options:
  Sans
  Serif
  Mono
  Background Textures:
  Paper
  Linen
  Leaves
  Bark
  
  🕒 Browser Tab Timer
  Always know your remaining focus time:
  See live countdown directly in your active browser tab
  Stay aware without reopening the extension
  Perfect for multitasking and deep work sessions
  Why Grove?
  Unlike traditional Pomodoro timers, Grove combines:
  Timer + Tasks + Blocking + Journal + Stats + Themes
  into one seamless productivity experience.
  No clutter. No switching apps. Just focus.

  🌿 Focus. Rest. Restore.
  Stay productive with a structured Pomodoro workflow:
  Focus Session – Deep work timer for distraction-free productivity
  Rest Break – Short recharge break between sessions
  Restore Break – Longer recovery break after multiple focus cycles
  Designed to help you maintain energy, avoid burnout, and stay consistent.
  
  ✅ Plan Your Tasks
  Organize your work before every session:
  Add tasks for today
  Set Priority Levels:
  Normal
  Urgent
  Low
  Add optional notes
  Repeat tasks daily/weekly/custom
  Build your daily plan before you begin
  
  🚫 Block Distractions Instantly
  Protect your focus with built-in website blocking:
  Block custom websites manually
  One-click category blocking for:
  Social Media
  Video Sites
  News
  Shopping
  Sites automatically unblock during rest breaks
  Stay in flow without needing separate blocker extensions.
  
  📖 Grove Journal
  Reflect before and after every session:
  Write what you plan to accomplish before starting
  Log what you completed afterward
  Build awareness of your productivity patterns
  Track your growth over time
  Turn every session into a mindful productivity ritual.
  
  📊 Track Your Progress
  Visualize your focus journey:
  Daily / Weekly Stats
  Focus Time Tracking
  Session Count
  Day Streaks
  Best Day / Peak Performance
  Growth Progression & Milestones
  Stay motivated as your Grove grows.
  
  🎨 Personalize Your Workspace
  Make Grove truly yours:
  Multiple Themes:
  Grove
  Dark Forest
  Ocean
  Desert
  Snow
  Sunset
  
  Timer Styles:
  Ring
  Analog
  Minimal
  
  Font Options:
  Sans
  Serif
  Mono
  
  Background Textures:
  Paper
  Linen
  Leaves
  Bark
  
  🕒 Browser Tab Timer
  
  Always know your remaining focus time:
  See live countdown directly in your active browser tab
  Stay aware without reopening the extension
  Perfect for multitasking and deep work sessions
  
  Why Grove?
  Unlike traditional Pomodoro timers, Grove combines:
  Timer + Tasks + Blocking + Journal + Stats + Themes
  into one seamless productivity experience.
  
  No clutter. No switching apps. Just focus.

• Apr 30, 2026
  description

  Focusly is a minimal, beautiful Pomodoro timer built to help you do your best work — without distractions.
  
  Whether you're studying, coding, writing, or working, Focusly keeps you focused with structured work sessions and breaks based on the proven Pomodoro Technique.
  
  🎯 FEATURES
  
  ⏱ Pomodoro Timer
  - 25-minute focus sessions with short and long breaks
  - Animated circular progress ring
  - Visual session tracker (Session 1 of 4)
  
  ⚙️ Fully Customizable
  - Set your own focus, short break, and long break durations
  - Auto-start next session option
  - Sound alerts when timer ends
  - Browser notifications
  
  ✅ Task List
  - Add tasks to work on during your focus session
  - Check off tasks as you complete them
  - Stay organized without leaving your browser
  
  🚫 Website Blocker (Pro)
  - Block distracting websites during focus sessions
  - Sites automatically unblock when your break starts
  - Add any site in seconds (e.g. twitter.com, youtube.com)
  
  💎 FREE vs PRO
  Free plan includes the full Pomodoro timer, sound alerts, notifications, and up to 5 tasks.
  Upgrade to Pro to unlock unlimited tasks and the website blocker.
  
  ---
  
  Perfect for students, developers, writers, freelancers, and anyone who wants to get more done in less time.
  
  Install Focusly and start your first focused session today. 🚀

  🌿 Focus. Rest. Restore.
  Stay productive with a structured Pomodoro workflow:
  Focus Session – Deep work timer for distraction-free productivity
  Rest Break – Short recharge break between sessions
  Restore Break – Longer recovery break after multiple focus cycles
  Designed to help you maintain energy, avoid burnout, and stay consistent.
  
  ✅ Plan Your Tasks
  Organize your work before every session:
  Add tasks for today
  Set Priority Levels:
  Normal
  Urgent
  Low
  Add optional notes
  Repeat tasks daily/weekly/custom
  Build your daily plan before you begin
  
  🚫 Block Distractions Instantly
  Protect your focus with built-in website blocking:
  Block custom websites manually
  One-click category blocking for:
  Social Media
  Video Sites
  News
  Shopping
  Sites automatically unblock during rest breaks
  Stay in flow without needing separate blocker extensions.
  
  📖 Grove Journal
  Reflect before and after every session:
  Write what you plan to accomplish before starting
  Log what you completed afterward
  Build awareness of your productivity patterns
  Track your growth over time
  Turn every session into a mindful productivity ritual.
  
  📊 Track Your Progress
  Visualize your focus journey:
  Daily / Weekly Stats
  Focus Time Tracking
  Session Count
  Day Streaks
  Best Day / Peak Performance
  Growth Progression & Milestones
  Stay motivated as your Grove grows.
  
  🎨 Personalize Your Workspace
  Make Grove truly yours:
  Multiple Themes:
  Grove
  Dark Forest
  Ocean
  Desert
  Snow
  Sunset
  Timer Styles:
  Ring
  Analog
  Minimal
  Font Options:
  Sans
  Serif
  Mono
  Background Textures:
  Paper
  Linen
  Leaves
  Bark
  
  🕒 Browser Tab Timer
  Always know your remaining focus time:
  See live countdown directly in your active browser tab
  Stay aware without reopening the extension
  Perfect for multitasking and deep work sessions
  Why Grove?
  Unlike traditional Pomodoro timers, Grove combines:
  Timer + Tasks + Blocking + Journal + Stats + Themes
  into one seamless productivity experience.
  No clutter. No switching apps. Just focus.

• Apr 30, 2026
  short_description

  Minimal Pomodoro timer with tasks, sound alerts, and website blocker to keep you in deep focus.

  A calm, nature-themed Pomodoro timer with tasks, sound alerts, and website blocker to help you grow through focused work.

• Apr 30, 2026
  name

  Focusly – Pomodoro Timer

  Grove – Pomodoro Timer & Website Blocker

• Apr 30, 2026
  permissions

  storage, notifications, alarms, declarativeNetRequest, declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

  storage, notifications, alarms, declarativeNetRequest, declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess, tabs, scripting, offscreen, windows

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