USER GUIDE
Introduction
PomTracker is a productivity tool and study work tracker. It employs a pomodoro timer and captures the time studied on each of your chosen subjects.
I hope you enjoy using PomTracker. If you have any questions or comments, you can email me me directly from the Settings button on the app’s home page and then selecting About/Feedback.
HOME PAGE
SELECTED SUBJECT
At the top of screen your selected subject will appear This subject can be selected via the SETTINGS. Clicking on a subject from the settings menu will create a tick next to that subject, which will then be displayed on the Timer screen. All completed work periods will be added to that subjects stats.
ROUNDS AND REST TIMES
The timer will countdown the selected amount of time for each round, other each round the timer will countdown a short rest period. After the 4th round, there will be a long rest period and the timer will start again from round 1.
START PAUSE TIMER
To start the countdown time press the START button. The timer will countdown from the selected worktime. To pause the timer press the PAUSE button. To resume the timer press the START button again and the timer will continue to countdown.
RESTARTING THE TIMER
There two options to restart the timer. Pressing the RESTART button will move the timer back to the start of the current round. If the timer is running when you press the restart button, then the round will restart and proceed to countdown.
By pressing the red RESET button, the timer will stop and be reset back to the beginning of the first round.
SKIP ROUNDS
By pressing the red SKIP button, the timer will move ahead to the next rest or round. If you skip a work period, that time will not be added to the subject work time stats.
SETTING TABLE
From the setting table you can view your work stats, configure the length of time for the work periods, short rests and long rests, select different subjects and add new subjects.
VIEW WORK STATS
Press the WORK STATS field and you will be taken to a new table which will show the length of time you have studied each of your subjects. The time worked is only added each time a work period has counted down to zero and that subject is displayed as the active subject on the timer screen. When PomTracker is started for the first time, only GENERAL subject exists.
ADDING NEW SUBJECTS
To add your own subjects to study, press the ADD SUBJECT cell from the SETTINGS menu. This will open the above screen. Type in your new subject and press save. This screen will not allow you to dismiss by dragging down, hence you will either need to press SAVE or CANCEL. You will not be able to save if the subject already exists. All new subjects will be saved as uppercase, regardless of how they are typed.
DELETING WORK STATS AND SUBJECTS
If you wish to delete a subject from PomTracker, then you can do so from the SETTINGS menu by dragging left on that subject and selecting delete. You will be given a warning before proceeding and all work stats will be lost for that subject,
If you wish to keep the subject but reset the work stats to zero time worked, then from the WORK STATS screen you should drag left on that subject and press delete stats. The subject will remain, but now show zero time worked.
WORK AND REST DURATIONS
PomTracker has 4 rounds, after each round there is a short rest time and after the 4th round there is a long rest period and then you start again from round 1.
The work time, short rest and long rest durations can be set from the SETTINGS menu. To change the work time press the WORK TIME cell under the DURATION section. On the DURATION section the currently selected work and rest times will be shown.
When you press the WORK TIME cell, the below screen will open.
When first opening PomTracker the work time is set to 25 minutes, the short rest to 5 minutes and the long rest to 15 minutes. These are the most commonly used Pomodoro timings. To change the work time, simply press the time you wish to use and a tick will appear against that period of time. When you dismiss the WORK TIME screen by dragging down, your new work time has been setup and will be shown on the DURATION section of the SETTINGS menu.
To change the short and long rest periods, perform the same steps as above, but instead select SHORT REST or LONG REST from the SETTINGS menu.
AUTO DISABLE AND SOUND SETTINGS
From the SETTINGS menu you can turn the auto disable and sound options on or off, by simply pressing on their respective cells. When turned on a tick will appear next to them.
The auto disable option stops your device from turning off the screen while the timer is running. If you turn off this option, once the device screen turns off, then the PomTracker timer will stop. When screen is turned on again, and PomTracker activated, the timer will restart from where it left off. This is also the case if PomTracker is moved to the background whilst running, for example if you make a call whilst it is running, PomTracker will stop and then restart from where is left off when it returns to the foreground.
If the sound options is turned on. after each round and rest period, PomTracker will play an alert sound and vibrate. If turned off, no notifications will be provided.
The apps privacy policy and this guide can be accessed from the ABOUT screen, accessible via the SETTINGS menu, from where you can also contact the developer.