Notion does not have a clock block. It does not have a countdown, a weather block or a Pomodoro timer either. If you want one of those on a page, the way to do it is the /embed block, and it takes about a minute.

I made WidgetsForNotion for exactly this, so the steps below use it. The same idea works with any widget that has its own URL.

What you can put on a page

There are 100+ ready-made widgets. Clocks, flip clocks, calendars, countdowns, Pomodoro timers, weather, to-do lists, counters, calculators, life calendars, water trackers and daily quotes. Plus trackers for habits, time, goals, mood and reading, and progress bars.

They come in a few styles. Sleek Blue, Soft Pink, Retro (pixel art with a green CRT look), Ghibli (watercolour) and a Notion style. Widgets in the same style match each other, so a page with a clock, a timer and a habit tracker does not look like three different apps glued together.

How to embed one

  1. Open widgetsfornotion.com and pick a widget.
  2. Copy its URL.
  3. In Notion, type /embed on the page.
  4. Paste the URL and click "Embed link".
  5. Drag the block to the size you want.

That is it. The widget is live, so a clock keeps ticking and a countdown keeps counting down while the page is open. You do not need to refresh anything.

The catalog widgets are free to embed, as many as you like, and there is no account. Free ones show a small badge in the corner.

A countdown for a date that matters

A countdown is the one I would try first. Put it at the top of a page for an exam, a launch, a trip or a deadline, and you see the days left every time you open the page. There is a whole group of them on the countdown page, so you can pick the look that fits your page.

A habit tracker that lives next to your notes

The other one people ask me about is the habit tracker. It is nicer inside the page where you already plan your week than in a separate app you forget to open. You will find those in the habit tracker section.

If you are not sure where to start, I wrote a post with my picks, best Notion widgets.

If the widget you want does not exist

There is an AI widget maker on the site. You describe the widget in plain words, for example the colours and what it should show. It builds the widget and shows you a preview. If something is off, you write a follow-up prompt and it changes. When it looks right, you embed it the same way as above.

This one is not free. It uses credits, from $1.99 for 10 credits, paid once. No subscription.

Widgets that show your own data

A few widgets are premium because they need to read something of yours. Live Calendar shows your Google Calendar or Outlook events on a Notion page, and the calendar itself stays private. Clock & Time Zones and Vision Board are premium too.

Each one is $1.99 once in the US, or $19 lifetime for every premium widget. No subscription.

Try one

Pick a single widget and put it on a page you already use. If you want a widget that I do not have yet, tell me in the comments what it should do and I will look at it.