Time Timer Reviews

by Sagerchatter

We’ve had the original Time Timer at home for 7 years, and it’s been life changing. It has helped teach both my kids the concept of time passing (“when the red is gone” is a common phrase amongst our family) and the mobile app has kept us from many a melt down at the park(or at least softened the blow.) But the last update has erased the quick set timer option!! I set it exactly to the minute in the am and pm for how long the kids can play before school starts and how long my daughter can play before we meet brother when school is out. PLEASE, please fix this! I can’t remember the exact name of the feature but I’m lost without it!

by Yonkers-Man

I’ve come to rely on TimeTimer for a number of things, but especially doing laundry in my apartment building. (I was so dependent on it, despite wishing I could see time left on the lock screen, I even bought one of their hardware clocks for guest speakers in a group I belong to.) I could have “4th Flr Washer,” “8th Flr Dryer” etc saved as clocks, each running concurrently. When I opened TimeTimer after the last update, all my saved clocks had been renamed with generic names. Okay, annoying, but easy to rename back. But I couldn’t get one clock off “paused” so I closed TimeTimer and reopened. ALL my pre-set clocks were gone (not even just generically renamed) except for the one running when I’d closed TimeTimer ! Will keep trying to figure out how to work around these bugs for awhile, this is a plea to the developers to restore the quick set option (go one better and make it possible on *any* clock; that’s most satisfying UX of any such utility app!) and restore the stability and former simplicity of using TimeTimer with multiple clocks stored.

(I highly recommend their hardware products, however. That’s sincere, not a bribe to get TimeTimer fixed!)

by Seek29

TimeTimer overall is good: it lets you set alarms for tasks and visualizes time counting down. There are some UX flaws. The Time Timer logo us front and center in bold dynamic type at all times, while the important information, the name of your timer, is in small and innocuous font. Your eye is forced to go to Time Timer before going to the name you need each and every time. So an alarm for adhd and focus already has a distraction built in.
The skeuomorphic buttons for shutting off your alarm and vibration functions are reversed: pressing them “on” turns them off, while the shadow on them indicates the typically “off” position for real buttons.
The numbers along the dial are thick, chunky, poorly spaced and again, weirdly distracting for an app about focusing. The only well designed type in this thing is the logo. Lastly the alarm is ear-piercing: I get that it is to be a no excuses reminder, but i dread it going off. You're essentially being acoustically punished for staying on task.

by M53rd

I really love the concept and design of TimeTimer, but I’ve started to realize that it’s not accurate. I’ve been using TimeTimer for a couple of months and thought something was up. However, the work I’d been doing was causing me to hyper focus, so I figured that it was just me losing track of time. After being pretty sure that it was off by 20 minutes on Wednesday night, I decided to keep better track. Over six runs on Thursday (set to 60 minutes), sometimes it was accurate, and sometimes is was off by 10-20 minutes. I think it may have been partially to do with mirroring to an Apple TV. I love the multiple visual timers and the fact that when my phone is on silent, I get a simple notification. But I feel it’s time to retire TimeTimer if the timing aspect can’t be trusted.

by Laynaa

I have a big problem with managing time with clients during hands on and exercises treatment. After several apps failed to perform the way I had hoped I decided to try time timer. Using it on the phone was perfect- I could label the timers to know when sessions with clients were half over and when to begin to wrap up. Exactly what I needed! However, when I loaded TimeTimer to my Apple Watch those labels vanished; so now I have to do math in my head about how much time is left, which is not working. Is there any way labels could be added to the timers in Apple Watch?! Please!!

by LazyFridzy

I have time timer MOD but it’s sound function is broken so I bought TimeTimer. I love this simple app but I think it could be better. I need bigger start/pause button and the button’s locations are too low(I use iphone xs max). And if audible option can be functioned at silent mode similar to ios’s native alarm, I really appreciated. Adding an widget will be good too! Thank you.

by DLL3000

This is a good timer app, and I really like the big red wheel giving a visual indication of the time left. Lots of customization options, too.

I gave it only 4 stars because it hasn’t been optimized for my iPhone XR, and some of the controls end up underneath the little Home indicator at the bottom of the screen. This is the same form factor as the iPhone X, released in 2017!

It works very well on the iPad, though.

by Lizannstaff12

I would love to give this 5 stars, but it loses a star because it's *really* hard to start a timer as the start button is tiny and right on the bottom right corner of the screen. This placement is harder to hit when you have a drop proof case like the Unicorn Beetle or any Otterbox. The button is almost impossible to see, too because of the placement and because it's blue on dark gray. I'd like the next update to have those bottom buttons to be bigger and easier to see, or to have this like the physical Time Timers where it will start once you set it.

Make this simple change and I'll give you 5 stars.

by Sarah In Riverdale Park

I’m a big fan of the Time-Timer. TimeTimer is easy to use, and is like having a physical Time-Timer right on my iPad! That said, I really wish there was a way to keep the timer open off screen without TimeTimer going to sleep. I know this is possible because my GPS doesn’t let my phone go to sleep when it is on. Right now what happens is that I set the timer while I’m giving presentations, and then my iPad goes to sleep and I have no idea how much longer I have. Not super useful for that purpose.

by Nityasree

Warning. When you press the play button on your set timer, be sure to check to verify it’s running. The same button also pauses it. It will jump from play to pause if you’re heavy fingered. It happens a lot, that I’ve checked the timer only to find it’s been on pause the whole time. Other than that I like TimeTimer .

by Fiona2429122

The time timer was recommended in an article about helping ADHD kids with homework. When I went to the website, the 3” time timer was sold out but the iPhone app is free because of COVID. I downloaded it and started working with it right away.

by Tfrog5489

Time-Timer is totally awesome and I like that the products have very reasonable prices and I like the fact that the Time-Timer app is free which is totally awesome. I would strongly recommend this to anyone who likes to keep a routine with any Time-Timer product.

by DSCoder

I saw this timer at agile games New England in April and I knew I needed one I am happy to have it with me in my pocket all the time with TimeTimer
And having a physical one is so easy and obvious to use m.

Thank you Time Timer For creating such elegant and simple products.
I’m glad there are many products (phone app, physical timers and also on a computer)

by Hatter Lord

TimeTimer is incredibly useful and I use the watch app all the time. A few updates would improve my experience so much:

1) In the watch app, please allow the option to customize the timer color. The red and white are a little alarming to look at frequently. If customization option is not feasible at the moment, please change red to a pleasant color (teal, saffron, mint, etc) and the white to black so that it merges with the background

2) Please remove all the other elements from the screen so that only the pie is visible. The clock on top right cannot be removed but changing the modal screen should be able to get rid of the back navigation on top left.

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UPDATE 30 Jul 2020
Thanks for the developer response. I understand how to change the timer color now. Please add a feature to change the background color in the Watch app. Thank you!

by Andhaus1

I absolutely love TimeTimer!! Developer did an outstanding job! This will really come in handy when I go back to the office. I will be deleting my other Timer + app. Excuse this one is amazing

One request though - in the next update, can you please show history and have an export option?

by Chris10_Design

I’ve been using a physical Time Timer for about a year now, and it’s really improved my productivity. TimeTimer is great too because I can take it anywhere. It’s really kept me honest on my work tasks - and is great when I cooking in the kitchen and want to do other things around the house. I love the colors and ability to save my favorite timers!

by GadgetPeople

We use this for our special needs son. It is indispensable. To the developer...Can you please create an option to control timers only on the iPhone OR password lock on the watch once a timer starts? My son accidentally pauses, resets, deletes running countdowns on his watch. If there’s a way to lock it so that he doesn’t do that, it will be a game changer. Thank you.

by JDraschil

I love the Time Timer. I use it all of the time. It is the perfect way to visually communicate at-a-glance how much time remains without needing to engage my brain in calculating what it means.

I’ve bought the iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps. It is also my top-used watch app! (I love the latest update to the watch app with multiple timers and color support.)

Developer Request: I just wish the watch app had the same option for “Continuous Alert” that the iOS versions do. The alert on my watch is subtle (one ding/buzz) and I often do not notice it.

by Polmgjttt

Great for helping kids develop “timeliness” and “mindfulness” life skills! This is a great app for frequent unobtrusive reminders when needed. I like how you can create just a simple chime alarm to ring once every five or 10 minutes over the course of an hour. This is great for helping kids to learn to stay on task and to recognize how much time is gone by, and what they’ve been able to accomplish in a five minute period; whether they are making affective use of the time or getting lost in daydreams.

by MDVILLARREALE

TimeTimer lets me set separate timers for different things, like the timer for cooking rice, a small session of brisk walking in the middle of the day or just how much time takes to bake a cake or set the timer for 20 minutes and fold the freshly washed clothes and put them in the closet, no more sitting around in the basket until need it.❤️

by MotoJill

I paid for TimeTimer because of the complication, meaning I can start or stop it from the Watch face. Unfortunately, the developer hasn’t updated the complication to work with the new Infograph Watch face, so I’m stuck using only old Watch faces. I’ve waited for a month, thinking it would be fixed. Complications for all my other 3rd party apps now work with the latest Watch faces, but not this one. I’ll update my review when this is fixed.

by Derekbaker

I’ve come to rely on TimeTimer for a number of things, but especially doing laundry in my apartment building. (I was so dependent on it, despite wishing I could see time left on the lock screen, I even bought one of their hardware clocks for guest speakers in a group I belong to.) I could have “4th Flr Washer,” “8th Flr Dryer” etc saved as clocks, each running concurrently. When I opened TimeTimer after the last update, all my saved clocks had been renamed with generic names. Okay, annoying, but easy to rename back. But I couldn’t get one clock off “paused” so I closed TimeTimer and reopened. ALL my pre-set clocks were gone (not even just generically renamed) except for the one running when I’d closed TimeTimer ! Will keep trying to figure out how to work around these bugs for awhile, this is a plea to the developers to restore the quick set option (go one better and make it possible on *any* clock; that’s most satisfying UX of any such utility app!) and restore the stability and former simplicity of using TimeTimer with multiple clocks stored.

(I highly recommend their hardware products, however. That’s sincere, not a bribe to get TimeTimer fixed!)

by Grhfbjjfxc Judccbb

I’ve heard so much about TimeTimer and it’s accompanying physical timer that I purchased it without looking at reviews or even looking at the description. It’s so easy to look away from the red disk that having an audible ticking sound would be the perfect and constant reminder and motivator whether you’re looking at your phone or not. I’m not sure TimeTimer is going to work for me without that.

by Doaproductions

This is a great MultiTimer for and I’ve used it for so many different purposes. I will say however, please fix the dark mode. Currently unable to read the titles of the alarms I create due to the font color being dark. Fix this and TimeTimer deserves a 5 star rating.

by Mom On The Spectrum

I have relied on physical Time Timers since discovering them some years ago and getting them for my kids. As I find myself not having enough of them physically, I am glad to give the phone app version a try. I so benefit from the red visual. Thank you!!