Microtimer iOS App

I use the built-in iOS timer daily. I pour plaster molds where timing is critical in order to get the right mix and cure time. If you mix too little or let it sit in the pot too long you’ll waste the batch.

The thing is: I hate the built-in iOS timer. First of all you have to use these dumb scrollers to pick out the length of the timer. Want twenty minutes? You have to scroll to twenty—oops, not twenty-one, not nineteen…ugh. Oh and if you wanted to add 30 more seconds to that you have to scroll to 30 on another wheel.

And my second gripe is it defaults to your last timer. Sometimes I’m doing an hour and twenty minutes for a clay mold, other times I’m just doing 3 minutes for a plaster slake. So I’m constantly scrolling back and forth using those wheels.

Also the iOS app sometimes defaults to a timer from three sessions ago, so I sometimes don’t notice I’ve chose one hour and three minutes instead of just three minutes.

My dream iOS timer app is just give me the UI of my microwave. Let me punch in 3:30, hit start, and I’m done. That’s it. So I made this and it’s great and I’m happy.

I think it’s pretty self-evident on how it works. The running screen is equally simple.

The little emojis are just different alert sounds. I dunno if it even needs it.

Anyway, now I’m happy!