/ Utilities
Timer

Timer

by Daniel Frost

App

up to 4 individual timers

Install

About Timer

Timer app promotes SwipeToBack feature. This is an alternative to the common back buttons.
You may click/tap the button or swipe left/right in the header to trigger the back action.

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You can set up to 4 timers for your cakes, pizzas, eggs, sport activities or whatever you really need.
Timers can be named and can have an individual sound.

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IMPORTANT!
Please notice that the app depends on the Alarm API which has some limitations. There are a few things you need to know:
1. Setting timers shorter than 1 minute is not recommended. Due to system limitations, the notifications about such timers are not displayed at the right time. Sorry.
2. Sound volume is the same as set in the Clock app for alarms.
3. Changing time settings or time zone when a timer is running will confuse the timer.
4. Timers are registered as alarms within the clock app. Once the timer has elapsed it is removed from clock app.

Feel free to report other problems.

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Enjoy your time(r)!

Many thanks to Michal Predotka for his great app!
Development is based on his code from: https://launchpad.net/timer

Recent Changes

v3.0.0

fixed: some sounds will not play due to broken path
fixed: sound list not scrollable to the very bottom
fixed: re-enabled "no sound" option that got missing at some point
fixed: progress bars now work again
added: progress bar to main timer
added: repeat option to main timer
added: two more timer sounds (Gong and Tip-Tip-Tip-Tap)
improved: drop OK confirmation button including "time since finished" info when a timer has stopped
updated: translations, many thanks to all translators!

v2.3.0
- added: option to use custom sounds from ~/.local/share/timer.danfro/customSounds folder
- updated: translations, many thanks to all translators!

v2.2.3
- updated: translations, many thanks to all translators!

v.2.2.2
- improved: hide play sound button when "no sound" is selected
- improved: when selection a sound, automatically stop playing sounds after 2 loops
- improved: load app sounds from folder instead of a hardcoded list
- fixed: reading and playing of system sound files (was broken)
- updated: translations, many thanks to all translators!

v2.2.1
- improved: use UBports Hosted Weblate for translation services, thanks to Weblate for providing us with a free service
- updated: translations and added several languages, many thanks to all translators!

v2.2.0
- port the app to run on focal

v2.1.1
- make endtime of timers display locale format with/without am/pm notation
- updated french translation, thanks Anne Onyme 017

v2.1.0
- add Norwegian translation, thanks to JanC Sherdahl
- add Dutch translation, thanks to Heimen Stoffels
- add option for "no sound" timers
- refactor about page (add links to source and changelog, delete some broken links, internal redesign, remove dividers)
- replace all hardcoded colors with themed colors (one exception kept)
- fix system sound list not displaying the last few entries
- removed dividers in several places
- reformat some strings to allow better translations by using .arg()
- update framework to 16.04.4

v2.0.5
- move tick icon for all settings to the right side
- temporary remove link for translate-ut.org
- remove link to SwipeToBack poll
- fix swipeDistance not showing default value on first start
- fix SwipeToBack not working on timer details page

v.2.0.4
- translation now available via community weblate on translate-ut.org
- redesign of SwipeToBack
* SwipeToBack now always works in both directions (left and right)
* back click/tap and SwipeToBack are both enabled to allow convergent use with touch and mouse
* use swipetoback icon instead of back icon (can be clicked/tapped as before)
- updated translations, thanks to all translators

v2.0.3
- updated spanish translation, thanks Krakakanok
- small changes to first time notes on adding favourites
- all setting strings now start with capital letter

v2.0.2
- about page now only flickable if needed

v2.0.1
- updated french translation thanks to Anne Onyme 017

v2.0.0
- add swipe to action feature
- respect system theme (now under settings) and adjust colours to be set according to theme
- add system ringtones
- add option for close button on main page
- partially redesign of about page
- implement clickable kill command

v1.3.2
- buttons now always visible

v1.3.1
- small translation updates
- change version to 3 digits to allow semantic versioning

v1.3
- add important information to about page
- add french translation thanks to Anne Onyme 017
- add spanish translation, thanks to Krakakanok
- increased button size

v1.2
- new maintainer Daniel Frost (danfro)
- bumbed version to 1.2
- moved source code from launchpad to gitlab
- allow timers up to 24 hours

v1.1
- build for 16.04 framwork
- last version based on launchpad code

v1.0
- allow multiple timers

Permissions

  • Audio
  • Keep Display On
  • Calendar

Community Built

This app has been released under the BSD License (Simplified) license. It is developed in the open and you can review the source code.

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Info

  • Published Date

    Jan 29, 2023

  • Updated Date

    Mar 19, 2026

  • Current Version

    3.0.0

  • Total Downloads

    2,204

  • Latest Version Downloads

    189

  • Supported Architectures

    all

  • Translation Languages

    ar, cs, de, en_GB, eo, es, et, fr, hr, hu, ia, id, it, ja, lo, ml, nb, nl, pl, pt_BR, ro, ru, sl, sv, ta, uk, vi, zh_Hans

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Reviews

Six

Reviewed Mar 23, 2026 for version 3.0.0

This is perfect. It should totally replace the default UT timer app.

UP-70

Reviewed Mar 19, 2026 for version 3.0.0

Va muy bien en volla 22. Buen temporizador

chris hb

Reviewed Jan 3, 2025 for version 2.3.0 (older version)

Nice, makes setting a timer so much more convenient. Thanks a lot!

Rainer Kreuzer

Reviewed Jun 1, 2024 for version 2.2.3 (older version)

Tolles Design!