Android App of the Day - TimeBoss 2: timer & stopwatch
Friday, April 24, 2015
One of the great features is that you can make different
sets of timers. I now have one for my cooking and some standard sets for
monitoring online auctions. It also comes with several pre-installed sets to
get you started. The pre-installed sets include cooking timers (egg timers, pasta
cooking times, rice, beans, etc.), workout timers (for running or fitness
exercises) and a few random ones. As it turns out, this works great.
Another great feature is that you can disable the timer by
waving over your phone. Great for cooking, especially as it also works when the
app is running in the background (black screen). No more dirty screens or
pushing flower into the power button.
The overall appearance is simple, but effective. All timers
are shown clearly and it is easy to tell them apart. Timers can be given a
different name, alarm sound and color. If you are feeling bold, you can even
get a timer to trigger another timer when complete, for example to create a
(workout) schedule.
So far, TimeBoss has worked very robust. The alarms went
off, also after the app is killed. I even tried to restart my phone completely,
and all timers were still there and running at the correct time when I started
the app. Pretty sweet.
All of this in a free app with no advertisements.
The pro version of the app comes with a widget that shows
the value of the lowest timer number and name, which actually turns out to be
really handy. It occupies just a single square (1x1) on your screen, talk about
great real estate value! During launch (until the end of May 2015) the proversion is only 0.69 USD (0.5 EUR).
TimeBoss is the best timer app that I have encountered so
far and comes highly recommended!
