Visual Timer for Kids: Mieru
See how much time is left
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A visual timer for kids who can't read numbers yet: a big disk or sand timer shrinks so they see the end coming. Now and Next cards help. No ads, no data collected.
Mieru shows the time left as an amount. Kids who can't read numbers yet watch the disk or bar shrink and see the end coming.
Calm colors, bold outlines, no flashing; easy to see from across the room. At night it follows Dark Mode.
■ Choose how time looks
・Disk, bar or sand timer
・A 60-minute dial, or a full circle for the time you set
・Numbers on or off
■ Layout and landscape
Pick from 9 layouts with a preview: "Timer graph only", "Graph and clock" or "Clock only", with no text, a little or more. Landscape works too, with the clock on either side. On big landscape screens, the picture fills the screen.
■ Now → Next
Add "Now" and "Next" cards (tidy up → dinner). Near the end the Next card stands out. When time is up, a green ring closes, "Done" appears and the Next card shows big. Running out of time is never a failure.
■ A clock shows when it ends
A clock beside the timer fills in the time left, with green dotted hands at the end time ("Ends at 3:15"). With "Set it myself", kids trace a 60-minute dial to choose the time. Parents can hide these.
■ Almost-done signal
A heads-up 5, 2 or 1 minute before the end, or off. A thin arc on the edge marks the "almost done" zone. When time reaches it, it turns gentle yellow with a thick outline and "Almost done" appears; shape and words help if colors are hard to tell apart.
■ How the end is signaled
Screen only (silent), vibrate, a soft sound, or gradually louder. Soft sounds: a wood block made for this app, chime or bell.
■ Fewer choices for kids
Kids see up to 4 time buttons. Extra time and times over 60 minutes are for parents only. Save named timers, each with its own heads-up and lock.
■ Keeps the timer safe
By default, the child screen shows no Pause or Stop. To stop, tap "Grown-ups" at the top right, pass the parent check, then pause, resume or stop. Or let your child stop it by holding until the ring fills. If stopped early, "You got this far!" appears and the time is recorded.
■ Timer history (parent screen only)
Shows when each timer started, pauses, extensions and how it ended. Items to check stand out: the child stopped it, "Done!" before half the time, the device clock changed, or many wrong parent-check answers. On the device only, up to 90 days or 2,000 entries.
■ Start from the Home Screen
Start a saved timer from widgets and shortcuts (on iPhone, also Siri). Only parent-saved timers appear, with fixed times.
■ Alerts even when closed
A notification tells you when time is up, even with the app closed.
On iPhone, the time left shows on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
The screen won't dim while a timer is showing.
■ Touch-proof lock
With "Lock" on, touches change nothing; unlocking needs a parent check. It can lock at start and stays locked after reopening.
■ Stamps
Each finished timer earns a stamp; 10 make a card. Separate records for each sibling, kept on the device through updates.
■ First-time setup
On first launch, pick with previews: the look, text amount, whether your child can stop the timer, landscape layout, alerts and notifications. Or tap "Use recommended settings". No permission prompt appears when a child starts a timer.
■ Free vs. one-time purchase
Free: time buttons, built-in saved timers (with Now → Next), any time set on the parent screen, the disk, layouts and landscape, the clock and "Set it myself", timer history, heads-ups, alerts including the wood block, lock, stamps, notifications, widgets and shortcuts. One child.
One-time purchase "Unlock All": add, edit and reorder saved timers, more children, bar and sand timer, and chime, bell and gradually louder sounds. Buy once, keep it for good.
Family Sharing is supported.
The purchase screen is only behind the parent check. Refunds never delete your timers or records.
■ Peace of mind
No ads, accounts, data collection or internet connection.
* Heads-ups and Now → Next draw on visual support ideas used in developmental care. No effect is guaranteed.
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Choose how it looks: "Timer graph only", "Graph and clock" or "Clock only", plus how much text, with a preview. Landscape is supported, with the clock on the left or right. Pause and Stop are now hidden on the child screen by default; grown-ups stop the timer from "Grown-ups" at the top right (press-and-hold stopping is still an option). The parent screen now has a timer history showing when timers started and how they ended. First-time setup has been redesigned.
The developer, ryo muranaka, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- ryo muranaka
- Size
- 14.8 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Made for Ages 0–5
This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Parental Controls
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlock All $6.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ryo Muranaka
