Otso: Visual Timer

Feel the countdown. Focus.

USD 0.99

See time at a glance. Fifteen distinctive faces for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. One purchase, no ads or subscriptions. A colored wedge shrinks as time runs down. See how much is left at a glance, without having to read the numbers or do the math. Buy once and use it on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. No ads, no subscriptions, no account. No tracking or data collection. MAKE IT YOURS • Choose a dial maximum of 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, or 120 minutes • Count clockwise or counterclockwise • Adjust sound and haptic feedback on supported devices ON iPHONE AND iPAD • Drag the dial to set a timer; tap to start, pause, or resume • Smooth dialing at up to 120 Hz on ProMotion displays • Swipe beside the dial to change faces, or swipe up for settings • Check the countdown on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, in the Dynamic Island • Keep the screen awake while the timer is running in the foreground • Receive a finish notification in the background when notifications are enabled ON APPLE WATCH All fifteen faces, right on your wrist. Turn the Digital Crown to set the time, tap to start or pause, swipe left or right to change faces, and swipe up for settings. The Watch timer works independently of the iPhone timer. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver labels and timer actions, keyboard controls on Mac and iPad, and animations that adapt to Reduce Motion. DETAILS YOU CAN FEEL Each face has its own sounds: Wood knocks, Glass chimes, and LCD clicks like a watch button. Flick the dial and it spins on, clicking past each mark as it slows to a stop. On iPhone and iPad, tilting the device changes the reflections. On Mac, they follow the pointer. Party celebrates with confetti, while Aurora adds a soft shimmer. Motion effects are reduced when Reduce Motion is on. FIFTEEN FACES Each has its own character. • Classic — charcoal body, glass lens, red disc • Pastel — soft candy colors and a textured knob • Rainbow — lilac, with an arc that shrinks color by color • Neumorph — soft, sculpted, quiet • Glass — translucent, on a light wall • Flat — pure, bold, no chrome • Paper — warm stationery, an ink needle • Wood — turned walnut, terracotta wedge • LCD — dot matrix on a backlit sage screen • Rugged — machined blades behind thick rubber • Midnight — black with a hot coral glow • Halo — a glowing amber ring • Neon — a magenta glow against the dark • Aurora — a curtain of light over a starfield • Party — a frosted cake that bursts into confetti Otso takes its name from the bear of Finnish folklore. A timer should sit quietly in the room and be understood at a glance. For lessons, workshops, exams, focused work, homework, and cooking — whenever it helps to see time passing.

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Apple Watch • Otso is now available on Apple Watch: all fifteen faces on your wrist, set the time with the Digital Crown, swipe left and right to change faces, swipe up for settings iPhone and iPad • New gestures: swipe left and right beside the dial to change faces, swipe up for settings. The dial itself works exactly as before: drag to set, tap to start and pause, press and hold for faces and settings • The dial now runs at 120 Hz on supported devices iPad • Keyboard controls: Space to start and pause, up and down arrows to set the time, left and right arrows to change faces, R to reset, S for settings Mac • New gestures: swipe left and right with two fingers to change faces • Keyboard controls: Space to start and pause, up and down arrows to set the time, left and right arrows to change faces, R to reset, S for settings. These commands are also available in the Timer and Face menus • The red window button now puts the dial away into the menu bar, where the timer keeps running and the alarm still rings. Yellow minimizes to the Dock. Quit with ⌘Q • New setting: Keep on top. Turn it off and the dial becomes an ordinary window you can ⌘-Tab to General • Improved VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion behavior • Changing the dial maximum while a timer is running or paused starts a new timer at that maximum and briefly shows the new countdown • Settings now show when notifications are off. Notification durations and translations are more accurate • Fixes: the finish notification shows the minutes again, plus general improvements

Version 1.3

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    Information

    Provider
    SIMON HEUSCHKEL
    Size
    4.8 MB
    Category
    Education
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 6 more
    • English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Simon Heuschkel
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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