Horo - Timer for Menu Bar 4+
The best countdown clock timer
Matthew Palmer
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Horo is the best free countdown timer for the Mac!
Horo is the timer app you need for your menu bar. It’s easy to use, fast, and gives you exactly what you need.
Boost your productivity. Stay on task. Keep track of time. Use Horo.
Start a timer in faster than you can blink using Horo’s Natural Language timers. Just type in how long you want your timer and hit Return!
Your timer will start counting down in your menu bar. Once the timer goes off, you’ll get an alert. Too easy!
Some examples of Horo’s flexible Natural Language support:
– “1:30:45” starts a timer for 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 45 seconds
– “1.5h” starts a timer for 1 hour, 30 minutes
– “45m” starts a 45 minute timer
– “1h 15m” becomes an hour and fifteen minutes
– “60s” will play a sound in a minute
– Leaving the input blank will start a stopwatch
– “@3pm” will set a countdown timer to go off at 3pm
You can use '#hashtags' to sort your timers into projects.
Perfect to use as a:
– Pomodoro Timer
– Focus Timer
– Productivity Countdown Clock
– Washing Timer
– Cooking Timer
– Simple Alarm Clock
– Simple time tracker for freelancers
– Task timer for work
– Stopwatch
Pro version:
– Stats and reporting charts for time tracking
– Full History explorer and CSV export
– Custom keyboard shortcuts to create timers
– Custom alert notification sounds
Start using the fastest, easiest, simplest, and best countdown timer for your Mac menu bar
What’s New
Version 2.3
– Added the new Timer List window so you can see all your timers in one place
– Added a new app icon to fit modern macOS style
– Refreshed design and icons
– Improve reliability and fixed bugs for macOS Sequoia
– Added new settings for timer display formatting (In-App Purchase)
– Added the ability to play/pause timers by pressing spacebar when the timer is activated and the text is highlighted
Ratings and Reviews
A Convenient Little App
I purchased the Pro version to support the developer. I use the app to track my time spent on freelance projects, and it does most everything I need it to do. I do wish it had a little more functionality in the Report window, such as the ability to search for a specific hashtag, the option for manual entry in cases where I forget to start/stop the timer, and the ability to archive or delete old timers. I can forsee the hashtags piling up and cluttering the interface once I've been using the app for several months.
Free version is great--I might buy the pro version
Note: I use my iPhone to set timers for meditation, naps, anything needing "real" timing. I use horo while I actively work on my Mac.
This is an elegant interface timer app. I open it when I need it using Spotlight to search for horo. Thus, my hands never leave the keyboard when I realize I need a timer. My workflow has a minimal interruption. The timer runs in the menu bar and stays there when it gets to 00:00. The unchangable default alarm sound is fantastic. I would think the app would be easy to uninstall--either quit the app or reboot and then drag the app into the trash. I do not intend to uninstall. Without a time set, the menu icon is an hourglass. Running multiple timers reminds me to focus *now*, to stretch and look out the window every 50 minutes, and to take a short walk every 100 minutes, or to change my desk from seating height to standing height or back. I've needed this for years and now I have it.
needs minutes as default
It's extremely annoying that if you accidentally don't put an "m" after the time, it defaults to seconds. More people need minutes than seconds, perhaps make it so that you need to add "s" for seconds and if you add nothing, it will assume mintues? Or even better, make a setting in the settings where we can set the default. I looked and that setting isn't there. Otherwise it's ok. I do avoid the trash can. I did that once and was not able to use the app again. It's not in the force quit list. Even restarts of my compter didn't fix it. I couldn't get it to uninstall because it was running. So, the only thing that finally fixed it was when I had to wipe my computer and reload. That needs to be fixed. Meanwhile, I just never touch the trash can. I just hit pause and then enter a new time, the next time I want to use it. Otherwise, it's ok. It is really nice to have an app just sit in the task bar all the time.
App Privacy
The developer, Matthew Palmer, 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
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Information
- Seller
- Matthew Palmer
- Size
- 5.3 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.5 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2022 Matthew Palmer
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Horo Pro $9.99