Otso: Visual Timer
Feel the countdown. Focus.
$0.99
Fifteen hand-made faces, each with its own click and chime. A wedge shrinks as the minutes run down — no numbers, no ads, nothing to subscribe to.
A coloured wedge shrinks as the time runs down. Everyone in the room can read it at a glance — no numbers, no arithmetic, nobody asking how long is left.
One price, once — iPhone, iPad and Mac. No ads, no subscriptions, no account.
SET IT UP
• Maximum: 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes
• Clockwise or counter-clockwise
• Sound and haptics, each switched separately: dial, alarm, interface
• The countdown carries on in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen
• The screen stays awake while it runs
• It keeps real time with the app closed
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account. No tracking. No data collected. Pay once, keep it.
HOW IT FEELS
• Drag the dial or twist the knob. It ratchets, click by click
• Tap to pause, tap to carry on
• At zero it shakes, rings and buzzes, like a kitchen timer
• Every face sounds different: walnut knocks, glass rings, LCD clicks like a watch button
• Flick the dial and it spins down to a stop
• Hit either end and it thuds — you feel the limit
• Tilt the phone and the polished faces catch the light
• Party bursts into confetti. Aurora shimmers while you work
FIFTEEN FACES
Each has its own character.
• Classic — charcoal body, glass lens, red disc
• Pastel — candy-soft toy, knurled knob
• Rainbow — lilac, an arc that shrinks colour by colour
• 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 tube humming in the dark
• Aurora — a curtain of light over a starfield
• Party — a frosted cake that bursts into confetti
Otso is a bear, named for the forest king of Finnish folklore. A timer should sit quietly in the room and be understood without a word.
For lessons, workshops, exams, focus sessions, homework and cooking — and anyone who thinks better when time is visible. Children read it as easily as adults.
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• Otso: Visual timer for Mac — a chrome-less dial that floats above your work, sized to whatever window you give it, with a wedge in the menu bar that keeps counting when you put it away. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.
• Five new faces: Rainbow, LCD, Neon, Aurora and Rugged
• A two-hour dial (120 mins), for longer sessions
• Start or pause and the exact time flashes up — minutes and seconds — then fades back. This helps you see exactly what time is set and if the timer started.
• The screen stays awake while the timer runs, so you can prop it up and glance over
• The app is now available in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Korean
• Additional improvements and fixes across every device
The developer, SIMON HEUSCHKEL, 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
- SIMON HEUSCHKEL
- Size
- 2.2 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Simon Heuschkel
