productionTimer
Keep your event on time.
$19.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
productionTimer was designed specifically for the live event and television production industry. Turn most models of iPad or iPhone / iPod Touch into a full-featured countdown clock - perfect for live events!
Key Features:
- FULLSCREEN countdown on an EXTERNAL DISPLAY via USB-C/Lightning->HDMI or AirPlay
- NDI® and SRT output - send the clock over your network to a switcher, multiviewer, remote venue, or playout system
- WEB VIEW & REMOTE CONTROL - open the clock in any browser and drive the timer from a separate phone, tablet, or laptop
- Bitfocus Companion support - control productionTimer from a Stream Deck or any Companion surface
- Send messages downstage
- Change text and background colors for normal, warning, and end segments
- Smaller cost and footprint than computer or hardware-based timers
productionTimer turns an iOS device into a full-screen countdown clock for an external monitor. Take video directly out of the device via the Apple HDMI adapter - run it to a nearby monitor with standard HDMI, send it over Cat-5/5e/6 or fiber, or feed it into a switcher and route it anywhere. Using a switcher, you can even key out the background for a clean countdown over other graphics - perfect for getting attendees back from breaks on time. Prefer to skip the cables? An AirPlay destination like Apple TV works as the external monitor.
Need the clock somewhere a cable won't reach? Broadcast it over your network instead - as an NDI source straight into your switcher, or an SRT stream for reliable delivery over longer, less predictable connections. It's also available as a web view, so anyone on the network can pull it up in a browser. Run the show from wherever you are: built-in remote control lets an operator drive the timer from a separate device, and Bitfocus Companion integration puts start, stop, reset, and messaging on your Stream Deck - right inside the control layout you already use.
A "warning" changes the clock's background to a user-defined color at a set time - great for cueing talent to wrap up or move to Q&A. Once time is up, the background can change colors again.
Need to send a note downstage but don't have switching in place to get it on the confidence monitor? Type a short message and display it on the clock. The countdown shifts up and a large, clear message appears below it - one touch and it's back to normal.
Event professionals know the importance of running on time. Need to make up a few minutes? Use "Time-Travel" to run the clock faster than reality - just set the time of day you want it to hit "0" and productionTimer figures out the rest.
Version 3.0 is a complete rebuild of ProductionTimer for modern iPhone and iPad.
• NEW: Broadcast your timer over the network as an NDI® source or SRT stream
• NEW: Show the timer as a web page on any device on your network — or control it from a browser
• NEW: HTTP control API for Bitfocus Companion and other production controllers
• NEW: iPhone support with redesigned portrait & landscape layouts
• NEW: Duration presets, Time Travel, and on-screen messaging
• Now available in 6 languages
• Rebuilt for the latest iOS with HDMI & AirPlay second-screen output
The developer, On-Point Presentation Services, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- On-Point Presentation Services, LLC
- Size
- 6.7 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2015 On-Point Presentation Services

