Timer - Countdown for Parents 4+

This app is just what I was looking for. A visual timer plus the number of minutes and seconds on it. I like that it also has music you can turn on and off, and you can adjust the timer up or down in 20 second intervals if you need to while it's working. (If you have a child that may do this while you're not looking, I suggest turning it on then turning on the Guided Access so they can't click anything on the screen.)

What I don't like is that, although you can use this for free, there are an overwhelming number of pop up ads with in app purchases. Within the first 2 times I used this, it drove me mad so I paid the $1.99 to remove them - phew, done. I really wanted to see what the other pictures and sounds were (for free you can see 4 of the 12 pics and hear 1 of the 3 sounds and the rest are greyed out). So again, I paid another $1.99 to get access to everything.

I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because again you "could" use it for free, but expect to spend either $2 or $4. Now, I'm generally a frugal app person and really never pay for apps (there are so many free ones out there, why would you) so that's how they got me interested, but in this case as I mentioned, it was exactly what I was looking for and saved me from having to go out and buy an egg timer or more expensive kids timer.

This is a cool application and all, the ads don’t annoy me (just turn off WiFi connection) and I do like the visuals. However, there are just 2 things that brings it down a star…

Firstly, there isn’t an option for having NO image. I know a couple of you guys might say that you could pay to unlock the “import image” button, but I’ve already done ENOUGH in app purchases already, and I don’t need to spend any more money. Even though I’m 11 years old, I only have 8.94 dollars.

Secondly, I remember a cool glitch you could do where you could set the time to as many minutes as you’d like (the maximum was 999) but I guess in the last update they decreased the limit even MORE to only 60 minutes. Well, what would happen if your child had to do homework for 90 minutes and used this timer? How would you set it?

Overall, this app deserves a 4 star rating.

This app works exactly as I need it to. It doesn't have too many ads and they always pop up just before I set the timer so I don't have worry about it. While the song can be a bit annoying it is SO much better than some of the noises other timer apps make.