# Board Game Timer

> Board

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1059796958](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1059796958)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1059796958`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sublab Games ApS
- **Category:** Board
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-09
- **First published:** 2015-11-26
- **Size:** 124 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/board-game-timer/id1059796958)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://purup.com/boardgametimer/privacy.html](https://purup.com/boardgametimer/privacy.html)

## Description

When heavy thinking stalls your board game, let Board Game Timer call out those snail's pacing players and give them a friendly nudge.

Keeps track of up to 8 players in 3 modes:
Count up - simply count up each player's time, no stress!
- or -
Count down - set a time limit for each player
- or -
Time per turn - set a maximum time per turn.

Customize, name and rearrange your pawns to match your board game setup. 

And it has a dice to pick a random starting player too!

Official timer for the German Board Game Championship
for Teams: https://www.dmmib.de/

## Rankings

- #257,342 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise Board Game Timer for its clean design, board-game focus, and ability to handle up to eight players with flexible timing. The main drawbacks across multiple reviews are the lack of automatic turn advancement and limited customization for player names/colors/order. Many users would like an auto-next mode and easier labeling/reordering of players. Overall, it’s seen as a strong, versatile timer with several popular feature requests still unmet.

### Pros

- Clean, elegant, and simple interface.
- Strong board-game focus with multi-player support (up to 8 players).
- Flexible timing options, including a total countdown timer and draggable timers to reposition players.
- Widely regarded as exactly what board gamers were looking for.

### Cons

- No automatic next-turn feature; requires manual switching or waiting for the timer to reach zero.
- Limited player labeling/ordering options; cannot easily add names or reorder colors to reflect player order.
- Users have requested additional features (auto-next mode, single-button next, etc.) that are not yet implemented.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1059796958)