# Gentle Timer: Visual Countdown

> Pomodoro, study, focus & kids

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6738017755](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6738017755)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6738017755`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** JOHNNY LI
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (356 ratings)
- **Version:** 12.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-21
- **First published:** 2024-11-23
- **Size:** 203 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gentle-timer-visual-countdown/id6738017755)
- **Website:** [http://gentletimer.com/](http://gentletimer.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://gentletimer.com/privacy](http://gentletimer.com/privacy)

## Description

**Gentle Timer** is a calming visual countdown app for Pomodoro study sessions, focused work, kids’ routines, workouts, cooking, breathing and everyday tasks. Choose adorable animated characters, dreamy backgrounds, relaxing music and gentle completion sounds while the timer guides you through each moment.

Use Pomodoro, Interval, Focus, Multi-Timer, Presets, Stopwatch and Breathing modes, plus helpful tools like a counter, dice, spinner and scientific calculator. Customize characters, backgrounds, effects, encouragement messages and haptics—or create your own designs from drawings and photos. With Lock Screen support, Live Activities, Dynamic Island updates and Apple Watch compatibility, Gentle Timer makes time feel calmer, friendlier and more enjoyable. Free to use with no ads or subscriptions, with an optional one-time unlock for additional content and creative tools.

## Rankings

- #84,085 — Overall
- #76 — countdown

## Review summary

Overall, users praise Gentle Timer for its cute, visually rich interface, playful animations, and easy, no-frills operation. The clock is highly customizable with a wide range of art, backgrounds, and music options, and it’s kid-friendly and classroom-friendly. The most recurring downsides are the lack of landscape/iPad support, limited timer precision (seconds only in 10-second steps), and the timer stopping when the screen is off or phone is silent. Some also want more free options and features like a global view or goals. Despite these, many feel it’s well worth a download for the charm it adds to timing tasks.

### Pros

- Cute visuals and playful, visually appealing animations.
- Easy to set up and use; no-frills interface.
- Rich customization with lots of art, backgrounds, and countdown sounds/music.
- Kid-friendly and classroom-friendly design.
- High-quality, gentle sounds and overall polished audiovisual design.

### Cons

- Seconds display/precision issues: countdown seconds are not always shown and are limited to 10-second increments in some cases.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6738017755)