Dinner Pals: Kids Visual Timer

Dinner Pals is a visual timer for kids and toddlers that turns dinner, brushing teeth, bath time, tidy up, homework and even road trips into something they'll actually watch. A friendly pal slowly fills with colour as time runs down — so little kids can SEE time passing instead of being nagged.

Young children can't read clocks, and "ten more minutes" means nothing. A visual countdown timer makes time concrete — which is why visual timers are used in classrooms and by occupational therapists, and why parents of kids with ADHD or autism often find them life-changing for transitions.

ONE TIMER FOR EVERY ROUTINE • Dinner time — a meal timer that ends the "one more bite" battle • Sparkle time — a 2-minute toothbrush timer that makes brushing teeth fun • Bath & shower time — a gentle bath timer for the whole routine • Tidy up time — a clean-up and chore timer that beats the packing-up meltdown • Homework time — a calm study timer that helps them focus • Road trip — a little car drives the route, so "are we there yet?" answers itself • CUSTOM TIMERS — build your own! Name it, pick exactly which pals appear, and set any time. Reading time, piano practice, screen-time turns — yours.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Pick what you're doing and wind up the dial — or tap to type an exact time
2. Your child picks their pal
3. The pal fills with colour as the minutes pass — half the time gone, half full
4. Full pal = all done. Sparkles, confetti and a happy cheer!

WHY PARENTS LOVE IT • A visual timer for kids they watch instead of ignore • 11 friendly colour-in pals — let them pick their buddy • Make-your-own custom timers with a hand-picked cast • Grown-ups-only lock so a tap can't stop the timer • No ads. Kid-safe. No nagging, no battles — just colour.

GREAT FOR • Toddlers, preschoolers and big kids • Morning routines, bedtime routines and screen-time turns • Fussy eaters, slow brushers and tidy-up avoiders • ADHD, autism and neurodivergent kids who think in pictures, not minutes — a gentle transition timer and visual schedule helper

Try it free — everyone gets a couple of free timers, and every pal is free for everyone. A one-time unlock (no subscription) then opens unlimited timers and the colouring book, yours forever.

No ads. No accounts. Nothing for little ones to break. Just calmer routines.

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