Chronoplan - Timers

No sound when app open only sound when app runs in background. Can’t figure out why

I just rediscovered how excellent Chronoplan is. For the $2.99 in-app purchase, you get extra sounds and unlimited timers and groups. Plus, it is also a count-up timer, and you can have it count-down to a specific date and time. Plus, for those who are visually impaired, it works great with VoiceOver. Deserves 5 stars for sure!

The old version of this program allowed for retroactively changing a timer’s time backward or forward. This one does not, and it is a badly needed as an option. With that, this would be a 5 star app.

Just returned [again] from a ways back, to find an update has been recently released and waiting — good timing [again]! Anyway, the short of it is: This app, other versions included, is one we’ll have been using for a long time already. It’s great for differential t field detection, relativistic tracking, etc. As I recall, some versions or renditions of app lose or have lost valuable non-core features, but the developer is fairly reliable, and improves and re-adds functionality occasionally. Recommended. [Prev.: Strangely, thought I’d previously reviewed this app prior to now — I’ve apparently already purchased the app unlock on this account — but maybe I’ll have done the review later, or something? Odd. Nobody but us really reads these things, anyway. Chronmark ref JD 2457419.68707 EoT -13.451 min.]

The current version (unlike the old) does not allow you to adjust the timers backwards and forwards as needed. This is a critical piece for my use-case. I don’t know why this functionality was stripped out? I would otherwise give this app a 5-star rating, but with this missing feature that used to be available, it has become all but useless for me, unfortunately. If this piece can be re-added (please please please), I would be very grateful.

Love this app! I use it daily for work and exercising. While in a lot of ways it is better than the old version, I miss that I can't customize how many times each alert rings for each timer. This is invaluable to me. Being able to make certain timers two or three chimes enables me to know which timer I'm up to without taking my phone out. I don't understand why that can't be added.

We cannot get notifications working on the Apple Watch. No alarm or vibration on the watch only the phone

Both need widgets in notifications. Thanks!

Edit: 6/8/16 There are two features in the old Chronology app I wish would be added into this one. 1) The ability to reset a timer automatically when a timer finishes. 2) When a timer finishes, begin the next timer. It perplexes me why some features are in one app and not in the other when those features do not conflict functionality. Although I have not tested it more thoroughly, it appears that the alarms "fire" as they should. __________________________ But there is one more that needs to be looked over. The biggest problem that I used to have was that you could not move between sets of timers. It looks like now you can do that because all the timers on one page. Also, if you close the app then your timers would stop. It appears now that you can close the app in the background and the timers will still continue to run and beep. For me, the only thing left is the ability to move timers within groups. The inability to move within groups is a very frustrating prospect. Hopefully, this can be rectified in the future. 9/18/2015- EDIT There are new issues now that are causing problems for proper usage of this app. One of the major problems is that it doesn't always "fire" at the times that supposed to do so. It could be in the background or it could be out of view. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work. I never know when it will actually work. This is a MAJOR issue. Another issue is the fact that the Notifications screen keeps coming up when I start the app. It tells me that I have to set Notifications, which I have already done, yet the message keeps coming up. I'm not sure how to make it stop. I don't know if this is a bug, if it needs an update, or if it will even be addressed. For these reasons, I have to lower the amount of stars that I originally gave the update. As it is, I cannot guarantee its reliability.

Trust me, I test many to find the best, and this is definitely it! It's simplistic, attractive, clutter free, has multiple timers which can be grouped, and the time turns red after the alarm goes off and counts up. I use vibrate without sound. Like that you're not forced to click a notification pop up like many others have. There's a setting for "big button" or something so that you can click anywhere on the row to start/stop instead of being taken to the timer editing screen. After this app replaced the previous similar app it was missing some features of the old one that were key for me, the author was quick to respond. And YAY, the developer responded to my pleas and the update is awesome.