Toastmaster Timer

Hoping for an update to get this to work again. Update: Working perfectly again! Thank you to the developer for continuing to support the app. Changed my rating to 5 stars to reflect the update. This is the best timer app for Toastmasters and all types of timed activities. Simple yet effective.

Emphasis on was. The app no longer works - crashes every time I try to open it.

Just thought I’d add this review to give its current usability. It crashes when I open it. I get to see the screen for about one second then it crashes. So I will be deleting it.

Seems like it would be a good app, but it just crashes after showing the splash screen on the latest OS.

Crashes after upgrade to latest iOS

Decent app when I first got it, but it has since stopped working on my phone. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but it no longer opens.

Last week I was called on the fly to fill in for an absence and be Timer for the first time. I tried using my phone’s default stopwatch timer, and I found I was nervously paying more attention to the phone and making sure I didn’t miss my prompt to let the speakers know what color stage their speech had reached. Today I used this app instead, and it was amazing! Thanks to the brief vibration and the clear color changes on my screen, I was able to enjoy everyone’s speeches while still being on point with my duties. Edit to add: the custom time options is also excellent, and super easy to use. Thank you!

This is a great timer! I use it for Toastmasters AND cooking. Love it.

Edit: Version 1.4.1 completely eliminated the color changing screen! At least on my iPhone 6+, making this app worthless. Adding ADVERTISING which steals my expensive cellphone data is offensive. I guess Derrick Ho has spoken. Sad. If I still had my Apple Developer Kit, I'd write y'all a FREE program to just time speakers and pop up colors. That's all we need! Ho had it almost right, then he went crazy on us here. Bummer. Previous versions: Nagging for review loses a star. Pretty good. A couple of places are confusing and don't start the timer when you'd think it would. Hosed a couple of speakers. Nice that it disables the screen-off. Nice that it has multiple quick options for the basic speeches, table topics, evaluations. Nice that it's customizable. Fix the confusing bits, stop nagging, and this could be a 5-star app.

I think the interface could be a little prettier but it works well.