User Reviews: Board Game Timer

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  • Exactly what I needed except no way to disable sound!

    Would def give 5 stars if it had this option
  • Thanks!

    My only problem is that I’m having no luck connecting to customize.
    It’s a wonderful app.
  • One feature away from 5 stars

    I really love the ability to give someone a total time that’s counting down, not just a time-per-turn. It’s really nice for when we’re pressed for time. I also appreciate the ability to drag the timers to whatever position we want. The only thing I really want is the ability to have the timer move automatically from one player to the next.
  • Simply brilliant

    Incredible
  • Very nearly perfect

    This is almost exactly what I’ve been looking for. The only way to improve it would be to add a mode where when a player’s clock is stopped the next one starts automatically and you can’t just have all the clicks stopped. I’ll use this timer and get around it by saying that each player should, at the end of their turn, hit the next player’s clock. But that’s more confusing and it would be nice to be able to hit your own. Even better, in that mode there could be just a single button that everybody hits that moves it to the next player in order. That would make it like the old G8 Game Timer.
  • So good

    Very elegant and simple design. It would be great to have a list of what the overall time was as well, for example time during the game that no one was taking a turn etc. I’m very impressed with this timer though. Thank you!
  • It’s your turn!!! Hurry up!

    Great for board games. I downloaded a half dozen different apps looking for one like this. So glad I kept looking - this is exactly it!

    We like to “count up” instead of set a timer and we add a rule to all our games where the player with the shortest time gets a bonus (10 points) and the longest time pays a penalty (-10). Use with any game, but some lend themselves more easily to timing (Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, Catan, etc...)
  • Simple

    This is lacking the ability to move on to the next turn, as far as I can tell. Currently you have to wait for the timer to run down to zero before progressing to the next turn?
  • Simple and straightforward

    3 things would improve this significantly:

    1. Ability to select the colors in any order so that turns move logically from one player to the next from left to right.

    2. Ability to add names to each color.

    3. Ability to add time for each turn when in countdown mode (so that each turn adds another 20 seconds to the clock, for example.). Player order would be important for this.
  • Great timer!

    Great simple free timer to keep board games length in check for up to 8 players. Suggest adding an option to include names or initials to the player icons.

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