4 3/4 Stars one thing missing
I so wanted to give this 5 stars, but it is missing on thing for me..... a countdown timmer to the stat of a routine. It would be awesome if there was a countdown timer that could be set so that you had time to get into position for the start of your routine. For example there is a routine I am starting that uses Tabata intervals; the first excersise in jump rope. By the time that I start the timer and get the jump rope in position to start jumping the first 20 seconds is just about over. I would live to be able to set the initial countdown timer so that i had a few seconds to get into position fior my first excersise.
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Perfect for CrossFit!
I was about to do the CrossFit Endurance WOD today and then thought that I had better check iTunes for an app of some kind that would make it easier for me to be made aware of my intervals (you know, instead of looking down at my watch every half second). The WOD today is a 5-30 sec pathways WOD and it would be a huge pain to look down at my watch for this. This app is perfect, simple, yet effective. It comes with 4 prepared timers, one of which (the most important in my opinion) is a tabata timer. You can easily program your own timers too, as is the case w/the 5-30 WOD. What's great is that if you are doing your workouts in an atmosphere that makes it difficult to hear your alarms, you can set colors to them for a visual cue. All in all, I am extremely pleased w/this app! Now, time to hit that WOD! 3, 2, 1, GO!!!!
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Great for irregular interval training
A very intuitive program that is really going to aid my workouts. The program needs a copy and paste feature for repeating a single interval without repeating the whole workout. It took me over 40 mins to program a full (1 hour) workout routine with breaks and irregular intervals. I program in all of my warm up, workout, and stretching exercises including the rest in between sets. The UltraTimer also crashed quite a few times while I was setting it up. With an update, this will be a great help for me in the gym and by far the best timer app!
Great update!! Now I will give it 5 stars. Great job with the copy/paste!
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2.0 Upgrade brings attractive new look, but music muting is a mistake.
I use UltraTimer on an almost daily basis either by myself or with my trainer. It has become an essential tool in my fitness program. The new look in Version 2.0 is excellent, much cleaner than before. I would only suggest that the set number appear in larger print as determining what set you are on from a few feet away can be difficult.
The decision to mute music when sounding the alarm is more problematic. It detracts from the music and is extremely jarring. During a 4 minute Tabata set, music is muted 16 times so why play it at all! Muting should at a minimum be a preference. And speaking of music, why not take advantage of OS 3.0's ability to allow apps to select playlists and control music directly from within the app? This would be a super addition to UltraTimer, and coupled with eliminating music muting allow me to add a couple of stars to my rating.
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Love the new version!
I've been using this for cardio interval workouts for a few months. The new version lets you pause on the screen--very handy. I also like the LARGE numbers counting down on the screen now-- no looking for reading glasses to see how much time is left.
UltraTimer
This timer is exactly what I need for interval training on the treadmill. I gave it 4 start instead of 5 because, as others have noted, it crashed *a lot* during set up. Not really a big problem, just annoying. Otherwise, it is great and well worth the $1.99 for my purposes.
Data lost
I have been using this for a while so I had many timers inputted. All of a sudden all of my data was deleted. All of the time it took me to input my timers is now lost. Good idea for a program but very unstable. This would crash on me often. Also, the screen needed to stay on, if it turned off then the timer would hang up and the sound would not play, the time would not continue either. As soon as I turned the screen back on it would play the sound and the time would resume.
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Don't blame the tool
I've been using ultratimer for 2 months now. HIIT is a breeze. It has never crashed because I update everything properly. The crashing is due to people overloading their iPhones. Also I've never lost any data. Great app. Wish I could download intervals but other than that it's the best app for interval training.
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Potentially good app, but really bad sound quality
I was quite happy with ChainTimer, yet bought this one because I wanted more sounds. --- More sounds it has (and the option to record your own is great), but the sound quality is horrific! Some are more like modulated noise. Very disappointed. Also a bit buggy (e.g. colour picker "previews" are all empty white boxes), but basic functionality is promising (copy/paste of timer segments).
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Almost there...
This is a really nice app with a lot of thought and features. It fits my needs to a "t". I would gladly give it 5 stars (or more) if the darn thing didn't crash so much when I am trying to set up a new series. I hope that the developer can figure out what it causing this problem.
