# Countdown: Big Timer & Clock — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of Countdown by BitBit Apps, rated 4.10/5 from 41 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countdown-big-timer-and-clock/id582556043/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countdown-big-timer-and-clock/id582556043.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (14 of 63) ### 4/5 — Slick and simple app *2020-08-04* Would love the ability to expand it into 6 digit format and the ability to have multiple timers open at the same time! LMK, would love to keep using! ### 4/5 — Great Timer *2020-07-07* This a great timer only fault I find is that it would be great to change background colours as well Please sort it out!! ### 4/5 — Good Simple App *2020-01-11* The features are intuitive and function as expected. As others have said it would be nice to lengthen/selectable horn sound to ensure that you done miss it or ensure event has stopped. Also would be nice to be able to control from the Apple Watch. Overall super simple and worth the money. ### 5/5 — Great for presentations *2019-12-09* As a teacher, I use this app to show students how much time they have for their presentations. It empowers them to pace themselves and keeps me from breaking their concentration and flow by indicating how much time is left. ### 5/5 — Perfect for TV studio *2019-11-29* We use this app to keep our “on screen personalities” from going overtime for their show segments. Of course, we don’t use the horn, but the flashing indicators are very helpful! Perfect for the tv studio! ### 5/5 — Very good app, thank you *2018-10-30* Best timer ever! I like the font and UX of this simple app. And use it for agile meetings with all my teams:) ### 4/5 — Just one thing.... *2018-08-23* It works. It’s great....but there’s no standard white number option. Only colors. And being really critical....a negative count-up clock after time has expired would be optimal. Example: White countdown numbers that turn to red upon 00:00, then count-up clock to show post expiration time. **Developer response:** You can press and hold the timer option (in the clock/timer/stopwatch selector) to choose count-up behavior ### 5/5 — Instant classic *2018-06-10* This app’s simplicity and balanced, ergonomic interface give it full 5-Star approval. Handy for two bucks. ### 5/5 — Exactly. what I was looking for. *2017-12-07* Bright, easy to read, convenient, and it is just the exact app I need and want. Countdown, Stopwatch, and Clock with a large viewing screen with optional colors AND an audible alarm by horn or by chime. Easy to set and reset. Congratulations on a well designed and executed app. Thank You for a very easy to use and functional timing app. I would have paid more to have this on my phone. ### 4/5 — Good basic timer *2017-11-25* Good timer with simple setup. Kind of expensive being it's simple timer to start with. Would have liked more variation of sounds. My main request would be an option for the alarm to keep repeating itself instead of going off just once (in case you miss it the 1st time). Hope I see future updates improving on this. ### 5/5 — Perfect and Easy! *2017-11-01* I searched a very long time for a timer that had a large display and very clean appearance. No clutter at all. I just needed something I could set for any time and have it count down to zero. This answered the call! Easy to reset to the starting time again with one tap. Adjustable color and option to stay silent at zero are great! Thanks for making this timer (that is also a great clock and stopwatch) that is large, simple, and easy to use! The $2 is worth it to finally end the search for the perfect solution. All the other developers made their apps look fancy. This one just focused on being very functional. Yay! ### 5/5 — Just what I wanted! *2017-05-30* Totally worth the $2! Perfect for what I wanted. Easy to use, just enough choices to be really useful. Fills the whole screen with the countdown, you can choose from 5 colors, you can have the screen flash for the last 5 seconds or not, final sound can be an air horn or a perfectly non-obnoxious chime, or no sound. Resets with one button. Absolutely perfect to replace those silly games and timers that always get stuck and are easy to miss when they've run out. I think it can also count up it be a clock too but that's not what I use it for so I didn't look into those features. ### 5/5 — SIMPLY PERFECT!!! *2017-04-09* If you want a perfectly simple countdown timer that fills your sideways phone’s screen, is extremely easy to read, has a very clear font, great color selection, a perfectly audible non-obnoxious sound (I LOVE the Chime!!!), Has a very easy to use smart and simplistic interface, is perfectly easy to restart (without even leaving the timer screen)… THEN THIS IS FOR YOU! This could not have served my need any better! I am very glad that I bought it! ### 4/5 — Clock, Timer and Stopwatch - 3 in 1! *2016-12-28* Large, clear to read, and a format that changes depending on the time count makes this app fantastic, and worth the money. Though it would be nice for the clock to have a few extra functions - options to show the seconds, and for a 24 hour clock? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad! *2020-07-06, version 2.7.1* My phone heats up and has slowed way down since installing. DO NOT get this app! ### 1/5 — Okay, but not worth $2 *2016-10-01* It works okay, but it's not worth $2. For that price, I should be able to select the sound it plays (your only choices for sound are air horn or no sound). It also displays time only in the am/pm format. There are free options that allow you to pick the time format. ### 1/5 — This is useless *2015-10-19, version 2.4.2* I couldn't get this to time anything but 1 minute. I need a five or ten minute timer, as a minumum. What good is that? ### 1/5 — Does not work *2015-08-03, version 2.4.1* The first time I tried to use this app, I used an HDMI hardwired connection to a TV monitor. The screen was rotated 180°. I did try to use it with Apple TV but got the same result. I needed it for one use, tech support didn't get back to me until after I needed to use it. Needless to say, I bought a better app from another developer. ### 2/5 — Countdown *2015-08-14, version 2.4.2* Nice app, but not worth $2.00. Worth only $1.00. Reasons - only 2 alarms offered, not able to set the colors of each mode independently different - cannot change view, must use landscape no portrait. The value is not what is expected - again => only worth $1.00 at most as presently configured. ### 3/5 — Can’t find advanced features *2025-06-27* Nice app, does exactly what I want - except, I want to show elapsed time after the countdown has ended. This is listed as an advanced feature, but I can’t see where to select any of these. **Developer response:** You can double-tap or press-and-hold the Timer icon on the settings screen to toggle that option. ### 3/5 — This is a good app but the clock is missing seconds *2022-10-14* Dear developer can you also add seconds , whenever I look at the time I can see is missing seconds please Please ### 3/5 — Full screen with countdown, stopwatch & Clock *2020-03-30* Love that it is full screen and works perfect on both iPhone and iPad up to 12”. Can customize colors, sounds and counter display. The air horn ending sound needs to be of higher quality. The chime option is also pretty low. Wish there was a beep chime for the last 3 seconds. Wish the flash didn’t flash white but flash the color that you have set for your clock. Screen stays on when in use but if U have a 30 second timer and it ends, U change or setup your next exercise, the screen then shuts off where U have to unlock phone again. I would like option to have app prevent screen from shutting off when app open for quicker access to start. This app has a solid foundation, I do see that there is room for some small improvements. Keep up with the updates !! ### 3/5 — Good *2019-10-03* An update is needed. It can’t be quit on 12.4 ### 3/5 — All-right, all-right *2017-05-14* Not too bad an idea, this timer. Perfect for counting down timing on public speeches. Two knocks would be the price (1) and the fact that I cannot choose background/flash color (2). ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Brilliant Sports Countdown Timer *2024-12-17* Really useful countdown timer. I would love to see the airhorn as an option to start a countdown for our sports events not just the finish of the countdown. Can you add this option soon please? ### 5/5 — Great, simple look and feeling, but… *2024-06-12* …please add European clock format (24h) as well. Currently, afternoon Tine is Displaydesign as e.g. 2:45, inständig of 14:45. Thanks **Developer response:** 2.9.0, released today, honors the system preference for a 12- or 24-hour clock display ### 5/5 — App works well *2024-04-24* The app does just what I would expect ### 5/5 — Works great *2023-12-23* Wish it could actually count down to a date and time. Eg could down to an apple event on a certain date and at a certain time. ### 5/5 — Taskmaster clock *2022-04-24* For anyone who loves the show Taskmaster, this is the exact same app Little Alex Horne uses as a timer. ### 5/5 — Super App! *2022-04-05* I really love it as an clock on my desk during work on TV productions. Would be nice if the gray menue button etc could be fully hidden by a touch somewhere. Also it would be nice if the white Iphone switchbar could be fully hidden. ### 5/5 — Great countdown *2021-05-11* I was looking for an app that worked like the one Alex Horne uses on the fantastic TV show Taskmaster. This doesn't just look like that app, *it is* that app, perfect! 😄 ### 5/5 — Great simple timer app *2020-11-09* Perfect fir meetings, workouts and anything where you need a big clear countdown clock ### 5/5 — Finally! *2020-05-07* I’m a PE teacher and I’ve been looking for this timer! Big display and Simple to use! ### 5/5 — Great app but *2019-12-29* Great app. Does what was expected and what I need. But I wish when you exit the app you can still see the timer in other apps or on the home screen. I give speeches and would love to be able to see it in the pages app to know how much time I have left. Other than that. A solid app **Developer response:** Glad you like the app! The latest version added support for slide-over and split-view on iPad, so you can use it side-by-side with other apps. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*