# Presentation Clock

> Customizable, color-coded presentation timer with optional alerts. (iPhone/iPad app by Shawn Welch.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/presentation-clock/id391324914 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Shawn Welch](https://appshunter.io/developer/356187276)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: $0.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 96 App Store ratings · 103 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2010-09-19
- Data updated: 2026-09-18
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/presentation-clock/id391324914/reviews.md

## What is Presentation Clock?

This app does one thing but it does it extremely well.  If you give presentations, training, tutorials, or speak publicly, this app is for you.  Beautifully animated, with large, easy to read numbers that change colors at thresholds you determine.  When the timer hits 0:00, the colors invert (black on red) and continue counting up indicating how long you've gone over.  Fully customizable options and simple touch controls

* Create and save as many timers as you want
* Set time limits for color warnings to change the clock to green, yellow and red
* Timers can be configured to give audible and/or vibration alerts when crossing a time limit threshold—but if you want a completely silent countdown, thats ok too :)

## Key features

- Customizable color thresholds
- Large, easy-to-read display
- Count up after zero
- Audible and vibration alerts
- Create and save multiple timers
- Simple touch controls

## Chart rankings

- #184 in Top Paid · Utilities (US App Store)

## What do users think of Presentation Clock?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple, intuitive interface requiring no instructions
- 📱 Large, highly visible display readable from distance
- 🎨 Color-coded time warnings (green/yellow/red) easy to see peripherally
- ⏱️ Counts up after time expires showing overage duration
- 🔧 Customizable preset timers for different time allotments
- 🎯 Excellent for presentations, speeches, and public speaking
- 💰 Affordable pricing (99 cents)
- 📺 Works in both portrait and landscape orientations
- 🔒 Keeps screen unlocked during timer operation
- ⚡ Lightweight app with small memory footprint

**Cons**

- 🐛 App crashes and becomes unusable after recent updates
- 🐛 Display shows blank screen or missing numbers in newer iOS versions
- 👆 Touch targets for pause/reset buttons too small and inconsistent
- 🎨 Seven-segment LED font difficult to read from distance
- 🎨 Green and yellow colors hard to distinguish for colorblind users
- 🔄 Inconsistent UI behavior with tap-to-pause appearing/disappearing
- 📺 Secondary display output cuts off on left side with external monitors
- ⚠️ Timer continues running unless manually reset
- 🔔 Intrusive rating prompts appear when app not in use
- 🐛 Timer list items jump around when editing

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on launch or during use
- Numbers/display not visible on screen (blank/black screen)
- Incompatibility with iOS 8, 9, and newer versions
- Tap targets for controls too small and hard to activate
- Tap-to-pause label inconsistently appears and disappears
- Secondary display output misaligned on external monitors
- Timer list items reorder unexpectedly during editing
- App doesn't respond to taps or pinches
- Display cutoff on left side when using external displays
- App fails to work on iPad mini and some iPad models

**Most requested features**

- Apple Watch companion app support
- Ability to name individual timer presets
- More than three time warning segments
- Count-up mode option (instead of countdown)
- Background timer functionality with notifications
- Option to disable sound during color threshold changes
- Floating/picture-in-picture window for multitasking
- Synchronized timers across multiple iOS devices
- Visual progress bar or thermometer showing time used
- Larger, more accessible plus/minus buttons
- Real-time clock display alongside countdown
- Ability to set timer to end at specific clock time
- Fourth or additional time warning period
- Swipe gestures for time adjustment

## Recent user reviews (10 of 103)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/presentation-clock/id391324914/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great simplistic timer

*2025-08-19*

I have been using this for over 10 years and it always works perfectly. I can easily read the numbers, either landscape or portrait. I love that it changes color when I hit a preset.   I hope that it never gets an update because it is awesome as it is. I’m a preacher and have various uses for it in different settings with different time allotments.  I recommend it to all my preacher friends.

### 5/5 — Easy and simple to use

*2025-05-17, version 2.0.1*

Love this app it does what I need it to do, simple to set up and helps me to stay on time.

### 1/5 — Review

*2025-03-21, version 2.0.1*

Not user friendly not able to use at all

### 1/5 — It doesn’t work

*2024-04-13, version 2.0.1*

When I try to use the app, it shuts down. Unusable.

### 1/5 — Crashing

*2023-11-24, version 2.0.1*

Crashing

### 5/5 — Best timer I found

*2023-04-07*

I looked for a while to find a simple timer. I use it all the time in meetings and events. If it’s a simple purpose built timer that you need this one is great.

### 5/5 — Very good app

*2021-12-09, version 2.0.1*

I like that you can make infinite timers

### 5/5 — Extremely useful app!

*2021-05-25*

Whenever I use this at a conference, people ask me “Where did you get that?!” Of course, I got it on the App Store for next to nothing. Highly recommended for iPad as a conference timer, or for iPhone as a personal speaking timer,

### 5/5 — Presentation clock

*2020-09-29*

Big, bright colors, clear, makes this so useful

### 3/5 — Needs concept of Minimum Time (green)

*2020-08-24, version 2.0.1*

I was hoping this would be useful for Toastmasters speeches. However it is not geared for that purpose  in its present form. In timing Toastmaster speeches, there is the concept of minimum time (eg 1 minute, green), warning time (eg 1:30, yellow) and End Time (eg 2:00, blinking red) and End of grace period or disqualified time (eg 2:30 solid red).

## Frequently asked questions about Presentation Clock

### What does the Presentation Clock app do?

This app functions as a highly visible and customizable timer specifically designed for public speaking and presentations. It features large numbers that change color at user-defined time thresholds, helping presenters stay on track. The timer can also count up past the set limit to indicate how much time has been exceeded.

### How can I customize the timer?

You can fully customize the timer by setting specific time limits for color warnings to change the clock to green, yellow, and red. Additionally, timers can be configured to provide audible alerts or vibration feedback when crossing a time limit threshold, or remain completely silent if preferred.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the Presentation Clock app is available for free. It does not feature in-app purchases or advertisements, offering a distraction-free experience for users.

### Who is this app intended for?

This app is ideal for anyone who gives presentations, conducts training sessions, delivers tutorials, or speaks publicly. Its clear visual cues and customizable alerts are designed to assist speakers in managing their time effectively.

### Can I save multiple timers?

Yes, the app allows you to create and save as many timers as you need. This is useful for managing different segments of a presentation or for recurring speaking engagements with varying time requirements.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.1 — 2016-09-21

+ Minor Bug Fixes

### 2.0 — 2016-09-15

Love the app? Support welcome at http://cash.me/$Shawn

Presentation Clock is back and modernized for the latest iPhones, iPads, and iOS versions! 

+ Modernized look and feel
+ Optimized for all iOS Devices through iPhone 7+
+ Name and reorganize timers
+ Timers can go longer than 99 mins!

### 1.1.2 — 2012-05-14

+ Minor Update for Retina Display iPad

### 1.1.1 — 2011-03-03

+ Fixed crash on 3.2.x devices
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+ Improved iPad and Retina Display graphics
+ External display support of timer using TV Out Adapter. TV Out support for timer is only available on iOS devices with retina display and the iPad.


Note: The external display only outputs the timer screen when a timer is paused or running. You should have the external display connected before selecting a timer on your list.

### 1.1.0 — 2011-02-24

+ Improved iPad and Retina Display graphics
+ External display support of timer using TV Out Adapter.  TV Out support for timer is only available on iOS devices with retina display and the iPad.

Note: The external display only outputs the timer screen when a timer is paused or running.  You should have the external display connected before selecting a timer on your list.

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