# Talklight: Speaker Timer — Speech & Presentation Timer

> Speech & Presentation Timer (iPhone/iPad app by Shahriar Ahmed.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talklight-speaker-timer/id6816308040 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Shahriar Ahmed](https://appshunter.io/developer/1833402611)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talklight-speaker-timer/id6816308040/reviews.md

## What is Talklight?

Talklight keeps every talk on time. Set green, yellow and red at the minutes you choose, give the speaker a screen they can read from the back of the room, and run it from your seat

On stage
• Three looks: full-screen color, colored digits on black, or color only to use the screen as timing lights.
• Counts down or up. After time's up it stays red and counts the overrun as +m:ss.
• Tap anywhere to start. The controls fade while the clock runs and the screen stays awake.
• A touch lock ignores stray taps on the lectern.
• +1 and −1 move the end by a minute, and the color cues move with it. Touch and hold for 10 seconds, 30 seconds or 5 minutes.
• A progress bar with a mark at each cue, the time of day and a flash at zero, each of them optional.
• A chime or bell and a vibration at each cue. Sound follows the silent switch unless you tell it not to.
• A color-blind palette: blue, yellow and orange.

Timers
• Starts simple with three timers: a club speech, a lightning talk and a conference talk. Templates add evaluations, pitches, sermons and more in one tap.
• Add as many of your own as you like, from 5 seconds to 24 hours, each with its own cues, look and sound.
• Quick-start lengths from 1 to 20 minutes, any custom length, or a timer that ends at a clock time, such as 8:30.

For timekeepers
• Qualifying time windows with a grace period, judged in whole seconds: each run is marked qualified, under time or over time.
• History keeps every run with the speaker's name and the actual time.
• Share the day's timer's report as plain text in one tap, ready to read out at a speech club or paste into the group chat.

Control it from your seat
• Put an iPad on the lectern as the display and control it from your iPhone: start, pause, add time and move to the next speaker.
• The two devices connect to each other directly over Wi-Fi or peer-to-peer, with a four-digit code. No internet, no account, no server.
• If the link drops, the display keeps counting and the remote reconnects by itself.
• Message the speaker: "Please wrap up", "One minute left" or anything you type, with an optional blink to catch their eye.

Run of show
• Line up a meeting or a session with a timer and a name for each speaker.
• On stage, Next and Previous move through the lineup and "Up next" shows who follows.
• Every talk lands in History for the report.

On every screen
• TV or projector: connect an HDMI adapter or use AirPlay. The big screen shows only the clock while your device keeps the controls.
• Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
• Pocket alerts: lock your iPhone and put it away. A time-sensitive notification arrives at each color change, and an Apple Watch turns it into a tap on your wrist.

Built to be trusted
• Time is measured from the clock, not counted in ticks, so it stays right through rotation, locking and switching apps. A started run even survives the app being closed.
• Your timers and history stay on your devices. A second device connects to this one directly, never through a server.

Made for speech-club timekeepers, conference and event organizers, AV crews, pastors, teachers, debate coaches and anyone rehearsing a talk.

Talklight is free: every feature, no ads, no account, no subscription. If it has kept a talk on time, there is an optional tip jar. Tips unlock nothing.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A thank-you | $0.99 | one-time |
| Lunch | $4.99 | one-time |
| Coffee | $2.99 | one-time |
| A month on the App Store | $9.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-05

updated support and privacy policy link

### 1.0 — 2026-10-01

No release notes.

## More apps by Shahriar Ahmed

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All apps by Shahriar Ahmed: https://appshunter.io/developer/1833402611

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