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Indie App Spotlight: ‘TimeWave’ helps you create flowing timers, all with a clean design

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TimeWave is a comprehensive timer app that lets you do a lot more than Apple’s stock Clock app can do. In short, it allows you to create flowing timers – allowing you to have back to back timers for sequential tasks. It allows you to easily focus on your work at hand.

Top features

First and foremost, TimeWave features a clean and simple design – and its been updated for Liquid Glass. The app’s interface is built around a black and white color scheme, with hints of Liquid Glass on buttons and menu elements. Liquid Glass really comes to life on its widgets, though.

Outside of the design, TimeWave is an incredibly robust timer app. Even without building out custom flowing timers, the app has a number of built in chain timer options, including meditation, pomodoro (for focus), 20-20-20 (to make you more aware of your screen usage), and more.

It also supports live activities for keeping you in the loop on your timers, and it offers Siri Shortcuts integration for building out workflows as you please. It’s on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

Download the app

TimeWave is available for free on the App Store for devices running iOS 17, macOS 14, watchOS 10, and later. In the free version, you’re limited to the built in timer flows featured in the app’s store.

To build your own completely custom flows, you’ll need TimeWave Premium, which is available for $1.99/month, $9.99/year, or $24.99/lifetime.

All in all, if you’re looking for a timer app that can handle everything you throw at it, TimeWave is a great choice.


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