Timer / Multiple Timers
Multiple Timers at Once — Shareable Dashboard
Add as many named timers as you need — each one is its own independent countdown, all shown together on one dashboard. Share the link and everyone sees the identical set of timers, all counting down together.
When one countdown isn't enough
Some situations need several clocks at once, each independent: a multi-dish meal where the potatoes, the roast and the sauce all finish at different times; an event with parallel stations each on its own schedule; exam sections with different lengths; or a kitchen, workshop or lab running a few processes side by side.
Add a named timer for each — they're shown together on one board and each counts down on its own, so finishing or removing one never disturbs the others. Then copy the link: whoever opens it sees the identical set of timers, each picking up from wherever it currently is, so a co-host or the rest of the kitchen can watch the same dashboard without you calling out times. There's no hard limit on how many you add, though a handful stays far easier to scan at a glance than a wall of twenty.
Naming and scanning several clocks at once
The limit on running many timers isn't technical, it's visual. Four or five countdowns can be read at a glance; a dozen becomes a wall of numbers that nobody parses under pressure, which defeats the point. If you find yourself past about six, it's usually a sign that some of them are really one sequence — a set of stages that happen in order — and would be clearer as a single chained agenda than as parallel clocks.
Names matter more here than anywhere else on this site. "Timer 3" tells you nothing when three things are about to finish; "Sauce", "Roast" and "Potatoes" can be read from across a kitchen. Put the thing you'll act on in the label, not the duration — you can already see the duration.
Because each timer's end time is encoded in the shared link along with the others, a co-host opening that link sees the same set at the same offsets. They don't need to be told what's already running, which is what makes this useful for a handover mid-session.
How to use the Multiple Timers
- Press Add timer for each clock you need, naming each one so they can be told apart at a glance.
- Give each timer its own duration — they run independently rather than sharing a single countdown.
- Press "Copy link to this set" to share every timer at once; the whole set travels in the one link.
- Use Clear all to reset the board between rounds, sessions or groups.
Common questions
- Independently — each timer you add has its own name and its own end time. Adding, removing, or finishing one has no effect on the others.
- The same mechanic as every other page here: each timer's end instant is encoded in the page's link. Copy the link after adding your timers, and anyone who opens it sees the identical set, each counting down from wherever it currently is.
- No hard limit, but a screen full of dozens of cards gets hard to scan — for most uses (cooking a multi-dish meal, running parallel breakout timers) a handful at once is the practical ceiling.
- Yes — each card has its own remove button; removing one leaves the rest of the set (and the shareable link) intact.