Free presentation timer
A presentation timer that floats over your slides.
Set your talk length, float the timer and start your slideshow. It stays on top of PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote, turns amber when it's time to wrap up and red when you're over. Keep it on your screen as a speaker timer, or share it so the audience sees it too.
Lightning talk
10 min
Open it as a window and share just that window from the call, or go full screen on a second display. In Chrome or Edge on a computer it can also float on top of everything you share.
SpaceStart or pause+ / −A minute more or lessRResetPPop outFFull screen
What are you timing?
Make it yours
Midnight
Digits
Progress
Floating window
When time runs low
Turn amber with this much left
So whoever is talking knows to wrap up. Turns shorter than that warn at a third of their time.
How to time a presentation.
- 1Set your timePick a countdown for the talk, or an agenda with the talk and the questions as separate items.
- 2Float itPress Float over my screen and drag the window to where you'll see it: a corner of your slides, or next to your speaker notes.
- 3Start your slideshowRun the slideshow as usual. If it covers the timer, play it in a window instead (in PowerPoint: Set Up Slide Show, Browsed by an individual), or present from presenter view with the timer next to your notes.
- 4Start the clockPress Start, or Space, as you begin. Amber means wrap up; red, with the minutes over, means you've run past your slot.
Four timers, one floating window.
Switch between them at the top of the timer. Each one remembers its own minutes, names and items.
Countdown
One block of time: a focus session, a workshop exercise, a break, a talk. Amber near the end, red past zero.
Agenda
A timer for every item, with what's next on screen. Press Next when an item ends early; the rail shows what's done.
Standup
Names in speaking order, shuffled every round if you like. Everyone gets the same turn, and the next name is always showing.
Stopwatch
Counts up with no limit, for open-ended sessions: you'll know exactly how long that brainstorm took.
Make it look like it's yours.
It's on everyone's screen for the whole meeting, so it might as well look good. Pick a look, a typeface and how it shows progress.
- Design review24:59
Bold
- Ava01:12
Serif
- Lightning talk04:30
Thin
- Retro09:41
Mono
- 1:115:00
Paper
- Your gradient30:00
Your colors
Floats over everything
Pop it out and it stays on top of your slides, your editor and the call, in Chrome and Edge. Drag it anywhere, resize it from the edges.
Ten looks, or your own
Gradients, Forgot blue, Midnight, Paper, Terminal, or pick your own color or gradient. The text color adjusts so it stays readable.
Four typefaces
Bold, thin, mono or serif digits, sized to fill whatever window it's in, from a corner of your screen to a wall display.
Progress your way
A bar along the bottom, a wash that drains behind the digits, a ring next to them, or nothing at all.
Buttons that get out of the way
While it runs, the controls fade until you move the mouse, so the shared screen shows only the time.
Keyboard first
Space starts and pauses, N moves on, plus and minus add or take a minute, R resets, P pops it out, F goes full screen.
Shows when it ends
“Ends 10:45 AM” in the corner, worked out from what's left of every item, so the room knows when it's free.
A link for the team
Copy a link with every setting in it, so whoever runs tomorrow's meeting opens the same timer, names and look.
A speaker timer only you can see.
On a call, the timer is in your share only when you share your entire screen. Share just the slideshow window and the timer stays yours: you see the minutes, your audience sees the slides.
In a room with a projector, drag the floating window onto your laptop screen and keep the slideshow on the projector. Nobody in the room sees the clock but you.
How long should a talk be?
Lightning talks are usually five minutes, conference talks 20 to 45, and a sprint demo five to ten minutes a team. Whatever the slot, rehearse once with the timer running: most talks run long the first time.
In a team meeting, leave a third of the time for questions and time them separately: an agenda with Talk and Questions shows when to stop presenting and start listening.
The meeting that runs best is the one everyone can make.
Forgot shows the whole team's time off, public holidays and on-call on one board, so you book the meeting on a day people are in, not the week half the team is away.
Try it free for 14 daysMore for meetings: the meeting cost calculator has a live ticker that floats over your screen share the same way, the retrospective games come with timed agendas, and the 1:1 questions fill the time you saved.
Questions
How do I add a countdown timer to a PowerPoint presentation?
You don't need to put it in the deck. Float this timer over the slideshow: it stays on top of PowerPoint, and on a call it's in your share when you share your entire screen. Nothing to add to every slide, nothing to update when the deck changes.
Will the timer stay on top of a full-screen slideshow?
Usually, since it floats above other windows. If your slideshow covers it, run the slideshow in a window, present from presenter view, or move the timer to the other display.
Can I see the timer without the audience seeing it?
Yes. On a call, share only the slideshow window: the floating timer stays on your side. In a room, keep the timer on your laptop screen and the slides on the projector.
Can I time the talk and the questions separately?
Yes. Pick Agenda and add two items, say Talk for 20 minutes and Questions for 10. Press Next when you finish early, and the questions get the time you saved.
Does it work with Google Slides and Keynote?
Yes. The timer floats over any app, so it works with Google Slides, Keynote, PowerPoint and anything else you present from. Google Slides' presenter view opens in its own window, which leaves room for the timer next to your notes.