Free standup timer
A standup timer that picks the order and keeps it short.
Paste your team's names, shuffle the speaking order and give everyone a turn of their own. The timer shows who's talking, who's next and how long they've got, floating over your screen share so the whole team sees it. Fifteen minutes stays fifteen minutes.
Ava
1 of 6
Next: Ethan
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 pauseNNext+ / −A minute more or lessRResetPPop outFFull screen
What are you timing?
Make it yours
Sunset
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 run a standup with a timer.
- 1Add your teamType the names or paste a list from Slack, a spreadsheet or the calendar invite: one per line, or separated by commas.
- 2Pick a turn lengthSomewhere between 60 and 120 seconds a person keeps a team of eight under 15 minutes.
- 3Float it and share your screenPress Float over my screen, then share your entire screen in Zoom, Google Meet or Teams so everyone sees who's up.
- 4Start the roundWith New random order on, every round starts with a fresh shuffle. Press Next (or N) when someone finishes early, and the next name comes up.
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.
Why a random speaking order works.
When the order never changes, people know when they're up and tune out until then, and the same person always goes first. A shuffled order keeps everyone listening, and putting it on screen means nobody has to ask who's next.
It also spreads the awkward first slot around. Going first on a Monday is hard; going first once a week is fine.
How long should a standup take?
Fifteen minutes is the usual ceiling. Divide it by the people on the call and keep a minute or two spare: eight people get about 90 seconds each, twelve get about a minute.
If the round keeps running over, the team is probably solving problems in the standup. Note them as they come up, finish the round, and let the people involved stay on afterwards.
Skip the people who are out today.
The quickest standup update is the one nobody has to give: “Ava's out until Thursday.” Take people off the list before the call with the × on their name, or Backspace in the names box.
Forgot shows who's on vacation, out sick or off for a public holiday today, for the whole team on one board, so you know before standup who won't be there.
Know who's out before standup starts.
Forgot shows the whole team's vacations, sick days, public holidays and on-call on one board, so the standup list matches who's actually in today.
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 long should a daily standup be?
Fifteen minutes or less. Give each person 60 to 120 seconds depending on the team's size, and take longer discussions to a follow-up with only the people who need to be there.
How do you decide the order in a standup?
A random order every day is the simplest fair option, and it keeps people listening. Other teams go alphabetically, walk the board from right to left so the work closest to done comes first, or have each speaker pick the next one.
Can the timer move on to the next person by itself?
Yes. Turn on Move on by itself and the next name comes up when a turn's time is up. Leave it off to wait for Next, so a turn that runs over shows how far over in red.
What happens when someone runs over?
Their turn turns red and counts the time over. At the end of the round, the timer shows whether the whole standup finished on time, early or how far over it ran.
Can I save my team's names?
Your list is saved in this browser. Copy a link to the timer and post it in your team channel, so whoever runs standup tomorrow opens the same names and settings.
Does it work for remote standups on Zoom, Google Meet or Teams?
Yes. Float the timer and share your entire screen: everyone on the call sees who's talking, who's next and the time left. Or open the timer as a window and share just that window.