Time at a glance.
Modeled on the classic visual timer: a disc set in the dial that slips away as time runs out. No digits to read, nothing to work out.
Polar Timer / A visual timer for focus and rest
See how much time is left.
Set a little time for focus or rest. Watch the disc slowly disappear, and see what’s left at a glance.
iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
A visual timer for focus and rest
A visual timer for focus and rest
A closer look / Polar Timer
Nothing in the way.
One calm screen: the dial, a play button with two small controls beside it, and your schedules a tap away. The colored disc slips quietly under the face as time passes, over a background tinted with your color. Red and orange come with the app, and Polar Timer Pro adds green, blue and purple. Light or dark follows your iPhone.
A visual timer for focus and rest
A little closer
Set. Let go. Focus.
Focus and rest, in rounds.
Find a rhythm for work and breaks. Choose a ready-made schedule or make your own.
Keep time close.
On the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, in widgets and on Apple Watch, where your wrist and your iPhone share the same timer. Silent mode uses taps and a soft pulse instead of sound.
For every kind of mind.
For most of us, a shrinking disc is easier to take in than numbers counting down. Many people with ADHD or other neurodivergent ways of thinking use visual timers to get started, see time passing, and move on when it ends.
A closer look / Polar Timer
Set it by feel.
Slide your finger around the dial, and the disc follows with a light tap for every minute you pass. Let go, and the timer starts right away. A turn and a release is all it takes.
A visual timer for focus and rest
A closer look / Polar Timer
Open it up.
Unfold iPhone Duo and your schedules sit beside the dial. Start one with a tap and keep the time in view while you work. An iPad turned on its side shows the same two panes.
In the picture
A closer look at Polar Timer.
A visual timer for focus and rest
A visual timer for focus and rest
Your next discovery
Make room for Polar Timer.
iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
Do I need an account?
No. Timers and schedules stay on your devices, and Polar Timer does not track you.
Can Polar Timer help with ADHD?
Many people with ADHD and other neurodivergent people find time easier to manage when they can see it. Polar Timer is built around that idea, with a disc instead of digits and a calm screen with little else on it. It is a timer, not a medical or therapeutic tool.
Is Polar Timer free?
Polar Timer is free to download, with the timer, the Pomodoro schedule and the widgets included. Polar Timer Pro, a one-time in-app purchase, adds the other ready-made schedules, schedules of your own and three more colors. There is no subscription, and Family Sharing lets everyone in your family group use Pro.
Does it work with Apple Watch?
Yes. Your iPhone and Apple Watch share one timer: start, pause or reset it on either, and the other follows. Your iPhone sounds the alarm and passes it to your wrist, so it rings once.
Can it run without sound?
Yes. In silent mode each change is signaled with haptic taps and a pulse on screen, and the screen can stay on while the timer runs.
What do I need?
An iPhone or iPad with iOS 26 or later. The Apple Watch app needs watchOS 26 or later.
Which languages does it speak?
English, Swedish and 21 more European languages: Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian. It follows your iPhone's language.