Studio Countdown Clock

A studio clock whose rundown is your calendar. The time to the second, a countdown to the next event, and ON AIR the moment it starts. YOUR CALENDAR IS THE RUNDOWN Pick a calendar — Google, Exchange, or any account your phone syncs — and the clock counts down to its next event. When the event starts, the clock goes ON AIR and counts down to its end, then moves on to the next one. Nothing to type in twice: the plan you already keep is the plan the clock follows. Edit an event and the clock and its widget change with it, even with the app closed. READ FROM ACROSS THE ROOM Red time with seconds, a large countdown, and a ring of sixty dots with an arc that shows how the segment is going. Before an event the arc is the minutes left on a sixty-minute dial; on air it grows to the end. More than a day ahead, the clock shows the day and time instead. The event's title, times and notes sit underneath, with meeting-link clutter trimmed away. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 — ON AIR For the last five seconds before any start, the clock turns into the head of a reel of film: one large digit and a sweep round the ring every second, then a flash as it goes on air. Optional pips — five short and a long one at the start, like a radio time signal — play when you turn them on. WHEN THINGS OVERLAP If one event starts inside another, the clock switches to the newer one and tells you the other is still on air — so no start is ever missed, and a day-long block never hides the talks inside it. A TIMER TOO Not everything is in a calendar. Tap 1, 3, 5, 15, 30, 45 or 60 to start a countdown; tap again to add more. Past zero it counts on in red, so an overrun is plain to see. ON A SECOND DISPLAY Connect a monitor or TV by cable and the clock fills it in a panoramic layout — the ring on one side, the rundown on the other — while your phone stays the remote. Turn the phone on its side for the same layout on its own screen. The screen stays on while the clock is open. HOME SCREEN WIDGET The time and countdown tick second by second right on your home screen. The widget fits itself to any size: wide with the rundown beside the ring, square with everything inside it, or tall with the ring on top and the upcoming events below. Timer buttons work from the widget itself. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO INTERNET Your calendar is read on your phone and never leaves it — the app does not even have permission to use the internet. No sign-up, no advertising, no analytics.