What is a haptic timer app?

A haptic timer app uses tactile vibration feedback to alert you when your timer ends or at intervals, so you can feel the time passing without needing to look at your screen. Haptica Timer delivers rich haptic pulses on both iPhone and Apple Watch.

Does Haptica Timer work on Apple Watch?

Yes! Haptica Timer is designed for both iPhone and Apple Watch. Your timers sync seamlessly via iCloud, and you get tactile haptic feedback directly on your wrist.

How does the vibration timer work on iPhone?

Haptica Timer uses the iPhone's Taptic Engine to deliver customizable vibration patterns at timer intervals and completion. You can choose from multiple haptic styles to match your preference.

What makes Haptica Timer different from other timer apps for iPhone?

Haptica Timer focuses on zero-friction setup (3 taps or fewer), rich haptic and vibration feedback, beautiful minimal design, and seamless Apple Watch integration with iCloud sync, making it the most elegant timer app for iPhone.

Is Haptica Timer free?

Haptica Timer will be available as a free download on the App Store with optional premium features. Join the waitlist to be notified at launch.

Speakers & Professionals

Presentation Timing

Audiences notice when a speaker glances at their phone or hears a chime. A wrist-based haptic timer lets you stay perfectly on schedule without breaking the spell.

Whether you have 5 minutes for a board update or 18 minutes for a TEDx talk, the cost of running long is real: skipped Q&A, lost momentum, an annoyed organizer. The traditional fixes, a confidence monitor, a colleague waving, an audible buzzer, all introduce friction or distraction.

Haptica Timer turns your Apple Watch into a silent confidence monitor. Set milestone haptics at the points that matter for your talk structure. A common pattern: a single pulse at the halfway mark, two pulses at the 'wrap-up' point, and a strong pattern at the hard stop. You feel each cue on your wrist while keeping eye contact with the audience.

Because the entire setup happens in three taps before you walk on stage, there's no fumbling with menus during the introduction. You can save templates for your most common talk lengths, 5-minute lightning, 20-minute keynote, 45-minute workshop, and switch between them as easily as picking a Watch complication.

"My audience never knows I'm being timed. Game changer." by Priya, TEDx Speaker

How it works

1
Build a template for your talk length with milestone haptics at the points you care about.
2
Start the timer on your Watch as the host introduces you, one tap.
3
Speak. Feel the wrist taps at the milestones you set.
4
Land your closing line on the final haptic. Nobody in the audience hears a thing.

Tips for presentation timing

Practice with the same haptic pattern you'll use on stage so you instinctively recognize each cue.
Use a longer pulse for 'wrap up' than 'halfway' so you can tell them apart by feel alone.
Wear the Watch on your dominant wrist if you gesture a lot, it improves perception of subtle haptics.
Set 'Do Not Disturb' on your Watch so notifications don't compete with timer pulses.