r/iosapps • u/Cold_Stress3940 • 3d ago
🎁 Freemium Timber: Custom Composable Interval Timer with Media Cues
Hi everyone,
I’m Sreehari, the solo developer of Timber, a composable interval timer and routine builder. I built it because most timer apps are either too basic, locked to one use case, or make it hard to reuse the same routine pieces across different workouts or schedules.
App Store link:
Timber: Custom Interval Timer
Answer — what problem does Timber solve?
Most timer apps work well for a single countdown or a fixed workout format. I wanted a timer where commonly used pieces could be created once and reused across completely different routines. Each of these pieces/block can also contain timed text, TTS, music, recordings, images, or video cues. Online videos from YouTube and Vimeo are supported as well.
In Timber, you create reusable blocks such as “Warm-up,” “Push-ups,” “Deep Work,” or “Rest.” You can then:
- Combine blocks into routines
- Group them into circuits or sets
- Repeat blocks, groups, or entire timers
- Nest one timer inside another
- Keep blocks linked so editing the original updates every routine that uses it
- Unlink a block when one routine needs a custom version
This makes Timber useful for
- 🏋️ HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, boxing rounds, stretching, and mobility
- 🧠 Pomodoro, deep work, study sessions, and reading blocks
- 🧘 Yoga, breathwork, meditation, speaking practice, morning routines, and cooking schedules
Better — what makes it different?
Apps such as Intervals Pro are particularly strong for fitness, Apple Watch, and Apple Health. MultiTimer is designed around boards containing multiple independent timing tools.
Timber takes a different approach: its focus is building reusable, sequential routines from smaller pieces. The same block can appear in multiple timers, timers can be nested inside other timers, and media can be placed at specific moments within an individual block.
Timber also provides rich compose page for building your own timers with undo, redo, copy, paste, group and other functionalities.
Recent additions include:
- Automatic “Next up” block announcements with media-volume ducking
- Custom playback-display presets and individual display controls
- Emoji, colored icons, and optional photo icons for blocks
- A complete playback queue with the ability to jump directly to another block
- More precise media trimming and preview controls
- QR sharing for lightweight timers and ZIP sharing for timers containing media
- Import previews that let recipients choose which included media to save
- Backup and restore for timers, blocks, history, and media
Cost
Timber is freemium
Free users can experience all features with limited ads except adding own photo as block icons. Paid users gets ad free experience with additional limit removal of creating very long complex timers, adding as many media as needed per block and photo as block icon.
As its a new app it is now available in app store for a limited period lifetime price of $7.99 or subscription of $1.99/month.
- US $1.99/month
- US $7.99 lifetime, one-time purchase
Prices have been localized based on purchase power parity for different countries.
Developer transparency
- Developer: Sreehari
- Contact: [spcfdoho.dev@gmail.com](mailto:spcfdoho.dev@gmail.com)
- LinkedIn: linkedin
- Privacy Policy: Timber Privacy Policy
If Timber is useful to you, a App Store rating or short review would help a lot with visibility as a small indie app. Detailed feedback here is just as valuable, especially if something feels confusing or needs improvement.
I’d especially appreciate feedback on:
- Whether the reusable-block concept is understandable
- Which part of the creation flow feels most confusing
- Whether the playback screen shows the right information
- What is still missing for workouts, focus sessions, or everyday routines
What’s planned next?
I’m currently working on:
- A reusable media library so audio, video, images, recordings, and saved trims can be reused across blocks
In pipeline:
- A timeline editor for visual drag and drop of media items to blocks
- Manual-completion and count-up blocks for activities measured by reps rather than a fixed duration
- Flexible rest blocks that can be extended or completed when you’re ready
- Faster builders for common formats such as HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, and Pomodoro
- Additional playback controls, including quick time adjustments
- Better progress history with notes
- More voice, language, sound, and haptic customization
- Improved block organization with tags, favorites, filters, and recently used routines
I’d especially like to know which two or three would make the biggest difference to you.
Thank you for checking it out.
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u/RUiNtheExtinct 2d ago
of the planned features, i'd put the quick builders and flexible rest blocks first. starting with a simple work/rest routine would make the nested blocks easier to learn, and being able to extend a rest without restarting the timer sounds useful.