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What’s new in Timers & Alarms 1.1

(Announcement)

Timers & Alarms, Timer, Widget, Pomodoro, Interval timer

Version 1.1 adds a Tomato Timer widget family for Pomodoro on the Home Screen, warm-up and cool-down phases for interval timers, sorting by total duration, and steadier alarms across DST and time-zone changes.

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Live Activities & the Dynamic Island

(Article)

Timers & Alarms, Timer, Live Activity, Dynamic Island

A running timer follows you out of the app. See what Timers & Alarms shows on the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island — the name, the live countdown, the current phase and round — and how to pause, resume, stop, or start the next round without opening the app.

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Sudoku is coming soon

(Announcement)

Sudoku, Coming soon, Logic puzzle

A second app is on the way. Sudoku — a clean, distraction-free logic puzzle for iPhone and iPad — will be submitted to the App Store very soon.

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Pomodoro with Timers & Alarms

(Article)

Timers & Alarms, Pomodoro, Focus, Interval timer

A 25-minute focus block, a 5-minute break, four rounds, a longer rest. Here is how to run Pomodoro with one timer in Timers & Alarms.

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Why I built Timers & Alarms

(Article)

Timers & Alarms, Behind the scenes, Timer, Live Activity, Widget

How I got one timer to show the same time in the app, on Home Screen widgets, on the Lock Screen, and on the Dynamic Island — and what changed when I moved to AlarmKit.

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Timers & Alarms is now in the App Store

(Announcement)

Timers & Alarms, App Store launch, Timer, Alarm

Timers & Alarms is on the App Store today. Why a timer and alarm app went first, what ships in version one, and what this blog might cover.

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