Countdown Visual Timer: Kids is an iPhone and iPad app, available on the Australian App Store, that shows time passing as a calm, continuous visual countdown, so remaining time can be seen rather than worked out from numbers. It is made for young children and for people who find hours and minutes abstract, including Autistic people and people with ADHD, and for the parents, carers and therapists who support them.
Sensory and access considerations (from the App Store listing):
– Quiet by design: no ticking sounds and no ads. The alert sound is optional; turn it off or choose from over 50 sounds.
– Choose the timer colour.
– Optional locks for the Stop button and for settings while the timer runs, so a carer can set it and hand it over.
– Save custom timer presets; optional keep-screen-on; optional notification if the app is closed when time is up.
– Supports Large Text, Voice Control, VoiceOver, Differentiate Without Colour, Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast.
– Localised into over 70 languages and locales.
Free to download; the app offers subscriptions. Made by Nuclear Cyborg Corp (USA). Privacy policy: https://nuclearcyborg.com/privacy