Open a habit and pick a length under Timer, then tap Start. When the time is up, the habit checks itself off.
- The length you pick is remembered, so next time it is one tap.
- A bar under the top of the screen shows the time left. Tap it to open the habit, or tap Stop to end it without checking anything off.
- If you close the app, the habit checks off the next time you open it after the time is up.
- One timer runs at a time. Every habit has one, even after it is done for the day.
- Pick Countdown or Stopwatch. A stopwatch counts up until you tap Finish (with Lap if you need it), and Finish checks the habit off. Handy for a meditation that ends when it ends. The habit remembers which you picked.
- On a habit you count in minutes (or a number habit with no unit), either one logs the minutes instead of a check. On a habit already checked off today, or one counted in something else, like pages, the timer is just for you and logs nothing.
- Each habit keeps its own last 10 runs under its timer, with laps, and your longest stopwatch run starred as the time to beat. Tap the × on a run to delete it. While a timer runs, Start over begins again from zero and Discard throws it away.
- Forgot the timer, or left it running? Delete the wrong run, then tap + Add a time by hand under your runs. Pick the day and type the minutes. It shows as added by hand and does not change what the habit logged, so fix that on the habit itself.
- Under When time’s up, pick Stop or Keep counting. Keep counting chimes at zero and runs on past it (+2:41) until you tap Finish, and every minute counts. The habit remembers which you picked.
- With reminders on for this phone, you get a notification the moment a countdown ends, even with the screen off. A phone on silent shows it without the sound.
- Want a timer without a habit? Use the Timer tab at the bottom.
Still stuck? Contact us, email support@goaldapp.com, or send us a message from Help & Feedback in the app.