Thyme - A Modern Kitchen Timer App Reviews

I used to love this app. It was so simple and so useful. But since I upgraded to iOS 8.1, its stopped working properly. The alarm only rings about 20% of the time, which has led to multiple ruined dishes. Im just going to go back to setting reminders with Siri. Such a disappointment.

& simple & easy to use.

It does not do seconds. Not every thing is timed to the exact minutes, therefore seconds are important.

Like other have said you can NOT here the timer when it goes off

easy to use and very useful app for any kitchen :) lacks some features, but overall its pretty good.

The look of the app is awesome, and controlling each burner (and oven) is great! Only thing I wish could be changed is the ability to vibrate when an alarm goes off, and if the app could ring constantly instead of just the duration of a notification, which is like 10 seconds or less, and then the app goes silent!

Its a great app. I use it every time I cook something. The iPhone 6/6 Plus update is more than welcome.

Recent upgrade makes it unusable unless you enable notifications. All notifications. Sounds, badges, shoe on lock screen. If you are a 7-year old. Use it. If you are an adult, find something less insulting.

I have used and loved this app since its inception. But since the update the app wants too much access to my phone. Really? How can a timer really need to access notifications and location to run a clock?? Deleting a very useful app that I can no longer access because you want to invade my privacy. Disappointed

I love the idea of this app, but I found out the hard way that, unlike other alarms, it does not override the mute switch. This is a deal breaker for me. Other than that, its great.

Ive never written an app store review before. Thyme earned a negative review from me for the following: 1. Requires all notification options to be active. I dont allow lock screen notifications for apps like this. Period. Uninstalled due to this "feature upgrade". 2. Alert tones too quiet, uncustomizable. 3. Multiple alarms not customizable. Often one is cooking with an appliance that is not the standard kitchen range. Not a bad concept, but the refusal to optimize for user experience, coupled with the notification requirement, made this app no longer necessary for me. Shame, because I did use it quite a bit before the last update.

You now need sound AND badges AND banner/alerts. Not sure what the point of *needing* Badges and Banners are. If Im cooking, I am likely not staring at my iDevice...Set the timer for dish #1, move on to dish #2. I do not want to turn on notification abilities I do not care for. Otherwise, it was a good simple timer app.

This app has one job to do and it fails miserably.

I love using this app when cooking but tend to just use the timer on my phone as it over rides the mute on my phone and I dont need to worry about notifications turned on or not. Plus I can label the dishes associated with the timer set.

I have used several timer apps, as well as hundreds of other apps but only rarely have I encountered an app that requires turning on its access to Notifications just in order to be able to use it and thats a deal-breaker: deleted!

For me this app is awesome, I dont have a problem about notifications, I think it must be updated and several problems have been fixed. Now it worth a "5star"to me.

Im a hairstylist and I like to use this app when I have more than one timer running at once. However, since the latest update, I go to open the app and it says "whoops! Your notifications are off... turn them on and continue". Well, I turn them on and nothing. No way to continue. Please fix this so I can continue using this app. Right now its just taking up space on my phone.

Clean, functional, simple. It does what it says it is going to do, and with a perfect interface. Love it!

Keeps telling me to activate notifications - when all notifications for the app are already active. App refuses to do anything at all when it thinks notifications are off so yeah, useless

I have two timers in my kitchen: on the oven and microwave. Thats rarely a limit but it has happened that I need more. This is really no harder to set and its all in one place with this. Also want to add that the design is just gorgeous and brilliant. Ive only had this a short time so have to see if I prefer this to the kitchen timers. I think I will. PS. there is a buzzer. Not sure why there are people complaining about the lack of one. I set a timer and didnt "set" anything. I got a notification and a sound rang like an old fashioned twisty egg timer. I had even left the app and the notification even told me which burner was done.