For those in a hurry: timers.florius.com.ar

Let me tell you a story:
Last week we had an event.
The registration / score-keeper desk was in a different room than the players, and we had no way of connecting the play-area TV to WER's timer.
We improvised a timer with a timer web page one of the staff members suggested.
This web page did not:

- Have offline support
- Have multiple timers support (we had an ODE draft, and were planning for an Modern side-event)
- Was not refresh-resistant
- Has no way of restarting the timer (other than refreshing. Which would need internet access, and it would start immediately).
- Had too many configuration knobs.

I thought we could do better, and wanted to try out React's `useReducer` hook…. soooooo
I built this: timers.florius.com.ar

The code is open for everyone to use at: gitlab.com/jazcarate/timer (or add issues at gitlab.com/jazcarate/timer/issues/new).

My main goal is to have a clear, minimalist clock.
Specific for mtg round timers (50 minutes. Reseteable. Count “up” when reach 0.)
Refresh and offline resistant (that last part is still a WIP. Service Workers and conciliation is hard).

Cheers,
Joaquin

Edited Joaquin Azcarate (Nov. 30, 2019 06:06:18 PM)

This is great! So many of the online timers one finds do not have the countup after 0 feature, which is really necessary for EOR.

I have two feature requests:
1. Can you allow manual setting of the initial time on the clock? While 50 minutes is standard for the round clock, we often use a number of other times as well (20 mins sealed pool registration, 30 mins sealed deck construction, 25 mins draft deck construction, plus a number of other ones listed in MTR Appendix B)
2. Can you allow control over the timer background colour? It would be nice to be able to set that manually.

Overall, this is very much appreciated!

Originally posted by Robert Hinrichsen:

This is great! So many of the online timers one finds do not have the countup after 0 feature, which is really necessary for EOR.

I have two feature requests:
1. Can you allow manual setting of the initial time on the clock? While 50 minutes is standard for the round clock, we often use a number of other times as well (20 mins sealed pool registration, 30 mins sealed deck construction, 25 mins draft deck construction, plus a number of other ones listed in MTR Appendix B)
2. Can you allow control over the timer background colour? It would be nice to be able to set that manually.

Overall, this is very much appreciated!

Highly, highly second point 1.

Also, instead of just _ _ _ _, something like “Timer Name” would be better default since it tells you what the field is. It gets figured out eventually, but good UI is important.

If switching to custom timers, filling in 50:00 as a default is fine, and clicking on it to edit before starting (or something) would be perfect. :)

edit: I just realized that the timers keep going even if you accidentally close and then reopen the tab. That feature is awesome! Great idea!

Edited Ryan Sears (Dec. 1, 2019 03:19:06 PM)

Thank you for the input.!
I'm deploying the changes for both points.

I'm against of using English, or any other language for the “Timer Name”; but as you say, good UI is very important.
I thought “ _ _ _” was more universal.
Now that I added a pencil for the editing field, I tried removing the name altogether.

Keep the feedback coming! :D

To avoid duplicating work and to provide an alternative (definitely not to take away from Joaquin's amazing work) you should have a look at the work Jernej did in 2017:

http://apps.magicjudges.org/forum/post/235846/
https://timer.balistos.com/
https://github.com/gregorkuznik/mtg-full-screen-timer/

I'll add another one to the mix.

 

https://decklist.lol/timers

 

The main differentiator here is that this is designed to be pinned on a big screen, and can be remote controlled through the backend interface. Simply Create a Tournament, add your timers, and display the public link in the browser window that pinned on your screens throughout the venue.

 

The design is made to fit up to 8 timers, assuming you're running at a half decent resolution. The public link can also be given to the floor judges so they can quickly see the timers in case they're not in view of one of the screens.

 

The timers will go negative to assist with EOR. Updates are communicated to the public screens via websocket push, so everything is instantaneous. Very fancy!

 

It requires a login (though not an account) as it's purpose built for a multi user setup, where state isn't lost just because someone reloaded their browser or something like that.

Edited Jonas Swiatek (May 28, 2025 05:44:49 PM)

Originally posted by Jonas Swiatek:

I'll add another one to the mix.

 

https://decklist.lol/timers

 

The main differentiator here is that this is designed to be pinned on a big screen, and can be remote controlled through the backend interface. Simply Create a Tournament, add your timers, and display the public link in the browser window that pinned on your screens throughout the venue.

 

The design is made to fit up to 8 timers, assuming you're running at a half decent resolution. The public link can also be given to the floor judges so they can quickly see the timers in case they're not in view of one of the screens.

 

The timers will go negative to assist with EOR. Updates are communicated to the public screens via websocket push, so everything is instantaneous. Very fancy!

 

It requires a login (though not an account) as it's purpose built for a multi user setup, where state isn't lost just because someone reloaded their browser or something like that.

I played around with this one for a bit today, and I like most of what I'm seeing!

 

I noticed, however, that when trying to set up multiple timers on a single event, I had to refresh my browser between each one - e.g., after setting up a Round 1 timer, I had to refresh the page before I could set up a Round 2 timer. This feels rather awkward and can slow down one's event setup noticeably. Is this intended behavior?

TL;DR: the best tool nowadays seems to be this one: https://chronodex.online/

I have used stagetimer.io for every large event in Australia over the last few years. Countdown with colour change as timer approaches zero, ability to add messages on screen, and controlled via web so I can have a laptop or raspberry pi behind a TV or projector while I run it from the SK desk.

It's pricey for the paid versions but the free ones have done everything we need.

I do have a paid subscription to dashmaster2k.com which allows me to have multiple timers, messages and graphics on screen with custom layouts, and it has been very useful when venues have one large projector screen and we need timers for 2-3 events at once.

Originally posted by James Skoog:

Originally posted by Jonas Swiatek:

I'll add another one to the mix.

 

https://decklist.lol/timers

 

The main differentiator here is that this is designed to be pinned on a big screen, and can be remote controlled through the backend interface. Simply Create a Tournament, add your timers, and display the public link in the browser window that pinned on your screens throughout the venue.

 

The design is made to fit up to 8 timers, assuming you're running at a half decent resolution. The public link can also be given to the floor judges so they can quickly see the timers in case they're not in view of one of the screens.

 

The timers will go negative to assist with EOR. Updates are communicated to the public screens via websocket push, so everything is instantaneous. Very fancy!

 

It requires a login (though not an account) as it's purpose built for a multi user setup, where state isn't lost just because someone reloaded their browser or something like that.

I played around with this one for a bit today, and I like most of what I'm seeing!

 

I noticed, however, that when trying to set up multiple timers on a single event, I had to refresh my browser between each one - e.g., after setting up a Round 1 timer, I had to refresh the page before I could set up a Round 2 timer. This feels rather awkward and can slow down one's event setup noticeably. Is this intended behavior?

No, something appears to be janky there. I'll look into it over the weekend!

Originally posted by James Skoog:

Originally posted by Jonas Swiatek:

I'll add another one to the mix.

 

https://decklist.lol/timers

 

The main differentiator here is that this is designed to be pinned on a big screen, and can be remote controlled through the backend interface. Simply Create a Tournament, add your timers, and display the public link in the browser window that pinned on your screens throughout the venue.

 

The design is made to fit up to 8 timers, assuming you're running at a half decent resolution. The public link can also be given to the floor judges so they can quickly see the timers in case they're not in view of one of the screens.

 

The timers will go negative to assist with EOR. Updates are communicated to the public screens via websocket push, so everything is instantaneous. Very fancy!

 

It requires a login (though not an account) as it's purpose built for a multi user setup, where state isn't lost just because someone reloaded their browser or something like that.

I played around with this one for a bit today, and I like most of what I'm seeing!

 

I noticed, however, that when trying to set up multiple timers on a single event, I had to refresh my browser between each one - e.g., after setting up a Round 1 timer, I had to refresh the page before I could set up a Round 2 timer. This feels rather awkward and can slow down one's event setup noticeably. Is this intended behavior?

I've fixed the issue I believe. Try it out at some point!