Ultrachron Stopwatch & Timer

TheSpinningHead

About this app

UltraChron is an easy to use speaking stopwatch/timer that is responsive and accurate.

Great for cooking, workouts, and anything you need to time!

"Ultrachron is firmly entrenched on my list of must-have apps for Android." - Brent Rose, PC World

Features:
•Talking stopwatch/timer
•Multi-Timer
•"Ok Google, start a timer" support
•1/100 second
•Set timer by speech
•Any ringtone as alarm
•Runs in background
•Editable descriptions
•Share timing reports
•Set alarm length
•Background status updates

Ratings and reviews

This used to be great, but it seems to have been abandoned. It hasn't been updated in two years and now crashes every time I leave the app because it doesn't have the necessary permissions for Android 14 timer scheduling. Unable to pause activity: java.lang.SecurityException: Caller spinninghead.talkingstopwatch needs to hold android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM or android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM to set exact alarm

I have this paid version and have been using it for a while. A few months ago something happened where the timer won't sound the alarm when I don't have it open and it has gotten overall very buggy; it could be because the latest Android version. That takes a lot of the use our of it. I have used the app for a while and I do like it. The creator might have stopped working on it. It's too bad, but I think I got my money's worth with all the times I used it.

On my new Samsung S20 Plus, the Ultrachron is now unusable, unless the app is active on the unlocked display. I reinstalled the app, manually added Storage permissions, but Ultrachron still only works when it is active on the display. Developer: I have an app in the Play Store that periodically tests the internet, using a persistent Service, and notification channels with repeating alarms. It is compatible with Android 4.3, through Android 10. I would be willing to share some code Snippets.

What's new

Bug Fixes
Added notification permission request for Android 13