Little Timers

Atara Software

About this app

Little Timers teaches kids to be ready on time — and makes it a game.

Grown-ups set up the week's routines: school on weekdays, Saturday swimming, Sunday school, or one-off special days like a wedding or an excursion. Each routine has an alarm time and a "ready by" time.

When the alarm rings, your child stops it — and the screen becomes a big, friendly countdown to out-the-door time. Green means loads of time, yellow means keep moving, red means hurry! Tap "I'm ready!" in time to earn up to three stars, and watch stars turn into badges.

⏰ Alarms that ring even when the app is closed
🏃 A colour-coded countdown with friendly faces, sounds and animations
⭐ Stars for being ready early — more time left, more stars
🏅 Badges as stars add up, with a full star history
📅 A read-only "My Week" view kids can browse but not break
🔒 A PIN-protected Grown-ups' corner for creating routines
🕵️ A star audit for parents: exactly when the alarm was stopped and when "I'm ready" was tapped, with suspiciously quick taps flagged — and the ability to credit a morning the child forgot to log

Private by design: everything stays on your device. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking — nothing is collected from anyone, including children.

What’s new

Welcome to Little Timers 1.0 — beat the clock, catch the stars!

• Routine alarms for school days, weekends and one-off special days — ringing even when the app is closed
• Stop the alarm and race the green–yellow–red countdown to out-the-door time
• Earn up to 3 stars for being ready early; stars become badges
• Kids browse My Week; grown-ups manage routines behind a PIN, with a star audit
• Private by design: no ads, no accounts, no tracking