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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: August 19, 2008
- Total Downloads: 310,868
- Downloads last week: 3,255
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 141 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This stopwatch application may be somewhat of a one-trick pony, but it does provide a couple of neat features for no cash. Cool Timer's easy-to-understand interface can be programmed to count down from any number of hours, minutes, and seconds you specify. Once the time is up, it will play a MP3, WAV, or MIDI file of your choice. This app's feature set is by no means gigantic, but we really liked the tool for customizing the color scheme of the timer's background, LCD, and buttons. The main window can also be resized to a larger view. Cool Timer's focus is certainly very narrow, but folks seeking an attractive, simple, and free stopwatch program will find it a suitable choice.Publisher's description
From Harmony Hollow Software :Simple, no-nonsense, handy timer utility with a cool, customizable interface. Can be used like an oven timer, alarm clock, or stopwatch. Plays wav, mp3, midi files, or any of several built-in sounds as an alarm. Can optionally display a custom, scrolling, LED-type text message when the alarm sounds to remind you why you set the timer initially. Use as an alarm clock to wake you up or remind you when it is a certain time of day.
Version 3.6 is a bug fixing release.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.6 is a bug fixing release.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 141 votes
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Version: Cool Timer 3.6
"Very Quality Utility Tool - I Love It"
Pros: I searched for hours online to find a timer popup that would loop over and over again. All I could find was shareware and timers that did not work the way I wanted. This timer works flawlessly and as younger folk would say. This is one cool tool.
Cons: I just installed it and used it for a few hours. I don't expect to find any fault with the utility.
Summary: Main window can be resized. Popups when time is up. Very easy to use and configure. Nice small icon in system tray or you can click on exit right from system tray. Can be used as an alarm clock or stop watch. Can be set to be "always on top." ... read more >>
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Version: Cool Timer 3.6
"Perfect tool to keep an eye on your time."
Pros: Simple to use. Customizable size and colors. Choice of preset alarm sounds or your own wav, mid, ore mp3. Can even give yourself a scrolling message. Excellent.
Cons: The scrolling message doesn't seem to want to close on it's own. I can stop the sound and put program back in tray, but the message won't stop unless I exit the whole program. A small glitch. I'll watch for fixes in future versions.
Summary: I lose all sense of time when I'm on the computer, so this is perfect for me. And being free, it's perfect for my wallet.
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Version: Cool Timer 3.6
"Sliced bread is all I wanted!"
Pros: Simple timer to do simple reminders. Counting up is good also, Preset times can be added for personal preferences. Built in sounds are attention grabbing enough without being offensive. Option to add more sounds/music to customise
Cons: Haven't found anything yet.
Summary: This fixes my basic PC/web time management. I hated to find myself stuck in my chair on the web for more than the 15 minutes I had planned. It remindes me when its time to log off when in count down mode. If I have plenty of time, w/o appointment... read more >>
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Version: Cool Timer 3.6
"cool program , no trouble so far"
Pros: does the job flawlessly
Cons: wish i could change interface ,looks ,i'll check it out .
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Version: Cool Timer 3.6
Pros: I like that it does not do things I don't need it to do, but it does what I need very well.
Cons: None that I know of, it works. Colors are a little limited, but not a problem.
Summary: If all you need is a timer, this will do it and it's free. You can't beat that!
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