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Fullscreen countdown

A free fullscreen countdown timer you control from your phone

Put a countdown that fills the whole screen on a TV, projector, tablet or phone, and start, pause or add time from a different device. It runs in the browser, so there's nothing to install.

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Free plan: 3 rooms, 3 timers and 3 screens per room. No card needed.

A countdown you can read from the back of the room

The stage screen fills whatever it's on with large, evenly spaced digits, so the numbers never jump about as they count down.

  • Yellow, then red: the digits change colour as time runs out, by default with 2 minutes and 30 seconds left. Change both, or switch them off, per timer.
  • A title and a name: show what's on and who's speaking above the countdown, or hide them for just the numbers.
  • Into overtime, or stop at zero: choose whether the timer counts on past zero or holds at 00:00.
A full-screen stage timer showing 10:00 in large white digits, with the timer's title at the top and a progress bar along the bottom.

Make it fill the screen

Open the stage screen on the device you want to use, then make it full screen.

  • Computers and TVs: press Fullscreen on the stage screen, or F11 on Windows (Control-Command-F on a Mac).
  • Tablets and Android phones: tap the screen to show the controls, then Fullscreen.
  • iPhone: add the page to the Home Screen and open it from there. The phone button on the stage screen explains how.
  • Timer only: hide the title and speaker for the biggest possible digits on a small screen.
The stage screen with its controls showing at the top right: Timer only and Fullscreen.

Control it from somewhere else

The screen only shows the countdown. You run it from the Controller on a laptop, tablet or phone, anywhere with an internet connection.

  • Start, pause and skip from your phone at the back of the room.
  • Add or take off time in steps of a minute, or 10 seconds, 30 seconds and 5 minutes.
  • Send a silent message such as “5 MIN LEFT” to the screen, without saying a word.
  • Several screens at once: open the same stage screen on more than one device, and they all count down together.
A phone turned sideways showing a large yellow countdown, with under 2 minutes left.
How it works

Ready in three steps.

Set up your running order

Create a free account, open a room and give each timer a title, a speaker and a duration.

Put the timer on a screen

Open the stage screen in a new tab, or scan its QR code on a TV, tablet or phone. Nothing to install.

Press Start

Every screen counts down together. Add a minute, send a message or move to the next timer from your laptop or phone.

Questions & Answers

Frequently asked questions.

Yes. The free plan includes 3 rooms, 3 timers per room and 3 connected screens per room, with no card needed and no time limit.
No. Shotimer runs in a web browser such as Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, on computers, tablets and phones. To use a TV, connect a computer to it or use a streaming stick with a browser.
Open the stage screen and press Fullscreen. On a computer you can also press F11 (or Control-Command-F on a Mac). On an iPhone, add the page to the Home Screen for a full-screen view.
Yes. The timer on the screen is controlled from the Controller, on a laptop, tablet or phone. You can also share a Controller link with a colleague.
Yes, every device needs a connection. If it drops briefly, screens keep counting from their last update and catch up when they reconnect.
Shotimer asks the device to keep its screen awake while the timer is showing. On devices that don't allow it, turn off auto-lock or the screen saver for the event.

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