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SnapTimer

Local-only multi-timer with presets, notifications, and quick labels.

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Blueprint Details

Category: Productivity
Estimated Build Time: 6-8 focused hours

Should You Build This?

  • Best for: Makers who need a battle-tested timer pattern for cooking, workouts, ADHD routines, or house chores.
  • Prerequisites: Comfortable with SwiftUI list layouts, sheet navigation, DispatchSourceTimer, and UNUserNotificationCenter permission flows.
  • You'll ship: Unlimited concurrent timers, preset shortcuts, local notifications, and auto-hiding completed timers with haptics.
  • Skip if: You want cloud sync, Apple Watch support, or complex recurring schedules—those are out of scope for this blueprint.

1. Product Brief

  • Problem: Stock timers only do one countdown at a time and bury presets; neurodivergent or busy users need several labeled timers simultaneously.
  • Solution: A local-only multi-timer with instant creation, color-coded states, reusable presets, and reliable alerts even when the app is backgrounded.
  • Target Users: Home cooks, interval trainers, neurodivergent adults/kids who run several reminders at once, and productivity hackers.
  • Guiding Principles: Fast entry (≤2 taps), low cognitive load (color + label), forgiving controls (pause/resume/edit), and zero dependency on accounts or cloud.
  • Success Signals: User can launch, start a timer, pause/resume, and save a preset in under 2 minutes; completion notifications fire accurately every time.

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