Concert
Timer

A timing tool for orchestra librarians and personnel managers. Build the program, time each piece as it is played, and share a PDF of the actual timings moments after the final bow.

Free · no account · no tracking
iPhone · iOS 26.5 or later
11 languages
Made by a librarian

Download on the App Store

Free, and it stays free.

The program screen: pieces, intermission, conductor and soloists.
01 — The program
A piece being timed live, with a large running clock.
02 — Timing, live
The intermission countdown, showing twenty minutes remaining.
03 — Intermission

What it does

Everything the evening asks of you, and nothing else.

Concert Timer was written backstage, for the person holding the stopwatch. It does the small number of things that job actually requires — and it does them in the dark, in a hurry, without asking you to think about the app.

  1. 01 Build a program in seconds Pieces, intermission, conductor and soloists. Drag to reorder; duplicate a program for the second night.
  2. 02 Time each piece live One large, legible clock. Turn the phone sideways and it fills the screen — readable from across the stage.
  3. 03 Countdown intermission Adjustable length, a warning before it ends, and a tuning A at zero. Choose your pitch, from Baroque (392, 415 Hz) to modern (440–443 Hz).
  4. 04 Encores, on the fly Add a piece the moment you see the soloist sit back down. Name it once you recognise what they are playing.
  5. 05 A PDF, immediately The complete timing sheet — scheduled start, every duration, the total, and the time the concert actually ended.
  6. 06 Nothing leaves your phone No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no cloud. The concerts are yours and they stay on the device.

The timing sheet

Sent before the audience has left the hall.

The personnel manager needs the timings tonight; the archivist needs them tomorrow. When the concert ends the PDF is already written — dated, titled, and set in the same quiet typography as the app.

Share it by mail, message or AirDrop without leaving the screen.

The exported PDF timing sheet, showing each piece with its duration and the concert total.

Languages

Eleven languages, checked by librarians.

The terms were reviewed by colleagues who do this work in their own language — Stimmton, viritysääni, nota di accordatura. The vocabulary of the profession, not of a dictionary.

  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Español
  • Italiano
  • Nederlands
  • Svenska
  • Dansk
  • Norsk
  • Suomi
  • 日本語

Support

Written by one person, who answers.

Questions, suggestions, or something that went wrong on a concert night? Write to michelleonard@mac.com. I read every message and reply personally.

Concert Timer collects no data whatsoever. Everything you enter stays on your device — see the privacy policy.