Dan Harkless' Palm OS Countdown Alarm Apps Buying Guide

Application Version Last Updated Price Works on Treo 700p Number of Timers Enter Arbitrary Time Timer Continues After App. Switch / Treo Off Selectable Alarm Sound Alarm Continues Until Dismissed Notes
1TouchTimer (URL) 1.4 2002-11-28 free yes 1 yes, via tap and drag yes no yes, every 10 seconds for 1 minute Author website is gone.
9.95 Clock, AKA 995 Clock, AKA GoMDM Clock (URL) 3.5 (?) 2008-04-18 (?) $4.95 at pocketgear.com; $9.95 per the name (and at pdapointer.com); $14.95 direct from GoMDM yes (per pocketgear.com) 4 ? ? yes (?) ? Based on the GPL'd BigClock, but no source download is apparent.
aClock with aTimer (URL) aClock: 4.92; aTimer: 2.4 aClock: 2008-04-21; aTimer: 2005-08-22 aClock: $12; aTimer: free (but requires aClock) yes (?) 1 (?) yes, via tap (?) ? yes ? Other free (aStopWatch and aSundial) and pay aClock plug-ins available.
BigClock (URL) 2.83 2001-06-17 free no: crashes if you hit the menu key; some low-res artifacts in other programs after dismissing timer alert 4; with names yes, via per-digit increment / decrement yes yes, selectable pure-tone melodies yes, if snooze is enabled GPL'd. Featureful general clock program.
CFB Timer (URL) 1.2 2002-07-01 free yes 1 yes, via onscreen or Treo keyboard yes, but if you power off during the last minute, the timer is cancelled no no Author website no longer mentions their Palm software (just Windows software).
Countdown (URL) 3.1 2005-06-01 (?) $14.95 at handango.com ? ("Complete OS 5 support" is claimed) 1, with "99 lap snapshots" (?) yes (?) yes (untested) yes, selectable from system sounds (?) ? "Buy" link on author site (palmgear.com affiliate code) is broken.
Countdown Timer (URL) 1.1 (?) 2002-02-17 (?) $3.95 at palmblvd.com ? 1 (?) yes (?) ? ? ? A reviewer on palmblvd.com states it requires a lot of software to be loaded and that it didn't work with his CliƩ. Author site (per URL on palmblvd.com) is gone.
JadeTimer (URL) 1.0 2002-10-14 (?) free ? 1 no: 5-minute increments yes (untested) sort of: will use your selected calendar alarm sound ? There's also a JadeTimerPro which doesn't seem to be any newer and costs money despite not seeming to have any additional features.
MegaClock (URL) 2.3 2007-03-01 $14.95 yes (?) 4 ? ? yes ? Has a view emulating the Casio Databank. :-) Featureful general clock program.
PalmaryClock for Treo (URL) 3.5 2008-03-17 $14.95 yes (?) unlimited ? ? yes, can play sound files with PocketTunes or Aero Player ? Featureful general clock program.
TikTok (URL) 2.25 2006-11-17 free yes 32; with names yes, via Treo keyboard, but 5-way pad cursor control doesn't work yes, but the popup with the name of the alarm doesn't come up if Treo was off yes, 7 selectable sounds no GPL'd. Unintuitive (need to click in unlabeled right column and enter a negative time value for countdown).
Timer (formerly Palm Timer, URL) 1.2 (?) 2002-04-08 (?) $5 at palmblvd.com ? 1 (?) ? yes (?) ? ?
Timing (URL) 2.11 2007-03-28 free when using up to 11 timers; 10 EUR for unlimited yes 11 in free version or 65,000 in pay version; with names and categories yes, via increment / decrement or tap yes, although if the Treo is off when the alarm sounds, the beginning is cut off (and there's a simultaneous DTMF sound from the handset speaker, similar to the sound problems with the Treo 700p 1.10 firmware -- I'm still using 1.08) and it plays at an incorrectly fast tempo yes, selectable pure-tone melodies that can be very loud no Powerful but unintuitive and documentation on the author website is incomplete (unknown if pay version comes with more). Small click-targets. Can see how long since a timer went off, since by default they keep running, into negative values. Can count up (not a true stopwatch -- only 1-second accuracy) as well as down.
Toast Timer (URL) stable: 0.6.0; development: 0.7.6 (the one I tested) stable: 2002-09-21; development: 2004-04-24 free yes (with a limitation -- see "Alarm Continues Until Dismissed") unlimited (?); with names and categories yes, via tap yes (with a limitation -- see "Alarm Continues Until Dismissed") yes, 8 selectable system sounds or Off yes, with selectable repeats and delay, though repeats don't work while screen is locked GPL'd. Installs some kind of system-level hooks (requires a reset after installing). Timers default to no alarm sound.
xTIME (URL) 2.9 2004-01-12 $15 at kagi.com ? 4 yes, via per-digit increment / decrement ? ? ? Very poor English on author page; one of the two reg. key purchase links is dead.

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