Free online timer
15 Minute Timer
Pick a length, press Start, and it counts down right here. Share it when others should watch the same clock.
Free, no account, nothing to install. It keeps time in a background tab and after a reload.
Running a daily standup? The 15-minute standup template gives every part its own minutes.
How the timer works
Pick a length and press Start
Choose 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or type your own under Custom. Press Start and the countdown runs right in your browser. It stays correct in a background tab and is still there after a reload.
Share it when others need to see it
Press Share and the timer gets a link. Anyone who opens it watches the same countdown on their own phone, laptop or room screen. A timer that is already running keeps its time when you share it.
Add topics or save it when you need more
Add topics opens your timer as a meeting agenda you can fill in. Save keeps it in a free account; if you are not signed in yet, a Google or Microsoft sign-in comes first.
A timer everyone sees
On its own, this timer is yours alone. Press Share and it moves to a link, where it keeps counting and gains what one browser tab cannot do.
The same second on every screen
Whoever opens the link sees your countdown, on a phone, a laptop or the projector at the front, and every copy stays in step. Join late or reload the page, and the clock still shows the right time.
The controls stay with you
Pause on your own device and every screen pauses within a few seconds; Resume carries on from where it stopped. People on the link can watch, but nothing on their page changes the timer.
A warning, and a little extra time
With 30 seconds left, the ring and the digits turn red on every screen. In those final seconds, +1 min and +5 min appear on your page, and every screen picks up the time you add.
Topics that hand over by themselves
Add topics and each one gets its own minutes. When one runs out, every screen moves to the next at the same moment, with nobody touching a button.
No account for anyone watching
The people you share with open the link in a browser, and that is all. No sign-up, no app, no download on their side.
Which length for what
Each length on the timer is a common one for something. Here is where they fit, and what a countdown everyone can see adds to each.
5 minute timer: a break or a quick check-in
Five minutes is a stretch, a coffee refill or a round of one-line updates. Leave the share link open on the room's screen during a break, and people coming back can see how long they have. When the ring turns red, it is time to sit down.
10 minute timer: a short standup or a reading block
Ten minutes is enough for a small team's standup when everyone keeps to a line or two. If the team is remote, paste the share link into the Zoom, Teams or Google Meet chat, and each person counts down on their own screen. Alone, ten focused minutes of reading is an easy block to begin with.
15 minute timer: a standup, a talk slot, a decision
Fifteen minutes is the usual cap for a daily standup, and the daily standup template gives each part its own slot: check-in, round, parking lot and close, at 1 / 10 / 3 / 1 minutes. For talks back to back, let the speaker keep the share link open on their phone, so they see the time left without waiting for a signal from you, and add a minute from your side in the final 30 seconds if they need it. For a quick decision, put fifteen minutes on every screen and settle it before the clock reaches zero.
30 minute timer: a focus block or a 1:1
Thirty minutes is long enough for real work and short enough to start without dread. Keep the timer in view with sound on, on a second screen for instance, and the chime at 30 seconds tells you to finish the thought. For a 1:1, share the link so you both watch the same clock.
45 minute timer: a class period
Many class periods run about 45 minutes. Put the share link up on the classroom projector and keep the controls on your own device, so you can pause from anywhere in the room. When the lesson has parts, Add topics gives each one its own minutes, and the class sees the next part come up by itself.
60 minute timer: a workshop block
An hour is a common block in a workshop or a training day. Add topics to plan it in parts, such as an intro, an exercise and a debrief, and every screen moves from one to the next on time. For a longer session, Custom goes up to 4 hours.
Questions about the timer
Choose a length on the timer at the top of this page and press Start. The countdown runs right here, with no sign-up and nothing to install. Pause stops it, Resume carries on from the same second, and Reset puts it back to the full length.
The buttons cover 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes, and Custom takes any number of whole minutes from 1 minute up to 4 hours. You can change the length before you start or once the timer has finished; while it runs or is paused, press Reset first. A link can choose the length for you, too: briefme.us/timer?t=30 opens the page set to 30 minutes, which makes a handy bookmark. If a timer you started here is still running, paused, or finished in the last few minutes, the page shows that one instead.
Yes. There is no account to create, no trial and nothing to install, and the countdown runs in your own browser. Sharing costs nothing either, and the people who open your link need no account.
Yes. Press Share and your timer gets a link. Everyone who opens it, in the room or on a video call, sees the same countdown on their own screen, and nobody on the link can pause or change it. If your timer is already running, it keeps its time when you share it, and the controls move to the page that opens for you.
When sound is on, yes: a chime with 30 seconds left, then a tick each second through the final 6. Sound is on unless you switch it off on the timer. Cues play only while the tab is in view, and nothing sounds at zero; the clock shows Time's up instead. After a reload, your browser keeps the page silent until you press something on it, so the sound button reads Tap for sound: tap it once to hear the cues again. A phone's silent switch mutes the sound, and a locked screen stops it. On a shared timer, people watching the link turn sound on with the speaker icon.
Yes. The timer works from the moment it is due to end rather than counting ticks, so it shows the right time as soon as you come back to the tab. It also survives a reload, or closing the tab and opening the page again in the same browser. Sound is the exception: no cue plays while the tab is hidden, and after a reload, tap the sound button once to hear the cues again.
Yes. Press Add topics before you start or once the timer has finished, and it opens in the editor as a meeting agenda, with your countdown as its first topic, called Countdown. Each topic you add comes with its own minutes, so the total grows. To keep the same total, shorten the Countdown first and give the freed minutes to the new topics. For a standup, the 15-minute daily standup template already has its parts timed at 1 / 10 / 3 / 1 minutes.
The timer on this page lives in this browser and nowhere else. Once you share it or add topics, it lasts 7 days. To keep it longer, save it: it goes into a free account, where up to 3 timers or agendas stay with no end date. Signing in uses Google or Microsoft, so there is no password to remember.
Yes. Press Full screen on the timer and the countdown fills the screen, large enough to read from the back of a classroom. While it runs, the controls fade away until you move the mouse or tap; Space starts and pauses, R resets, and Esc leaves full screen. While the timer counts in full screen, the screen stays awake wherever the browser allows it. To keep the controls in your hand instead, press Share, open the link on the computer connected to the projector or TV, and run the timer from your own laptop or phone.
Yes, in any modern phone browser, with no app to install. Run the timer from your phone and open its share link on a laptop or a room screen, or the other way round. On an iPhone, Full screen fills the browser window. In full screen your phone stays awake while the timer counts, where the browser allows it; otherwise set a longer auto-lock while you time: a locked phone goes quiet, but the countdown is right again when you unlock it.
Your timer is at the top of the page
Choose a length and start it. It costs nothing, needs no account, and turns into a countdown everyone sees whenever you press Share.
Planning a whole meeting with several topics? Build a timed meeting agenda from the start.