ParaTimer Coming soon for iPhone

For paras, therapists & special-ed teachers

A schedule they can see. A timer they can’t wait to finish.

ParaTimer runs the visual schedule so you can run the room: build each child’s day in seconds, start a big friendly timer, and let a hidden picture pull every activity to a happy finish.

Coming soon to theApp Store Try the reveal
ParaTimer running a 5-minute Blocks timer on an iPhone; a curtain has uncovered most of a friendly dinosaur picture and 1:52 remains

How a school day runs

Three things, over and over. ParaTimer makes each one fast enough to do one-handed.

  1. Build the plan

    Every child has their own activity bank — pictures, minutes, and timer settings included. Tap to add, hold and drag to reorder today.

  2. Run the timer

    Big digits, one big button, and a curtain that uncovers a surprise picture as time passes. Confetti and a chime at zero.

  3. Share the day

    Finished sessions become a tidy end-of-day PDF — planned versus actual time, activity by activity — ready for teachers and parents.

Every timer hides a surprise

The reveal is ParaTimer’s signature. A picture uncovers from the top down as time passes, so “five more minutes” stops being a negotiation and becomes something a kid can watch.

This one only takes ten seconds — press Start.

A cheerful cartoon dinosaur
Surprise inside!
0:10

Built for the grown-up holding the iPhone

Management screens stay calm and wordy. The timer screen stays big and nearly wordless — a kid is watching it.

  • One card per kid

    Each child gets a felt color, a photo or initials, their own activity bank, and today’s plan.

  • Quick Timer

    A no-setup timer for the moments that can’t wait. It remembers how you like it.

  • 1,000 friendly pictures

    Built-in, searchable art for schedules, avatars, and reveals — or use your own photos.

  • Locked mode

    Pause and stop need a grown-up long-press, so curious fingers can’t end recess early.

  • Completely offline

    No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no cloud. Airplane mode is a supported workflow.

  • End-of-day report

    Planned versus actual minutes for every session, as a clean PDF on the share sheet.

Calm for you, joyful for them

ParaTimer home screen with three children shown as big colored circles labeled MJ, AR, and TS
Every kid, one tap
A child's schedule: Reading and Snack checked off, Blocks, iPad time, and Playground still to do
Today’s plan, draggable
A finished timer: the fully revealed dinosaur wears a party hat and the screen says All done!
Confetti at zero

Nothing leaves the room

ParaTimer never phones home, because it has no home to phone. Schedules, photos, and reports live on the iPhone they were made on — nowhere else. There is no sign-up, no tracking, and nothing to configure before first period.