Howler Pro App Reviews

This is a wonderful timer with lots of fun personality. It has features that I can’t get on any other timer: Ability to set multiple timers at once, save preset timers, set a timer to repeat ad infinitum or just howl one time, set countdowns to tell you when you have ten seconds to go, set howler to automatically reset after timer finishes or even start another pre-set timer. This is great for running circuits on workouts, and good for timing any task. Plus I was able to go into the package contents and add my own sounds into the “resources” folder to increase my sound options. Anyway, I love this app, makes working out fun, with animals sounding out my little successes. Thank you to developer(s)!

Ive used Howler (the free version) every day at work for a few years now. I love that it lets me set multiple timers, either as a countdown, or to a specific time. (I mostly use it to set timers that alert about 2 minutes before a meeting starts at work.) So while the Free version is all Ive needed so far, I thought $2 (or whatever Apple passes on) is a small price to pay to say "thanks" to the developer for this excellent app. The sounds that come with it are silly but you can set it to your own sounds. For me, the biggest help is that it pops the window to the foreground when the timer goes off, letting me know its time to get to my next meeting. The best apps are ones developers write to fill a need they face personally, and thats exactly what this is - not some slick thing trying to compete with all the other overpriced apps in the store, but an inexpensive, solid little app that gets the job done.

I loved the free version of this timer when it first came out. The clean look is classy, but the howl makes it fun. I use it every day and was excited to learn there is a new "Pro" version. I think the full-screen option is worth the price itself! I love that I can just glance at the screen to know how much time is left without having to walk over to the computer and look at the small window. Also, the silent mode is a great option when Im in my office and dont want to "howl" my coworkers, and the pre-set options are addictive. This is a great timer with many many uses and the Howler Pro features are definitely worth the upgrade.

This app is a timer on steroids. It does so many useful things that you would have never even considered in a timer app. Its awesome! The full screen mode is very handy while cooking and the presets make it really easy to start a timer with just the right amount of time. The ability to chain timers together is also great. The "howling" noise is a fun addition and one future feature that could be added is to change the sound per timer (you can already change the default "howl" to any .wav file of your choice, but its a global setting). Overall, its a surprisingly useful app that you will love!

The app works well. I only wish that I could set a custom sound for individual howlers, rather than just one global custom sound. If I could do that, Id give it the 5th star.

Works well, but is a bit confusing at first and there are no instructions. I had to edit permissions for the app to change the default presets.

I have tried numerous timers over the years and this is the best I have found. I use it all the time and I like the countdown feature. Doesnt get much better than this. Fantastic customer support. I had a question and it was replied to with in an hour. Thanks to the developer for a great app.

+1 Its pretty good and easy to use +1 The price is right +1 You can change the sounds -1 There is no option to select some of the default system sounds (basso, blow, bottle, frog, etc) -1 If you choose the preference "mut all sounds" the option to "keep growling" also disappears -1 Effectively that means there isnt an option to ONLY notify via Growl / Visually and without sounds -1 The timer will close if you press cmd+w. I would like to see an option to protect the timer from closing / just make cmd+w hide the timer, or at least a confirmation "are you sure you want to close this active timer?"

First off, the timing is slower then a real clock. I find it to be off 2 or 3 seconds off by the end of every minute. Also, for "looping", the time does not automatically start, as the option shows. It waits a couple of seconds then it will loop the timer. If you dont mind loosing seconds, then go ahead and download this crap.

I really love using this app. I am currently studying for an exam and I always time myself with using this app One think I want this app to be updated, is that when I stop the timer, it resets the Elapsed time to 0:00. but I really want to keep the Elapsed time without reseting it, so if I re-start the timer, the elapsed time keeps running from the previous time, not from the 0:00 Thank you for the great app tho!!

Ive played with a few timer apps & widgets looking for something easy to use & keyboard friendly. This app has quick access to the options panel & tabs through most of the normal user-definable fields. Im happy with this get-things-done utility.

Its an alright app, but it removed the seconds display that I needed on the menu bar if its over a minute even though it says that if you upgrade to pro, you get seconds on the menu bar. Misleading... Dont know why the creator removed this and didnt allow an option to turn it back on. Also, the ap needs an option to minimize to the menu bar. I dont like that it minimizes to the dock. Other applications like this (Flux, Cinch, etc.), have options to display the timer in the menu bar. If youre a perfectionist, and you like to command + tab to switch between windows it gets annoying that the timer is in that display. If the creator can enable these two options, then Ill give it 5/5. Otherwise, its a no frills timer and it does what it is supposed to.

I was looking for an app with both timer and stopwatch functions, and this is perfect! You have a bunch of options with size and sounds, and you can have several going at once. There is also a save option so you can use your most frequent timers and alarms easily and quickly. Something that surprised me: There are temperature and weight/measure converters. Im not sure how they figure in to a timer app, but theyve been quite useful so Im not complaining! For $0.99, its a great little tool for productivity!

Just bought this app. It is very easy to use, allows you to configure the sounds and has a quick time input screen. I am very happy with this simple yet effective timer.

it has everything i need and operates just the way i want.

I teach in a rural remote school in the interior of Alaska. Wolves and Ravens are common animals in our area. My kids BEG for me to time them using the Howler Timer app. Its easy to use and opens quickly. Great idea for alarm sounds! My students and I love it.

Ive only been using Howler Pro for a couple days, but in general it works quite well for me. Has countdown timers, alarm and stopwatches (though you cant save a stopwatch as a preset for some reason or create one directly--you have to create a timer and then switch it to be a stopwatch, which makes little sense to me). However, there is one *major* flaw to the app that causes me to dock it 2 stars: if you stop a timer, then when you start it again, the timer is now forevermore a timer for only the remaining time. This becomes a big problem if you have, say a 10-minute countdown timer that repeats (so that after it goes off it will start again automatically). If you stop that timer with 7 minutes left, then when you resume it, it will now be a 7 minute timer. This means that when it goes off, you might reasonably expect it to start counting down 10 minutes again, but instead it will only count down 7 minutes over and over. There doesnt appear to be any way to change this behavior, so I now need to remember when Ive paused a repeating timer, because when it goes off, Ill have to fix it manually. I cant think of why anybody would want a timer to behave this way, but at the very least there should be the *option* to have it act like pausing any other timer in the world.

Positively the easiest timer to use that Ive encountered in 25 years of using Macs. Im no longer young, however, and the wolf and crow sounds that are used for alarms dont delight me and cant be heard from the kitchen. I have added a host of other, more usable alarm sounds to my system and use those instead.

I would have rated at 5 stars if it weren’t for 2 issues: 1) In Yosemite the darker menubar option results in not being able to see the countdown numbers, (except in the last 10 seconds when they turn red). 2) If one runs out to get the mail (for example) and a timer goes off, when you come back to your mac you will have no way of knowing. This is because the howler window will not pop up from being minimized or hidden when a timer finishes. This is using OSX Yosemite. The only way to counter this is to set the howler to continue howling, which in some enviroments is not a good idea. I wanted to like this app but the 2 flaws are substantial…...

Best Timer App Ever! Works So Good!, Although i would love to see a wigit timer in this app also that would be nice!