Stage timer

A free stage timer for Mac & Windows

Hakol Timer puts a big, unmistakable countdown in front of your presenters — on the stage screen, a confidence monitor, a phone, or straight into your video system — and lets the operator run it from a keyboard, a Stream Deck or OSC.

Download Hakol Timer — free macOS (Apple Silicon) & Windows 10/11 · free account · up to 5 computers

Hakol Timer stage timer control window with a running countdown

What a stage timer has to do

On a live show the timer is not decoration. The presenter has to read it from across the stage, the operator has to change it without thinking, and it has to keep counting when a session overruns. Hakol Timer was built by a production company for exactly that job.

Readable from the stage. A borderless full-screen output window locked to 16:9, with five styles: big digits, a progress ring, a bar, dots or a flip clock.
Colour zones. The timer turns green, then orange, then red as time runs low, and keeps counting into overtime in red so nobody misses an overrun.
Message to stage. Type "wrap up" or "go to Q&A" and it appears over the timer — steady or flashing — and clears in one tap.
End time and clock. Show the wall-clock time the session ends at, or a time-of-day clock.
Sound. An optional warning beep and end-of-timer sound through the audio output you choose.

Every output from one timer

The same countdown drives every screen at once: the output window on the stage display or projector, an NDI source for vMix, OBS or Resolume, and a web viewer that any phone, tablet or smart TV on the network can open with no app to install.

Built for operators

Nine one-tap presets, live ±1 and ±5 minute adjust, count-up mode, and a run-of-show list you step through with GO. It is fully controllable from a Stream Deck through Bitfocus Companion and over OSC, so it fits into an existing show-control setup.

Really free

No trial, no watermark and no paywalled features. Create a free account and your licence activates the app on up to five computers — the main machine, the backup, and the laptop you take to the next gig.

Frequently asked

What is a stage timer?

A stage timer is a countdown shown to presenters and performers so they can see how much of their slot is left. Hakol Timer shows it on a stage screen, a confidence monitor, phones on the network or over NDI.

Is Hakol Timer a free stage timer?

Yes. It is free for everyone, with no trial, watermark or feature limits. A free account activates it on up to five computers.

Does it run on Mac and Windows?

Yes — macOS 11 or newer on Apple Silicon, and Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Can the timer keep counting after it reaches zero?

Yes. It counts into overtime in red so the presenter and the operator can both see the overrun.

Try it on your next show

Hakol Timer is free for Mac and Windows. Create an account and download it in under a minute.