Mouse Timer

Would be nice to customize the timer to something other than the set time choices. Sometimes I need 42 minutes or 6 minutes. Another apple color would be nice. Or perhaps a different fruit choice. Otherwise a cute timer.

This is a great app! It conceptualizes time without numbers. It takes the anxiety out of a ticking clock – and makes it a cute mouse chomping on apples… With every click, it chomps. Adorable, useful, simple. The way I use it, I set a mini goal for myself, like "retrieve laundry; dirty dishes down to kitchen" ... Then, I set this mouse timer for ONE minute, and RUN! I have ADD, so setting small goals and time limits is super helpful for task completion. Kids are often the same, because they're still learning task completion, doing things in their own, and getting stuff done. This timer will help with that, whether you're a kid OR a grown up! There's a setting to keep little kids from changing the settings -- by giving them a times table – so only you can alter the settings.

The 1 star is for encouraging little kids to learn to become addicted to a screen and teaching them to become impatient unless they are staring at the mouse eating time. This does NOT HELP then learn about being patient and waiting like the rest of us did before screens. I would NEVER hand my phone or tablet to my kid just to watch a mouse eat up "time" like a brain dead moron. A child can learn about time the proper and "old fashioned" and NORMAL way, by learning to wait without a stupid screen in their face. Do you people really want to teach your kids to think screens are better than real life??? It has been proven that handing little kids a screen instead of actual hands on activities, delays talking, causes short attention spans and excessive screen time every day also can lower the IQ. This app is totally ridiculous and is not healthy for a young child because of the addictive brain dead behaviors encouraged by staring at a mouse eating instead of using their brain to THINK. What do you THINK happens when a kid stares at mindless drivel like this?? Their brain shuts down! People, turn your stupid devices off and take away all the screens from your kids instead of using them for babysitters. While the mouse eating the apple is cute, it is cute for 2 seconds. Other than that, this is a worthless app that really IS NOT FOR KIDS. Unless you want to cause permanent screen addiction damage to their young, impressionable, and developing brain, that is.