ThermoTimer

Sauna & Cold Plunge Timer

The perfect companion for your thermal therapy sessions. Guided protocols for sauna and cold plunge with phase timing, session tracking, and Apple Watch support.

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v1.0.1 SUBMITTED

Live Activities now actually work on Lock Screen + Dynamic Island, plus reliability and stability improvements throughout.

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What's New in v1.0.1

First post-launch fix release. Focused on the Live Activity feature, error handling, and code hygiene.

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Live Activities Actually Work USER-VISIBLE

The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island timer display, advertised since launch, was silently broken because the wrong widget was registered. The real Live Activity now shows the active phase, remaining time, and round count on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island as designed.

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Smoother Activity Updates

Resolved a timing race where the Lock Screen activity could show stale data for the first 1–2 seconds of a new session. Updates now appear immediately when the session begins.

Reliable Session History Saves

Replaced silent error swallowing in the session-history and settings save paths with explicit error handling. Any future save failure will now surface in logs instead of dropping data quietly.

Watch Face Negative-Time Fix

The Apple Watch companion no longer displays nonsensical negative time strings if the sync from iPhone lags slightly past zero. The watch face clamps to 0:00 in that edge case.

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Compliance & Hygiene

Added the App Store privacy manifest, declared the encryption-compliance answer, hardened the paywall navigation flow against iOS 17+ nested-navigation issues, and removed a duplicate Watch source folder that was a latent build-failure risk.

Three Phase Types

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Sauna

Heat exposure for relaxation and recovery

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Cold Plunge

Cold immersion for alertness and resilience

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Rest

Recovery time between phases

6 Guided Protocols

Beginner

Gentle introduction to thermal therapy

10min Sauna 30s Cold 3min Rest × 2

Wim Hof Method

Short cold, longer sauna exposure

15min Sauna 3min Cold 2min Rest × 3

Finnish Sauna

Traditional long sauna sessions

20min Sauna 1min Cold 5min Rest × 3

Contrast Therapy

Balanced hot and cold exposure

10min Sauna 2min Cold 1min Rest × 4

Quick Recovery

Short session for busy days

8min Sauna 2min Cold 1min Rest × 2

Cold Focused

Emphasis on cold exposure

5min Sauna 5min Cold 2min Rest × 3

Features

Apple Watch

Control your sessions directly from your wrist. Perfect for when your phone is in a locker.

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Session History

Track all your sessions with detailed stats. See time spent in hot and cold phases.

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Streak Tracking

Build consistency with streak tracking. Stay motivated with your progress.

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Three Themes

Sauna Glow for warm ambiance, Dark Minimal for OLED, Light Clean for outdoors.

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Dim Mode

Low brightness mode keeps the timer visible in dark sauna environments.

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Audio & Haptics

Customizable alerts for phase transitions. Never miss a change.

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Custom Protocols

Create your own therapy sequences with custom durations and phases.

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Export Sessions

Share your session history. Track your thermal therapy journey.

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100% Offline

No accounts, no ads, no subscriptions. Works everywhere.

Available On

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iPhone

iOS 17.0+

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iPad

iPadOS 17.0+

Apple Watch

watchOS 11.0+

Frequently Asked Questions

Cooking timers + meat thermometer

Cooking Tips

USDA-recommended internal temperatures are built in: poultry 165°F, ground meat 160°F, beef/lamb steaks 145°F + 3-min rest, pork 145°F + 3-min rest, fish 145°F. ThermoTimer's preset timers count up to those targets.

Not yet. Current version is a manual entry + reference + cooking timer combo. Bluetooth probe support is roadmapped for a Pro update.

Troubleshooting

Check Settings → Notifications → ThermoTimer → Allow. The alarm uses a local notification scheduled for the timer's end. iOS Focus mode may suppress the visible alert but the sound still plays.

ThermoTimer follows your iOS region by default. Override per-recipe in the recipe detail view.

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