About this timer
A stopwatch answers a different question from a countdown: not how much time is left, but how much has passed. Coaches time sprints with it, cooks check a simmer, and anyone practising a skill uses it to see whether a routine is getting faster. This stopwatch starts on the first press, keeps running while you switch tabs, and calculates elapsed time from your device clock rather than from animation frames.
That means a throttled background tab or a sleeping phone does not quietly lose seconds. Press lap to freeze a split without stopping the total; the list shows each split beside its running total, newest first. Space starts or pauses, L records a lap and R resets everything.
The display uses tabular figures so digits do not jump around, and the hundredths place is deliberately visible for short intervals. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. If you close the page the session ends, so keep the tab open for long measurements, and use the timer pages when you need an alarm at a fixed endpoint.
How an online timer works here
Every tool follows the same rules: the count is computed from your device clock, the page works without an account, and nothing is sent to a server.
- Pick a preset or enter your own duration. The timer starts in an idle state, so nothing is running until you press start.
- Press start. Remaining time is calculated from an absolute end instant, which keeps the count honest in a background tab or after the device wakes.
- Pause, resume, add a minute or reset whenever plans change. The alarm plays a sound and can send a browser notification if you allow it.
Private by default
Timers, settings and names are stored only in this browser. There is no account, no sync and no server-side history. Clearing site data removes them, and the export tools in other Frixma apps follow the same local-first rule.