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HN · launched Jan 3, 2026 · 17 upvotes (top 37%) · 0 views
Niche: focus and countdown timer apps · 195 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -5% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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More like this: all 195 launches in focus and countdown timer apps →
Could you build this?
Yes A stateless countdown timer web app that encodes the timer duration and title directly into URL parameters or hash fragments can be vibe-coded in a single afternoon.
Discussion
7 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Google search timers, DDG search timers, Kagi search timers, Phone/PC clock apps, Timer apps requiring accounts or downloads
Concerns raised: Built-in phone/PC clock apps already do this, Search engines already support timer queries natively
Feature requests: Reset button with confirmation dialog, Optional format selection (show hours, months, weeks, days selectively), Fix iPhone Safari layout - buttons slide below browser chrome with 100dvh instead of 100vh
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 117 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #29 of 118 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 62 days after the earliest competitor.
- Free URL Shortener · hn · 2026-08-05 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- FattyURL · ph · 2026-10-24 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Free online clock · ph · 2026-10-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- countdown-desk · github · 2026-11-05 · 57 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- temporizador · ph · 2026-11-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- MyTimers.app offline-first PWA with no build step and zero dependencies · hn · 2025-11-04 · 48 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- UptimeCadet · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- VPNLY · ph · 2026-09-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.38
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