Hourglass Timer
Sand drains from the top bulb to the bottom as time passes, a classic hourglass, right in your browser.
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Hourglass Timer settings
Display style
Options
Features
- Sand visibly drains as time passes
- Any duration up to 99 hours
- Switch to other display styles anytime
Good for
- A calming, non-numeric way to watch time pass
- Classrooms and young children
- Board games with a time limit
Frequently asked questions
Is this an actual falling-sand simulation?
It's a stylised hourglass whose sand level is driven by your actual remaining time (calculated from the clock), not a physics simulation, but the level always matches the real time left.
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