Turbo Timer for Mac

[ketchuphater999]

Turbo Timer is the only mac native speedcube timer in existence.
Download from the Mac App Store for $0.99!

Screenshots!

Graph:

Dose sexy square-1 scramblz:

So! Download! Reply with suggestions!

If you want a free bonus code, give me a reason. Then maybe.

Note: There are layout issues in OS X 10.9 and earlier.
This does NOT affect performance.

 

[Blake4512]

This looks awesome! I'm definitely going to download it! Nice job!

 

[samuelqwe]

Looks pretty nice! Most probably will get it.

Oh, and what programming language did you use to make it?
Is it like Objective-C? Because i know thats the language for xcode.

 

[ketchuphater999]

Yes, Objective-C.

 

[ensigndan]

bought it. I've been looking for something like this since I cannot get stupid java to run on my macbook. thanks! I'll being using it tonight.

 

[Me]

Interesting, commendations to you for making this. I have maybe half a dozen UX/UI recommendations but I'll leave them for when I try it out later tonight.

 

[Chrizz]

I've always wanted a timer that can graph your progress over months. Does this app save and graph single and average PB's? If it doesn't, does it at least save your PB's? Can you insert times? I'll probably buy this app if the answer to all questions is yes.

 

[joey]

What advantage are you claiming by it being native?

 

[ensigndan]

What advantage are you claiming by it being native?

This is a big deal for me since I cannot get Java to work on my mac. If I can't use Java I can't use Prism Timer.

 

[joey]

A web based timer doesn't require Java.

 

[ketchuphater999]

He means prisma puzzle timer(right?). Prisma is in Java.

I've always wanted a timer that can graph your progress over months. Does this app save and graph single and average PB's? If it doesn't, does it at least save your PB's? Can you insert times? I'll probably buy this app if the answer to all questions is yes.

Yes(for now just single PB's. average PB's is coming in the next update, very soon.), and yes.

What advantage are you claiming by it being native?

If you were to open Prisma Puzzle Timer(Non-native, written in Java.) and look at it's memory usage, it would be pretty dang insane(600MB). This app uses WAY less(50MB, on average).
That isn't the biggest thing about it though, it's more about the features.

 

[joey]

He means prisma puzzle timer(right?). Prisma is in Java.

I know, I was just saying there are also web apps.

If you were to open Prisma Puzzle Timer(Non-native, written in Java.) and look at it's memory usage, it would be pretty dang insane(600MB). This app uses WAY less(50MB, on average).
That isn't the biggest thing about it though, it's more about the features.

Ok, I've never run PPT, so didn't know that.

I was messing around with an OSX timer: https://github.com/jjtimer/jjtimerOSX
It was based on my javascript timer jjtimer, and used JavaScriptCore to bridge the JS and the Obj-C. I've stopped working on it though, because it's too much effort for not enough gain!

 

[Stefan]

If you were to open Prisma Puzzle Timer(Non-native, written in Java.) and look at it's memory usage, it would be pretty dang insane(600MB).

Tell it to use less?

 

[ketchuphater999]

Tell it to use less?

The problem there is the fact that you actually have to tell it to use less.

As I said before, the memory bit is pretty minor.

 

[Stefan]

• Timer with minutes, seconds, and milliseconds
• Random state scrambles for 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, Megaminx, Pyraminx, and Square-1.

Does it really do milliseconds? The screenshots only show centiseconds.

And I'm pretty sure the random state 5x5/6x6/7x7/Megaminx claim is false advertising.

 

[ketchuphater999]

Does it really do milliseconds? The screenshots only show centiseconds.

The precision is milliseconds, the display is centiseconds.

And I'm pretty sure the random state 5x5/6x6/7x7/Megaminx claim is false advertising.

I'm using Ingenero scrambler. if he's falsely claiming it to be random state, then okay. If I'm mistaken somewhere please inform me.


EDIT: Sorry. Only 3x3 are random-state. Fixed.

 

[Stefan]

The precision is milliseconds, the display is centiseconds.

What does "precision is milliseconds" mean? Does it affect anything? In any case, it's rather odd to say milli and only show centi.

I'm using Ingenero scrambler. if he's falsely claiming it to be random state, then okay. If I'm mistaken somewhere please inform me.

Where does he claim that?

 

[ketchuphater999]

What does "precision is milliseconds" mean? Does it affect anything? In any case, it's rather odd to say milli and only show centi.



Where does he claim that?

Just looked through his readme again, it's only 3x3 random state. Fixed.

Thanks for telling me

 

[slinky773]

I like this timer. It's pretty good. Immediate thoughts are its speed - using PPT is kind of slow. This one is pretty fast. I will say, though, that honestly, in terms of features, cstimer is the full package, IMO. I honestly think you should look at the features cstimer has and try to integrate it into your app. For example: single time deletion from a session, exporting times from a session in text format… These are all things you should have. They're really useful; that's why people use cstimer. The one thing I would really, really want is exporting files so that you can import times using files. This would be very useful for, say, the uber cubing marathon where you need to keep track of a lot of times in one session for stats.

As for UX/UI criticisms, I'm no expert, but it could be improved upon. I kind of like it, but obviously there are improvements to be made. I recommend that you post some screenshots on ocean.ink <shamelessplugforfriend>I met Henry Boldiszar at a hackathon recently and I think ocean.ink is the bomb.com</shamelessplugforfriend>.

Also, I kind of apologize for not keeping up with the emails - I was one of the people who asked to be part of the beta testing and such, and I kind of completely forgot about it. But I'm here now, so hey

 

[lorki3]

I bought it and will be trying it out!

Do you think you could add stackmat support at some point in time?

EDIT: I like the graph feature a lot.
No inspection is a little annoying for me, and I'm missing the ability to delete single times, but I can forgive you because it's an early version. Keep up the good work!