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Time your ministry with the timer

New in 1.8.1

The timer opens as a small sheet over what you were doing, with hours and minutes up front. When you stop it, the time is added to your month.

New in 1.8.1

Start, pause and stop

  1. Open the timer

    Tap the timer at the top of Conversations or Report. It opens as a small sheet, and the screen you were on stays usable.

    The ministry timer in Return running in a small sheet over the Report screen, with hours and minutes in large type and Pause and Stop below.

  2. Start it

    Tap Start. While it runs, the bottom of the screen shows the time beside Capture, and it counts up in the Dynamic Island.

  3. Started earlier?

    Tap Started and the time to move the start back by 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes.

  4. Stop it

    Tap Stop. Return says how much was added to the month, such as 1:45 added to October, and asks Anything to remember? Speak a note, or tap Not now.

New in 1.8.1

Without opening Return

  1. From the Lock Screen

    While the timer runs, the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show In service or Paused, with Pause and Stop buttons.

  2. From your Watch

    Open Return on Apple Watch to start, pause or stop the same timer.

    Return on Apple Watch: a Capture button, then the next return visit, Today at 1:00 PM with Ana Reyes, and the ministry timer below.

  3. From Control Center

    Add the Ministry timer control to Control Center to start or pause it in one tap.

  4. See your day

    Pull the timer sheet up to see today on a ruler: each stretch you recorded, and the one running now.

What stays on your device

  • Your time stays on this device. With iCloud sync on, it reaches your other devices through your own iCloud account.
  • The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show only the time and its state, never a name or a note.

Free

  • The timer on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls
  • The Ministry timer control

With Return Supporter

Nothing here needs Supporter. All of it is free, and stays free.