Hourglass is the most advanced simple countdown timer for Windows. Just enter a time in just about any format, and hit Enter.


There are many alternatives to CookTimer for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Hourglass, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CookTimer and 13 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to CookTimer are SnapTimer, wnr, TTclock and Free Stopwatch.
Hourglass is the most advanced simple countdown timer for Windows. Just enter a time in just about any format, and hit Enter.


All the timers I tested were too complex for my taste. I decided to write one that was dead simple, so you could run it, type in a time and hit enter. The aim of SnapTimer is to get out of the way and help you be productive.






TTclock is a simple, compact alarm clock, countdown timer and stopwatch that can be minimized to the system tray. It has two display modes: pure clock and control panel.

Free Stopwatch is a free, full-featured and accurate flexible digital stopwatch software for Windows 10 and Windows 7.




XNote Stopwatch is a versatile and flexible multifunctional digital stopwatch / countdown timer / clock software for PC. Helpful for timekeepers at sport competitions, time tracking of work, or even as a metronome.




Timer is a simple chronometer application. Enter a value and click Start to count down any number of hours, minutes, and seconds, or start at zero to track elapsed time. Available for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows computers.


Hourglass is a PSP (Personal Software Process) time tracking utility written in Java. It allows users to track the time spent on various programming (or other) tasks, and provides reporting mechanisms for analyzing the use of their time.

Egg - Compact Multifunction Timer
Looking for a program to measure how much time you spend on jobs, time chess games, or to prevent you freezing soft-drink cans? Egg is an easy to use timer that can do these tasks and more! It can count up and down, is settable by second divisi.



This is a simple app that creates a timer, and when time finishes, a sound is played. It has two modes, GUI mode for user interface and terminal/console mode to execute and use it from a terminal emulator/command prompt.



A combination of alarm clock, world clock, timer, and stopwatch. Set alarms and reminders, check times around the world, and time your activities, including laps and splits.



