Stagetimer est un minuteur cloud solide pour les créateurs. Timers Studio est une plateforme de timing professionnelle choisie par les organisateurs d'événements, les studios TV, les agences de production audiovisuelle et les équipes broadcast, avec automatisation API, support hardware natif, engagement audience et édition multi collaborateurs en temps réel.
Stagetimer offre des capacites API limitees. Timers Studio expose une API REST complete de 53 endpoints avec spec OpenAPI 3.1, authentification Bearer et flux SSE temps reel. Automatisez tout depuis n'importe quel client HTTP.
Stagetimer n'a pas de surface moderateur. Timers Studio offre une console dediee avec intercom chiffre, suivi d'agenda temps reel, pager visuel et push Q&A.
Stagetimer est uniquement un minuteur. Le Gateway Timers Studio permet aux audiences de participer avec sondages live, radar Q&A spatial et roue de tirage.
Timers Studio supporte Elgato Stream Deck nativement via WebHID (zero installation, 17 actions) et offre un module Bitfocus Companion avec 30+ actions.
Stagetimer limite la collaboration a des liens de visualisation. Timers Studio permet a plusieurs membres d'editer le meme studio simultanement.
Timers Studio offre une horloge de show style Wharton avec calcul cote serveur, garantissant zero derive entre tous les appareils.
| Feature | Stagetimer | Timers Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud (zero install) | Oui | Oui |
| API REST | Limitee | 53 endpoints, OpenAPI 3.1 |
| Stream Deck | Non natif | WebHID natif + Companion |
| Console moderateur | Non | Console complete + intercom |
| Engagement audience | Non | Sondages, Q&A, tirage |
| Show clock (serveur) | Client | Serveur, zero derive |
| Edition multi-collaborateur | Liens lecture seule | Co-edition temps reel |
| Themes designer | Personnalisation basique | 20+ themes + custom |
| i18n / RTL | Anglais seulement | 6 langues, RTL complet |
| Journaux d'activite | Non | Historique complet |
Stagetimer is often the first tool teams discover when searching for a cloud-based event timer. It covers the basics well: create a countdown, share a link, and display it on a confidence monitor. For simple events with a single timer and no production complexity, it gets the job done.
But production teams quickly outgrow a timer-only tool. The moment you need API automation, hardware control surfaces, a dedicated moderator channel, or audience engagement features, you hit Stagetimer's ceiling. That is exactly where Timers Studio picks up.
API-first architecture. Timers Studio was built API-first from day one. The 53-endpoint REST API covers every action the UI can perform: start, stop, pause, and reset timers; create and reorder cue lists; change themes and messages; manage connected devices; and query real-time state via Server-Sent Events. The API ships with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Bearer token authentication, and copy-ready curl samples in the interactive reference. Production teams use it to build n8n automations, vMix triggers, OBS scene-change logic, and custom dashboards -- none of which are possible with Stagetimer.
Hardware control surfaces. Professional productions run on hardware. Timers Studio supports Elgato Stream Deck natively via the WebHID browser API -- plug in your MK.2, XL, Plus, Mini, Pedal, or Neo, and you get 17 actions with sub-frame latency, zero drivers, and zero desktop software. For teams using Bitfocus Companion to unify their control surfaces, the official Timers Studio Companion module exposes 30+ actions, 15 feedbacks, and 25 variables across Stream Deck, Loupedeck, Razer, X-keys, and every other Companion-compatible device. Stagetimer offers neither of these.
Moderator console and private intercom. In any production with a stage moderator, communication between the control room and the stage is mission-critical. Timers Studio provides a dedicated moderator console with an encrypted private intercom, real-time agenda tracking, a visual pager for discreet cueing, and the ability to push approved Q&A questions directly to the speaker screen. The moderator surface supports drag-and-drop widget layout customization, scalable widgets, and can run on a tablet beside the stage. Stagetimer has no moderator surface at all.
Audience engagement gateway. Modern conferences expect two-way interaction between speakers and audiences. The Timers Studio Gateway enables live polls with real-time result streaming, a spatial Q&A radar that maps questions to seat positions in the venue, and a casino-style raffle wheel for giveaways. All of these are integrated into the production flow: poll results appear on the player, Q&A questions route through the moderator console for approval before reaching the screen, and the raffle wheel plays with full animation. Stagetimer is timer-only -- it cannot do any of this.
Designer themes and visual polish. First impressions matter. Timers Studio ships with 20+ curated designer themes (Default, Dark Pro, Matrix, Candy, Corporate, Neon, Ocean, Sunset, and more) and provides full customization: custom fonts via URL, background images with blur and opacity controls, six digit styles (Standard, Cinema, Minimal, Newsroom, Digital Red, Digital Green), logo overlays with precise positioning, and tally light integration. Stagetimer offers basic color customization but nothing approaching this level of visual control.
Multi-collaborator real-time editing. Productions are team efforts. Timers Studio allows multiple users to edit the same studio simultaneously with presence indicators showing who is active and conflict-free synchronization ensuring nobody overwrites anyone else's work. Your technical director, stage manager, and graphics operator can all be in the same studio at the same time. Stagetimer limits collaboration to read-only viewer links.
Internationalization. Timers Studio supports six languages (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese) with full RTL layout support for Arabic. Every surface -- player, controller, moderator, spectator gateway, agenda -- is fully translated. Stagetimer operates in English only.
Show clock and server-side time. Broadcast productions demand frame-accurate synchronization. The Timers Studio show clock uses server-side time computation to eliminate client-side clock drift, ensuring every connected device displays the exact same time. This is the same approach used by professional Wharton clocks in broadcast facilities worldwide.
The bottom line. Stagetimer is a competent cloud timer for simple events. Timers Studio is a complete broadcast control room: API automation, hardware surfaces, moderator console, audience gateway, designer themes, multi-collaborator editing, six-language support, and server-side show clock. If your production needs any of those capabilities, the choice is clear.
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