# Timers Studio

> Timers Studio is a professional web platform for synchronized timers, built for broadcast, live events, corporate productions, and live streaming. It covers countdown timers, a timed agenda (running order), a moderator back office, and a public gateway for audience questions. Everything runs in the browser, with integrations for Bitfocus Companion, Elgato Stream Deck, a REST API, and webhooks.

Timers Studio targets show callers, broadcast engineers, event producers, conference organizers, AV integrators, streamers, and developers who need millisecond-accurate timing shared across many devices.

## What makes Timers Studio different

- 53-endpoint REST API with OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Bearer auth, and Server-Sent Events streaming.
- Native Elgato Stream Deck plugin via WebHID (zero install in Chrome and Edge) and an official Bitfocus Companion module with 30+ actions.
- Server-side Wharton-style show clock for zero drift across every connected device.
- Six-language interface: English, French, Spanish, Arabic with full RTL, Japanese, Simplified Chinese.
- Built-in Agenda with three live modes (List, Focus, Current+Next) and timed transitions.
- Built-in Moderator console with eight backstage widgets and an encrypted private intercom.
- Built-in Gateway for audience Q&A, live polls, and a casino-wheel raffle, all from a single QR code.
- Six timer formats and six digit styles for thirty-six display combinations.
- Designer module with twenty-plus theme presets, custom branding, and the AVIXA DISCAS Stage Architect distance simulator.
- Real-time multi-collaborator editing with presence indicators and conflict-free synchronisation.
- Time Warp live offset (-30 to +30 minutes) for last-minute schedule shifts.
- Privacy mode (capability tokens on /p and /a) so links never leak studio identifiers.

## Pricing

- Starter: free, up to 3 concurrent devices, for small events and tests.
- Professional: 24 USD per month, 25 devices, Companion and Stream Deck integrations, REST API, webhooks, priority email support.
- Enterprise: 80 USD per month, unlimited devices, dedicated hosting, SSO, signed SLA, direct Slack channel.

Monthly billing with no commitment is the default. Annual billing saves roughly two months on Professional.

## Competitive positioning

Timers Studio is positioned as the API-first, hardware-aware, audience-ready alternative to:

- Stagetimer (cloud timer): adds REST API, native Stream Deck, moderator console, audience gateway.
- Shoflo (rundown planning): adds real-time live execution and hardware surfaces.
- ProPresenter (church desktop): adds cloud-first cross-platform with REST API and audience features.
- Cuez (cue platform): adds deeper API depth, hardware integration, and audience engagement.
- Planning Center timer (church suite): adds focused production timing with hardware surfaces.
- DSAN (hardware): adds software flexibility, REST API, and remote control.
- CueTimer (simple countdown): adds a complete production platform.

Per-competitor breakdown with switch reasons, comparison tables, and long-form copy is available at:

- https://timers.studio/llms-competitive.txt

## Use cases

- Broadcast TV studios — frame-accurate timing, vMix / OBS automation via REST + SSE.
- Live events and corporate keynotes — moderator console, audience gateway, designer themes, Time Warp.
- Conferences and hybrid summits — six languages, three agenda modes, public gateway, REST integrations.
- Churches and houses of worship — multi-campus sync, designer themes, audience Q&A.

Per-use-case detail with workflows is available at:

- https://timers.studio/llms-use-cases.txt

## Personas

- Show Caller / Stage Manager — moderator console, Stream Deck, Time Warp.
- Broadcast Engineer — server-side show clock, REST + SSE, Companion module.
- Event Producer / Agency Lead — designer themes, audience gateway, six languages.
- AV Integrator — Stage Architect AVIXA simulator, Companion, designer presets.
- Developer / Automation Engineer — REST API, OpenAPI 3.1, JSON export / import.

Per-persona detail with jobs-to-be-done and feature priorities is available at:

- https://timers.studio/llms-personas.txt

## Key public pages

- https://timers.studio/ — product home and overview
- https://timers.studio/features — feature tour
- https://timers.studio/pricing — plans and limits
- https://timers.studio/faq — answers to common questions
- https://timers.studio/stream-deck — native Stream Deck plugin
- https://timers.studio/companion-module — Bitfocus Companion module
- https://timers.studio/docs — product documentation
- https://timers.studio/docs/api/reference — REST API reference
- https://timers.studio/developers — developer portal
- https://timers.studio/changelog — what we shipped
- https://timers.studio/blog — articles on broadcast and event production
- https://timers.studio/community — Discord, Reddit, X links
- https://timers.studio/contact — contact form
- https://timers.studio/privacy — privacy policy

## Alternative pages (per competitor)

- https://timers.studio/stagetimer-alternative
- https://timers.studio/shoflo-alternative
- https://timers.studio/propresenter-alternative
- https://timers.studio/cuez-alternative
- https://timers.studio/planning-center-timer-alternative
- https://timers.studio/dsan-alternative
- https://timers.studio/cuetimer-alternative

## Structured knowledge for AI assistants

- https://timers.studio/llms-full.txt — full FAQ content as markdown, ready to be quoted verbatim.
- https://timers.studio/llms-competitive.txt — per-competitor positioning, switch reasons, comparison tables.
- https://timers.studio/llms-use-cases.txt — per-use-case workflows and recommended features.
- https://timers.studio/llms-personas.txt — per-persona jobs-to-be-done and feature priorities.
- https://timers.studio/api/ai/context — machine-readable competitive arsenal (application/x-llm+json).
- https://timers.studio/api/ai/manifest — LLM-readiness manifest (endpoints, capabilities, plugins).
- https://mcp.timers.studio/mcp — Model Context Protocol endpoint, read-only marketing surface (4 tools : get_competitive_arsenal, find_competitor, find_use_case, find_persona).

## Plugin manifests (read-only marketing)

- https://timers.studio/.well-known/ai-plugin.json — ChatGPT GPT manifest (informational, no auth, no action on studio).
- https://timers.studio/.well-known/claude-skill.md — Claude Skill bundle (positioning only).
- https://timers.studio/.well-known/gemini-extension.json — Gemini Extension manifest (positioning only).

All LLM resources advertised here are read-only marketing surfaces. Studio operations (timer transport, agenda navigation, message broadcast) require an authenticated user account on timers.studio and are not exposed via LLM channels.

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## Documentation

Timers Studio documentation. Canonical English URLs below; localized versions available at /docs/{lang}/<category>/<slug> for fr, es, ar, jp, cn.

- https://timers.studio/docs/agenda/build-your-agenda — Build your agenda
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/agenda/build-your-agenda
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/agenda/build-your-agenda
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/agenda/build-your-agenda
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/agenda/build-your-agenda
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/agenda/build-your-agenda
- https://timers.studio/docs/agenda/display-modes — Agenda display modes
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/agenda/display-modes
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/agenda/display-modes
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/agenda/display-modes
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/agenda/display-modes
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/agenda/display-modes
- https://timers.studio/docs/agenda/overview — Agenda module overview
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/agenda/overview
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/agenda/overview
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/agenda/overview
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/agenda/overview
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/agenda/overview
- https://timers.studio/docs/api/create-timer — POST /v1/timers — Create a timer
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/api/creer-timer
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/api/crear-timer
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/api/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%82%D8%AA
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/api/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E4%BD%9C%E6%88%90
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/api/%E5%88%9B%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%A1%E6%97%B6%E5%99%A8
- https://timers.studio/docs/gateway/access-gateway — Open the Access Gateway operator workspace
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/gateway/access-gateway
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/gateway/access-gateway
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/gateway/access-gateway
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/gateway/access-gateway
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/gateway/access-gateway
- https://timers.studio/docs/gateway/overview — Gateway module overview
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/gateway/overview
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/gateway/overview
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/gateway/overview
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/gateway/overview
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/gateway/overview
- https://timers.studio/docs/gateway/spectator-app — Spectator app (Gateway public surface)
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/gateway/spectator-app
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/gateway/spectator-app
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/gateway/spectator-app
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/gateway/spectator-app
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/gateway/spectator-app
- https://timers.studio/docs/gateway/spectator-poll-vote — Vote on a live poll from Gateway
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/gateway/spectator-poll-vote
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/gateway/spectator-poll-vote
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/gateway/spectator-poll-vote
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/gateway/spectator-poll-vote
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/gateway/spectator-poll-vote
- https://timers.studio/docs/guides/glossary — Glossary
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/guides/glossary
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/guides/glossary
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/guides/glossary
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/guides/glossary
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/guides/glossary
- https://timers.studio/docs/guides/keyboard-shortcuts — Keyboard shortcuts
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/guides/keyboard-shortcuts
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/guides/keyboard-shortcuts
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/guides/keyboard-shortcuts
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/guides/keyboard-shortcuts
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/guides/keyboard-shortcuts
- https://timers.studio/docs/guides/quickstart — Quickstart — first show in 5 minutes
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/guides/quickstart
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/guides/quickstart
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/guides/quickstart
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/guides/quickstart
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/guides/quickstart
- https://timers.studio/docs/moderator/intercom-chat — Intercom chat
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/moderator/intercom-chat
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/moderator/intercom-chat
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/moderator/intercom-chat
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/moderator/intercom-chat
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/moderator/intercom-chat
- https://timers.studio/docs/moderator/login-and-access — Moderator login and access
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/moderator/login-and-access
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/moderator/login-and-access
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/moderator/login-and-access
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/moderator/login-and-access
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/moderator/login-and-access
- https://timers.studio/docs/moderator/overview — Moderator module overview
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/moderator/overview
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/moderator/overview
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/moderator/overview
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/moderator/overview
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/moderator/overview
- https://timers.studio/docs/moderator/polls — Run a live poll from the Moderator
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/moderator/polls
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/moderator/polls
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/moderator/polls
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/moderator/polls
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/moderator/polls
- https://timers.studio/docs/moderator/widget-grid — Widget grid and layout
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/moderator/widget-grid
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/moderator/widget-grid
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/moderator/widget-grid
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/moderator/widget-grid
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/moderator/widget-grid
- https://timers.studio/docs/studio/create-timer — Create your first timer
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/studio/create-timer
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/studio/create-timer
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/studio/create-timer
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/studio/create-timer
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/studio/create-timer
- https://timers.studio/docs/studio/keyboard-shortcuts — Keyboard shortcuts reference
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/studio/keyboard-shortcuts
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/studio/keyboard-shortcuts
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/studio/keyboard-shortcuts
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/studio/keyboard-shortcuts
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/studio/keyboard-shortcuts
- https://timers.studio/docs/studio/messages-to-stage — Send messages to the stage
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/studio/messages-to-stage
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/studio/messages-to-stage
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/studio/messages-to-stage
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/studio/messages-to-stage
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/studio/messages-to-stage
- https://timers.studio/docs/studio/overview — Timers module overview
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/studio/overview
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/studio/overview
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/studio/overview
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/studio/overview
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/studio/overview
- https://timers.studio/docs/studio/run-the-player — Launch and control the Player
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/studio/run-the-player
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/studio/run-the-player
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/studio/run-the-player
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/studio/run-the-player
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/studio/run-the-player
- https://timers.studio/docs/studio/share-links — Share links and permissions
  - fr: https://timers.studio/docs/fr/studio/share-links
  - es: https://timers.studio/docs/es/studio/share-links
  - ar: https://timers.studio/docs/ar/studio/share-links
  - jp: https://timers.studio/docs/jp/studio/share-links
  - cn: https://timers.studio/docs/cn/studio/share-links
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## Contact

- Support: support@timers.studio
- Sales: sales@timers.studio
- Press: press@timers.studio
- X: https://x.com/timersstudio
- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/timersstudio