Kitchen Synk
Parallel cooking timers for the four-burner dinner.
00What it is
A timer app for cooks who need more than one going at once. Set independent timers, group several to land at the same finish time, or have one fire every five minutes until you stop it. Universal across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with state that survives the app being suspended and syncs between devices.
- Independent, repeating, and shared-finish timer modes
- Background-resilient timer state that survives app suspension
- Cross-device sync, start on one device and finish on another
- Apple Intelligence integration
- Universal app: iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Pure SwiftUI with MVVM and Swift Concurrency
- SwiftData-backed persistence
01Why it exists
If you've worked in a kitchen, or made a dinner that required more than one burner, you've probably run into timing issues. Just trying to have one main course and side dish ready at the same time can be a challenge. Trying to do it for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or a fancy dinner party can be panic-inducing.
The Timer app provided in iOS is good, but it could be better. What if you need a timer to go off every five minutes until you say stop? What if you need 4 different timers that all need to end at the same time?
02What's next
V2 lands in spring 2026 with shared timer sessions (for households cooking together), per-timer haptic patterns, and a redesigned home screen for iPad.