Skip to content

iOS 823: It's About Time (Apps) - Hidden Clock, Timer, and WatchOS Tools You Never Use

October 9, 2026 · 57 min

Show notes

Discover how iOS and watchOS are quietly transforming the way you track, customize, and automate every second, from modular lock screens to Siri-powered alarms. Plus, hear why third-party apps are still running circles around Apple's timer tools.

  • Customizing lock screen time display and widgets on iOS
  • Apple's system clock app features: timers, alarms, world clock
  • Multiple timers and AlarmKit integration for developers
  • Timer controls, volume settings, and kitchen use tips
  • Handling time zones, world clock widgets, and third-party time apps
  • Apple Watch faces, complications, and ongoing third-party face debate
  • Accessibility tools: haptic feedback, chimes, and clock customization
  • Third-party timer apps: Just Timers, (Not Boring) Timer, Timer+, Overlap
  • Frustrations with time zone selection in clock apps
  • Time drift, manual clock changes, and device sync issues
  • iPhone Duo preorder details and Apple's "get ready" system
  • Shortcuts Corner: calendar event alarms and automation tricks
  • App Caps: Tiimo planner for ADHD/time blindness, Signal for group messaging

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

Contact iOS Today at [email protected].

Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

All episodes of iOS Today (Audio)

Settings

Display

Language

Decides which stations you see first on the home page.

History

Recently played stations and episodes and your latest searches are only stored in this browser.

Notifications

A short notice when a podcast you follow has a new episode. Turn off single podcasts with the bell on their page.

Account

Save favorites – in the app and on the website.

Keyboard shortcuts

/
Open search
Space
Play or pause
← →
In the player: back 15 s, forward 30 s (episodes) · in a row: next tile
↑ ↓
In a row: target within the tile
Home / End
In a row: first or last tile
Esc
Close window or menu
?
This overview
Now playing

Go to station page

Play next

    Add episodes with “Play next” – they play after the current episode.