The Visual Timer is available on the iOS, macOS and Android versions. It is not available in the web browser version.
Not every part of a video is scripted. There are stretches where you want to talk freely — an intro, a demo, an answer to a question — but you still have to land inside a set length. The Visual Timer is built for those stretches: a large, easy-to-read timer with nothing else competing for your attention.
It is a standalone feature with its own tab in the app's tab bar, alongside your scripts. It is not a prompter mode and it does not take the place of your script inside the prompter, so switching to it is a matter of moving to a different tab rather than changing anything about a script.
How to use it
- Open the Teleprompter.com app.
- Open the Visual Timer tab in the tab bar.
- Choose whether the timer counts elapsed time or shows remaining time.
- Set your target duration — the length you are aiming to fill or stay inside.
Elapsed time suits rehearsals, where you mainly want to know how long you have been going. Remaining time suits a hard slot — a 60-second social cut, a three-minute conference segment — where what matters is how much is left. The timer fills the screen, so you can prop the device next to your lens and read it with a glance.
It does not run over a recording
The Visual Timer is standalone: it is not part of video recording, so it cannot sit on top of a take you are filming in the app.
If what you want is to track your progress while recording, use the prompter's own pacing tools instead. Turn on the progress bar and pair it with Timed Scrolling, which paces the script to the duration you set — see Which Scrolling Mode Should I Use? Together they show how far through your script you are and keep you on track for your target length, right on the recording screen.
How it differs from the other timing features
Three features in the app deal with time and they are easy to mix up:
- Countdown Before Starting is a pre-roll. It counts you in before recording begins so you can settle your posture, then it disappears. See How Can I Enable the Countdown Before Recording Starts?
- Display Remaining Time is an on-screen readout during a session. Your script is still there and still scrolling, with the time left shown alongside it. See How Can I Display the Remaining Time While Recording?
- Visual Timer is a separate tab and a separate activity. There is no script and no recording — just the timer.
Put simply: Countdown happens before you speak, Remaining Time sits next to your script as you read, and the Visual Timer is for when there is no script at all.
When to reach for it
It suits interview answers, product demos, live-event segments and rehearsals where you are practising delivery rather than wording. It is also useful before you write anything: talk a topic through freely, see how long that took, then write the script to fit the slot.
Need a hand? Email support@teleprompter.com or use Settings > Contact Support in the app.
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