alarm-clock.org/how-it-works

How it works

Three free tools, no sign-up. Pick one below to see how it works.

1. Pick the occasion

Choose a birthday, wedding, graduation, holiday, or anything else, from the Create menu. The theme, celebration effect and sound are pre-picked to match, and you can change any of them.

2. Set the moment

Name the event, then pick the date, time and time zone. The countdown ends at that exact moment in that time zone, so a midnight New Year's countdown ends at your midnight, not someone else's.

3. Get your link

Hit Get my link and your countdown is ready instantly. There's no account and nothing to save: the whole event lives inside the link itself, so it works forever and stays private to whoever has it.

4. Share it

Send the link by WhatsApp, text, email or anywhere else. Everyone who opens it sees the same live countdown (days, hours, minutes and seconds) with your theme and message. They can add the moment to their calendar with one tap.

5. Celebrate at zero

When the clock hits zero, the page erupts: confetti, fireworks, hearts or snow, plus a celebration sound, and shows your message. Anyone visiting after the moment sees the celebration right away.

1. Set a time

Type hours, minutes and seconds, or tap a preset. You can also jump straight to a ready-made timer — a 5-minute, 10-minute or egg timer — with the time already set.

2. Press start

The timer counts down. It keeps running if you switch tabs or lock the screen, and the tab title shows the time remaining so you can glance back anytime. Pause and resume whenever you like.

3. It rings at zero

When the timer reaches zero it sounds an alarm and flashes Time's up. Press Space to start or pause, hit Full screen for a big across-the-room display, or Reset to run it again.

1. Press start

Hit Start (or Space) and the stopwatch counts up from zero in minutes, seconds and hundredths.

2. Take laps

Tap Lap to record a split without stopping the clock. Each lap is timed from the previous one and added to a list, so you can compare them afterwards.

3. Stop & reset

Pause and resume as often as you need. Reset clears the clock and the laps back to zero, and Full screen gives you a big, easy-to-read display.

💡 How do we make Alarm-Clock.org better? Share an idea →

Alarm-Clock.org is new, and we want it to be the best countdown, reminder, and event site online. If you have an idea to make it better, we'd love to hear it.

Every suggestion is read and reviewed. We can't promise to act on them all, but they directly shape what we build next.