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Play Timer vs Clocks: catalog facts
Play Timer	Clocks
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
Linux	Linux
Timer appears in the desktop's media controls via MPRIS Notifications when a timer finishes	World clocks, alarms, stopwatch and timers in one app Regular releases from the GNOME project
Linux only Single-purpose timer without Pomodoro cycles or task tracking	Linux only and designed around GNOME Covers basic time-keeping only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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