See active timers on your Lock Screen

When you use Timer+ on an iPhone running iOS 16.2+, your active timers should show on your Lock Screen as Live Activities.

The first time you see Timer+ on the Lock Screen, you'll get a prompt asking if you would like to keep it. If you do, tap Allow.

Troubleshooting

If you start a timer via Shortcuts, your Watch, or a URL, you won't see the timer on your Lock Screen until you open Timer+. Apple requires that third-party apps like Timer+ be in the foreground (app is open and visible to you) for them to send things to the Lock Screen.

If you accidentally tapped Don't Allow when you first saw Timer+ on the Lock Screen, or you're not seeing your timers on the Lock Screen anymore, open the Settings app and find Timer+ and tap it. There you'll see the switch for Live Activities; make sure it's on.

Lock Screen / Live Activity Limitations

Apple limits what third-party apps can do with Live Activities (what you see on your Lock Screen).

• Timer+ can request live activities to be shown, but it’s up to the system (iOS or iPadOS) to actually show them. It will depend on several factors, such as if many other apps are showing live activities at the same time, or if Timer+ has many live activities already scheduled.
• Live activities can be active up to 8 hours in the Dynamic Island, and 12 hours in the Lock Screen.
• Timer+ can only update live activities when it is running, or in response to a user action. Therefore, repeating timers & custom timers cannot be shown on your Lock Screen. There isn’t a way for Timer+ to tell iOS to update the timer on your Lock Screen when a new repeat or timer segment starts.