Add timers to Control Center
In iOS 18 & iPadOS 18, you can add your timers in Timer+ to Control Center. Once added, you an tap the control to start, pause, and resume timers.
You can start and pause a timer from there easily.
How to add a timer to Control Center
- Open Control Center. To open Control Center, do one of the following:
- On an iPhone with Face ID: Swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen.
- On an iPhone with a Home button: Swipe up from the bottom. If you continue swiping up, you see more groups of controls.
Open the controls Gallery. Tap "Add a control" at the bottom of the screen to bring up the controls gallery
- Find Timer+ in the controls gallery and select "Timer".
- Select your timer from the list to add it to the control center.
- Recommended: Resize the control to be larger than just the icon, so you can see the name of the control.
For more information on Control Center, here's Apple's support documentation on Control Center:
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-and-customize-control-center-iph59095ec58/ios