Changelog

Product Updates

The latest features, improvements, and fixes shipping in The Poker Timer.

The Poker Timer's Upload your logo dialog in Preferences
Jul 07, 2026
New

Upload your logo right in the app

Set your venue's logo from Preferences. Pick an image and it appears across your screens, swap or remove it any time. Every open window updates immediately, so the player screen never shows a stale logo.

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A diagram showing saved presets available offline with no internet, and still available once back online
Jun 10, 2026
Improvement

Your tournaments, ready with or without Wi-Fi

Your saved tournament structures now work offline. So whether you're running a home game, a club night or a tournament in a venue with unreliable Wi-Fi, the structures you've built are ready to go.

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The Poker Timer's player clock screen, which flashes at the end of each level
Jun 04, 2026
New

Making The Poker Timer more accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing players

This one came from a host who runs regular poker games for deaf and hard-of-hearing players. Now the whole screen can flash at the end of each level, so a level ending and the blinds going up is something you can see, not just hear. Off by default. Turn it on in Preferences.

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New currencies added: Japanese yen (JPY) and Chinese yuan (CNY), both using the ¥ symbol
May 29, 2026
New

Yen and yuan join the currency list

Hosts running games in Japanese yen or Chinese yuan can now select their own currency, with buy-ins, prizes and payouts displayed using the ¥ symbol.

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The Player Screen on a TV showing the tournament clock and blinds, alongside the Director Screen open on a laptop for private control, on a poker table
May 28, 2026
New

Meet the Director Screen

The biggest change to how you run a game with The Poker Timer. Your player display and tournament controls now live on separate screens, so your players get a clean, uninterrupted view of the action while you manage everything behind the scenes.

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A before and after comparison of The Poker Timer's fullscreen on Windows: before with awkward borders and inconsistent sizing, after filling the whole screen
May 23, 2026
Improvement

Better fullscreen on Windows

A long-standing frustration, finally fixed. Windows users make up the biggest part of The Poker Timer community, so getting fullscreen right really matters. We've reworked how fullscreen behaves to make it far more reliable, giving you a clean, properly fitted player screen on TVs, projectors and secondary displays.

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The Poker Timer's clock and tournament stats framed by engine pistons and gears
Mar 20, 2026
New

A new engine under the hood

We've rebuilt some of the most important parts of The Poker Timer from the ground up. The tournament clock and results now run on a new core engine, making games more reliable from start to finish. We've also redesigned the player lobby and reworked the sounds across the app.

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The Poker Timer's Upload your player avatar dialog, with the player list showing a photo beside each name
Dec 14, 2025
New

Make your players part of the game

Your regulars can now look like your regulars. Add photos to player profiles and they'll appear throughout the tournament, from the lobby to the game itself and the final results.

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The Poker Timer showing an "Update available" dialog with an Update now button over the game screen
Oct 18, 2025
New

The Poker Timer now keeps itself up to date

No more checking whether you're running the latest version or heading back to the website to download it. The Poker Timer can now keep itself up to date, so the latest improvements and fixes are ready when you are.

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The Poker Timer's Add players screen, showing a searchable pool of saved players with avatars and usernames being added as tournament entrants
Jul 08, 2025
New

Meet your player pool

This is the start of something much bigger. Player Pool brings persistent player profiles into The Poker Timer, creating the foundation for a connected experience that follows players from game to game, host to host, and eventually around the world.

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The Poker Timer's Screen Layout settings showing the Simple, Now and Next, and All the data layouts, plus a control to scale the display
Jan 24, 2025
New

Choose how your game looks

Every poker night is different. Now your game screen can be too. Choose from three layouts, then fine-tune the display to suit your room, your screen and your players.

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A before and after comparison: a late entry left out of the tournament totals before, and counted after, with chips in play and prize pool rising from 1,200,000 and $3,000 to 1,350,000 and $3,375
Oct 06, 2024
Fix

Late entries now add up

Players don't always arrive on time. Now, when someone joins after the tournament has started, they're properly included in your chip totals and prize pool, keeping the numbers accurate no matter when they sit down.

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A tournament room full of players with The Poker Timer's championship clock and blinds on a large screen
Sep 07, 2024
New

The all-new Poker Timer

Version 3.0 isn't an update. We rebuilt The Poker Timer from the ground up: a brand-new experience, cloud-saved tournaments, powerful player management, smarter game controls, live results and a talking host that helps you run the room. Our biggest release ever, and the foundation for something much bigger.

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