Egg timersoft, medium or hard.

A free online egg timer. Pick soft, medium or hard boiled, and Tapsle counts the minutes and sounds when your eggs are ready, so the yolk comes out the way you like it.

Free · no account · works offline

Start an egg timer

Pick your eggs, or start blank.

◒Soft→ 6 minutes ◓Jammy→ 7 minutes ◐Medium→ 8 minutes ●Hard→ 10 minutes ◌Poached→ 3 minutes ∘Quail→ 3 minutes + Blank counter

Opens Tapsle with the counter ready. It saves as you tap.

What is an egg timer?

An egg timer times eggs in boiling water, so the yolk comes out runny, jammy or firm. In Tapsle, set the timer to add one every minute with a target of 6 for soft, 8 for medium or 10 for hard. The sound plays when they are ready to go into cold water.

Soft, medium and hard presets
A sound when they are ready
Minutes shown as they pass
Change the time for large eggs

Timer mode, in Tapsle

Any counter becomes an egg timer.

Open a counter’s settings, switch Counting to Timer and set the schedule. Tapsle adds to the count on every interval, plays your sound, and stops at the target. Pause from the card whenever you need to.

Jammy

5of 7

Timer · +1 every 1 min

Next in 0:33

Counting by the timer. Pause to correct.

Counter settings

CountingManualTimer

Add 1 every1 minute

Target7

Manual counting while running

How to use Tapsle as an egg timer

1
Pick your eggsSoft, Jammy, Medium or Hard, or a blank counter.
2
Lower them inBring the water to a boil and lower the eggs in gently.
3
Start the timerThe timer adds one every minute. The number is how long they have cooked.
4
Cold water on the soundWhen the sound plays, move the eggs to cold water to stop the cooking.

How long to boil an egg

For a large egg from the fridge into boiling water: 6 minutes gives a runny yolk, 7 a jammy one, 8 a medium yolk and 10 a firm one. Add a minute for extra large eggs, and take one off for medium.

Poached, coddled and quail

Poached eggs take about 3 minutes, coddled about 5, and quail eggs 2 to 3. Set the target and the count keeps track while you make the toast.

Egg timer or a sand egg timer?

A sand timer gives one fixed time. Tapsle times soft, medium and hard, and sounds when they are done.

TapsleSand timerColour change egg

Soft, medium and hardYesOne onlyYes

Sound when readyYesNoNo

Any size of eggYesNoSome

Readable from the hobYesSomeSome

Works for poached eggsYesNoNo

CostFreeCheapCheap

How people like their eggs

Soft boiled

Six minutes, dippy yolk

Jammy

Seven minutes, for ramen

Medium

Eight minutes, just set

Hard boiled

Ten minutes, for salads

Poached

Three minutes, swirl first

Quail eggs

Two and a half minutes

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Tapsle Plus

Breakfast on every device.

The egg timer is free and stays free. Plus runs more than one timer at once, so the toast and the eggs are both on time.

$2.99a month, or $25.99 a year, over 3 months free

Get Tapsle Plus Cancel any time. Your counters stay.

60 days of history with charts

Your perfect times, saved.

Every device in step

Set it on your laptop, cook with your phone.

Nightly backups

Your presets survive a new phone.

Share with the family

Share a counter link so the house knows breakfast is ready.

Egg timer questions

How long do I boil an egg?

For a large egg into boiling water: 6 minutes for soft, 7 for jammy, 8 for medium and 10 for hard. Move them to cold water as soon as the sound plays.

Do I start the timer when the water boils?

Yes. Lower the eggs into water that is already boiling, then start the timer. Starting in cold water takes longer and varies with the pan.

Can I time different eggs at once?

Free includes one running timer. For soft and hard eggs together, start the timer and take the soft ones out at 6. Plus runs a separate timer for each.

Is Tapsle free?

Yes. Unlimited counters, targets, steps, notes, lock, focus mode, pop out and export are free, with no account. Free includes up to 5 groups and 1 counter on a timer. Tapsle Plus adds sync, backups, longer history, shared counters and integrations, for $2.99 a month or $25.99 a year.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Once Tapsle has loaded, counting keeps working with no connection, and you can install it on your phone or computer like an app. Your counts are saved on your device as you go.

Can I export my counters?

Yes, free. Export saves every counter to one file, and Import brings them back on any device. Your counts belong to you.

Can I keep the timer on screen while I read the news?

Yes, on Chrome and Edge on a computer. Choose Pop out and the egg timer floats above your other windows. Phones and Safari do not support this, so the button only appears where it works.

Is my data private?

Yes. Your counters stay on your device. There is no account, and nothing is sent to us unless you turn on sync with Tapsle Plus.

What is the difference between Free and Plus?

Free is the counter: unlimited counters, up to 5 groups, 1 timer counter, targets, offline use, export and 7 days of history. Plus is memory: sync across up to 5 devices, nightly backups, 60 days of history with charts, shared counter links, unlimited groups and timers, and integrations. Cancelling Plus never removes a counter.

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