---
title: "Ultimate Test Timer"
description: "Practicing for a timed test? This free timer boosts your speed per question—perfect for AP, SAT, ACT, and other high-stakes exams."
url: "https://nerd-notes.com/timer/"
date_modified: "2025-04-25T12:00:33+00:00"
---

# Ultimate Test Timer — Train Under Pressure, Question-by-Question

A free study timer built for timed-exam practice (AP, SAT, ACT, and other
high-stakes tests). Instead of one long countdown, it times every question
individually so students build speed and learn their real pacing.

**Start here:** https://nerd-notes.com/timer/

## Features

- **Two timing modes:**
  - **Self-Paced** — set a target time per question; press space when finished early, otherwise the timer beeps and auto-restarts for the next question.
  - **Auto** — the timer counts up; press space to log the time and advance, with an optional target limit to stay under.
- **Per-question controls** — mark the current question complete, skip it, or restart it.
- **Configurable settings** — target time per question (up to 3600 s), a warning threshold that changes the timer color as time runs low, and an optional delay between questions (up to 300 s).
- **Question log** — a live table recording each question's time, target, and result.
- **Exam stats on finish** — total questions, total time, average time, fastest and slowest question, and how many were completed within target. Sessions can be renamed and results downloaded as CSV.
- **Past exams** — finished sessions are saved in the browser (localStorage) and can be reviewed or deleted later.
- Keyboard shortcuts and light/dark theme.

## Access and pricing

- **Free** — no account required. Exam history is stored locally in the browser, not on a server.

## Related Nerd Notes tools

- **UBQ question bank** (1,000+ AP-style physics questions to practice against the clock): https://nerd-notes.com/ubq/
- **UBQ Quiz Lab** (full-length mock exams and unit quizzes with instant AI grading): https://nerd-notes.com/quiz/
- **FRQ Atlas** (every released AP FRQ, AI-graded): https://nerd-notes.com/frq/
- **AP Physics 1 score calculator**: https://nerd-notes.com/ap1-score-calculator/
- **Free physics resources**: https://nerd-notes.com/physics_resources/

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