# mineschan/MZTimerLabel

A handy class for iOS to use UILabel as a countdown timer or stopwatch just like in Apple Clock App.

Repository: https://github.com/mineschan/MZTimerLabel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mztimerlabel
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-05-15T15:38:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4704, "days_push": 1206, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1551, forks 242 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:02.208582+00:00)

## What it is
MZTimerLabel is an Objective-C UILabel subclass for iOS that turns a label into a countdown timer or stopwatch, mimicking the Apple Clock App with minimal code. It supports customizable appearance, delegate callbacks on timer completion, and installation via CocoaPods or Carthage.

## Use cases
- display a countdown timer on a UILabel in iOS
- build a stopwatch UI like the Apple Clock app
- show elapsed time counting up in an iOS app
- trigger an action when a countdown reaches zero
- customize timer label font and color
- add a 60-second countdown to a quiz or game screen

## When to choose
- you need a ready-made timer/stopwatch label in an Objective-C or Swift iOS app
- you want minimal setup (two lines of code) for countdown display
- you need delegate callbacks when the timer finishes

## When to avoid
- you are building for platforms other than iOS
- you need SwiftUI-native or modern timer components
- the project requires actively maintained dependencies with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, date-time
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: uilabel, countdown-timer, stopwatch, cocoapods, carthage, ios, mobile, swift, objective-c

## Member repositories
- mineschan/MZTimerLabel (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.208582+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:30:16.652621+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mineschan/MZTimerLabel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.208582+00:00, sha 28ace56c41ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.