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Noodle Timer
A cup noodle timer that shows firmness, not just a countdown
Noodle Timer turns cook time into a live, five-stage firmness meter — Firm to Soft — instead of a plain countdown. Forget your cup? An overtime alert pings every 15 seconds until you catch it. It also logs every bowl: weekly, monthly and yearly charts of your noodle habits, plus a ramen log with shop, rating, category and photo for every cup. Free, offline, no account, 10 languages. Just a small banner ad — no subscriptions, no premium tier.
Hi Product Hunt,
I'm a solo developer from Japan. I built Noodle Timer because of one thing that always bothered me about instant cup noodles: the printed cook time is a guess. Wait too long and it's mush; stop too early and it's still crunchy in the middle - and there's no way to tell without opening the lid and risking a burn.
So instead of just counting down, Noodle Timer shows a live, five-stage firmness meter - Firm, Slightly Firm, Almost, Slightly Soft, Soft - that updates as the clock runs.
A few things I put real work into:
- An overtime alert that pings every 15 seconds if you forget your cup on the counter. The timer survives the app being backgrounded and still fires a notification the moment it's done.
- A personal ramen log: shop, category, rating and a photo for every bowl, plus weekly/monthly/yearly charts of your actual noodle habits.
- Fully offline, no account, 10 languages.
- Free - the only thing on screen is a small banner ad. No subscriptions, no premium tier.
I eat way too many cup noodles myself, and I got tired of guessing. I'd genuinely like to know: how do you personally judge when instant noodles are ready - by the clock, by smell, or just by feel?
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About Noodle Timer on Product Hunt
“A cup noodle timer that shows firmness, not just a countdown”
Noodle Timer was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #125 on the daily leaderboard. Noodle Timer turns cook time into a live, five-stage firmness meter — Firm to Soft — instead of a plain countdown. Forget your cup? An overtime alert pings every 15 seconds until you catch it. It also logs every bowl: weekly, monthly and yearly charts of your noodle habits, plus a ramen log with shop, rating, category and photo for every cup. Free, offline, no account, 10 languages. Just a small banner ad — no subscriptions, no premium tier.
Noodle Timer was featured in Android (57.6k followers), iOS (110.8k followers) and Food & Drink (2.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 90.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Noodle Timer?
Noodle Timer was hunted by Tomohiko Saitoh. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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