ProgressBar Clock

ProgressBar Clock is a small software application developed specifically for helping you place a simple clock on your desktop that reveals the time in hours, minutes, and seconds. Compared to other analogue or digital clocks, this tool adopts a very different approach and lets you read the time with the aid of progress bars.

You are welcomed by a straightforward design that reveals the time-related details directly in the main window. Although you cannot appeal to a help manual, you can quickly get an idea about how the program works because the dedicated parameters look easy to interpret. A few configuration settings are hidden under the hood.

ProgressBar Clock offers you the possibility to keep an eye on the time using several progress bars which display the values in real time. The time is expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds. What’s more, you can also check out the current date, month, and year.

Aside from the progress bar, the application also reveals the corresponding values for each time-related parameter. What’s more, you are allowed to set up alarms at a certain date and specific time, and import custom audio files which are used as audio notifications.

Tests have pointed out that ProgressBar Clock carries out a task quickly and without errors. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the system is not hampered.

On the downside, professionals may get disappointed by the poor support for advanced features. You cannot play hourly chimes, read aloud the time every hour, and change the looks of the GUI with the aid of several colorful themes, just to name some suggestions.

To sum things up, ProgressBar Clock delivers a simplistic software solution for monitoring the time straight from your desktop, and is suitable especially for less experienced users.