The dictionary definitions are stored locally, and because it's ad-free there's no need for a network connection. Dictionary is ideal for both native English speakers and English learners or people studying the English language. Please don’t give the app a poor rating because of these factors as they are completely out of my hands :-)ĭictionary is a free offline English dictionary containing over 200,000 words and definitions and no ads. Snooze is a fixed time of 10 minutes which also is decided by Microsoft. This is chosen by Microsoft, to save power on your mobile. When the alarm sounds, you can choose to stop the alarm or snooze.īecause of the way background tasks is controlled on Windows Phone, the alarm will only be accurate to the minute (delay of up to 1 min.

When you set the timer, you can enter the message to be displayed when the alarm sounds, however this is optional. In this app you do not need to fear closing the app by mistake and thereby stopping the timer – here it’s actually intended that you close the app after setting the timer, and because of this there is no countdown The alarm will still sound when the time has expired. After having set a time and started the timer, you just close the app. Background Timer is a simple timer with alarm function, which is designed to run in the background on your Windows Phone.

Countdown clock for desktop background