Clock app timers duplicate and lack presets after iOS update

A. Use the Shortcuts app to make true timer presets

This is the closest system to what you are looking for.

1. Open Shortcuts → tap +
2. Add action: Start Timer
3. Set your duration (e.g., “25 minutes”).
4. Name it whatever you like (e.g., “Work Focus 25”).
5. Optional:
   1. Add it to Home Screen
   2. Add to Control Centre (via a Shortcut tile)
   3. Ask Siri: “Run Work Focus 25”

These act exactly like the way you require and never duplicate.

B. Use Siri voice commands

If you use specific timers frequently, Siri remembers them more gracefully than the Clock UI.

Example:

“Hey Siri, start my 90-minute cleaning timer”

After a few uses, Siri will offer it as a predictive suggestion.

Not perfect, but less chaotic than the Clock app list.

This is why I hate most updates. They make “improvements” but in the process of fixing things that were not broken they actually break them then refuse to fix them. All because some coder / engineer prefers it their way instead of the way the majority of their users prefer it to function.

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Im hoping my comment here simply notifies me of future comments which may finally include a proper fix rather than a 5 step work around.

don’t get me wrong the work around is appreciated but It’s still more complicated than it used to be.

Why must they modify the most basic functionality with each update?