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A subathon clock that subs and bits push back up.

You set what a sub is worth and what a thousand bits is worth. The clock counts down, an event lands, the number goes up, and everyone watching sees it happen.

No account to start. Free covers the base clock with subs and bits.

SubtickSample events

28:41:48

  • tier 1 subnowiwantbagels+3:00

The number moves while people are watching it

That is the whole mechanic, and the reason a subathon clock belongs on screen rather than in a spreadsheet. An event arrives, the clock jumps, and the alert and the number read as one thing.

Help articles for Subtick

Tier 1 sub+3:00Each tier has its own amount
1,000 bits+5:00Scaled from one amount
Follows0:00Off, so bots cannot farm it
Cap72:00:00The clock stops climbing here

Sample settings. You choose every one of these values.

What the free clock does

Four controls, each there because a long event needs it.

Sample

T1 · T2 · T3

Subs

Tier 1, 2 and 3, and gifted subs. Each tier carries its own amount, so a tier 3 can be worth more than three tier 1s if you want it to be.

Sample

1,000 bits

Bits

Counted by the thousand. A thousand bits is one amount and the clock scales the rest from it.

Sample

41:07 paused

Pause

Stops the count without losing it. You come back to the number you left, not to a guess.

Sample

MAX 72:00

Cap

An upper bound, so a good night does not turn into a four-day stream you did not agree to.

Why it holds up at hour sixty

Follows are off, on purpose

They are cheap to farm, and a follow bot would run the timer away. The default says so and the setting explains it.

A source set to zero is ignored

So a clock that only counts bits is a valid setup, not a workaround.

Pausing keeps the count

The pause is a real stop and not a reset. That matters most when you are tired.

It is a web page, not an app

Nothing to install and nothing to update mid-event. Resizing the browser source does not reload it.

The parts worth reading before an event

Three things people ask at hour two, answered before hour one.

Subs and bits. Tier 1, 2 and 3, gifted subs, and bits by the thousand. You set an amount for each, and anything left at zero is ignored.

Tips and the other event sources are on the Pro side of the line. They are decided and not finished.

In an OBS browser source at whatever size you want, and in a normal browser tab if you would rather watch it on a second screen.

You can cap the clock, and you can pause it without losing the count. Both exist because a subathon that runs away from its host is the common failure.

Free today, and staying free

The clock as it works now is the free tier. Pro adds sources and styles; it does not take any of this away.

  • Subs: tier 1, 2, 3 and gifted
  • Bits, by the thousand
  • Pause, cap and the base clock style
  • Tips, hype train and other sources: Pro, in development

Running in three steps

The same three as every other tool here.

1

Open Subtick

It loads with amounts already set, and you change the ones you care about.

About a minute, with no account and no card.

2

Copy the overlay link

One URL, belonging to your stream and nobody else's.

Treat it like a key. Anyone with the link can load the clock.

3

Paste it into OBS

Add a browser source, drop the link in, size it on the scene.

The tool reports back once the source loads it.

Free and Pro, for Subtick

Everything the clock does today is in the free column. The Pro cells say what is finished.

The whole free and paid line
Pro is not open yet. When it opens, the price is shown at checkout, not here.
FeatureFreePro
The clock in an OBS browser source
Subs: tier 1, 2, 3 and gifted
Bits, by the thousand
Set what each source is worth
Pause without losing the count
Cap the clock
Base clock style
Tips and the other event sourcesIn development
Extra clock stylesIn development
Account neededNoYes

Asked about Subtick

It is a normal web page, so anything that can load a URL in a browser source should run it. OBS is the one it is built and tested against, so that is the one this page claims.

The browser source in OBS is a separate load, so closing your own tab does not take the overlay down.

Each link is its own clock, so two links are two clocks. A collab timer that stays in step across channels is a Pro idea and is not built.

No. What the clock does today is what the free column lists, and Pro is additive.

Start the clock and see it on your scene.

It takes about two minutes, it costs nothing, and you can throw it away afterwards.

  • No account to start. The live tools run without one.
  • Nothing to install. It is a browser source.
  • Status in every label. Live means live; in development means not finished.
  • No price on this site. Pro shows it at checkout when it opens.