Yep, the app is less than desirable. I think the inkbird is a good unit but the app needs some work. With that said, I can just work around that as when the connection is lost it seems to re-connect without doing anything. I learned right away to just use the timer on my phone to know exactly how long the cook is vs the app because like you said, when you lose connection you lose the timer too. Oh, well, nothing in life is perfect, right. It'll serve my purposes for now even with some flaws on the app.