Re: I don't get it…
" and you'll be there to remove it, so what's the point of the app…?"
It's a question of remembering in time to get it outside to dry in the garden. As a wash cycle takes 3 hours - then that is the morning gone. You need to get it out to dry for the whole afternoon especially in winter.
My current solution is a Hygiplas timer. Quick to set - and unlike mechanical timers it keeps bleeping every second after the end of the period until it is reset. The batteries last for years. However - you have to remember to set it - and you have to double-check that the multi-function button's "bleep" really was the countdown starting. The human is always the weak link.