Simple Clock the Counts Up

Maybe I'm dumb and haven't figured it out but what I want is a very simple effect that creates a timer that can count up or down in mm:ss. Timecode exists but is a pain to use and unless I recorded in 60fps I can't get the clock to properly read every second and so it looks weird. I would think this should be an incredibly easy feature to add as it's literally just a timer that counts in seconds. Having settings that would allow you to choose a starting time, count up or down, how it's displayed would also make it more usable.