Task Counter

Chances are you consider time is not on your side when having to deal with various, lengthy tasks, but it’s actually the contrary, there are too many tasks, since time is constant. However, a good management of this time makes work more efficient, and you can analyze your workflow with the help of applications like Task Counter.

You can monitor all your work even if it’s performed on other computers, because the application is portable, and can easily be carried around on a USB flash drive, without having to go through a setup process to make it work. This also means that the target PC’s health status remains intact, since registries are not modified to ensure functionality.

All the application has to offer is presented in a clean, compact main window, letting anyone accommodate. The way it’s organized makes it suitable for almost any kind of task, but this is mostly because its core function is to count the time you spend working.

Several info fields automatically fill in as you spend work, with general ones for actual time you start, when you end, number of tasks you managed to complete in this period, the total amount spent, as well as the average you spend on a task. What’s more, activity is saved to a TXT file which you can review, and old values are not overwritten, letting you analyze sessions even on the long run.

Depending on your work environment, a drop-down menu lets you select the type of task, which can be SxS, URL, RR, EXP, IRR, TTR, or DB. These options are only for your own comfort, and have no impact on the way the operation is performed. You don’t have to keep it on the desktop, with the possibility to send it to the tray area, but if you do want to keep an eye on time, it can be made transparent.

Bottom line is that it’s good to analyze your work style and time, in order to know what improvements, can and need to be done. Task Counter helps in this regard, as a lightweight, but powerful utility which can help you track the amount of time you spend on task, the average, and storing on info in a log file.