Chronometer

A careful management of time is not only a good idea, but is more than sure to enhance workflow, including the leisure time remaining at the end of the day. Monitoring your activities is not a complicated operation. This is exactly what Chronometer has in store for you, letting you work in an intuitive environment.

Setup is over before you realize, letting you take the application for a spin shortly after to see what it's all about. As far as the visual design is concerned, all functions are stored inside a single, classic window, with an organized layout which makes it easy for individuals of all levels of experience to get the hang of things.

There is a total of 8 counters at your disposal, one of them running and logging time independently from the rest. Each timer field is fitted with a default tag, trigger button, time display in minutes and seconds, as well as percentage of overall time spend on all tasks. The bottom area provides quick access to several global functions.

On the bright side, default tags used for timers are pretty intuitive, such as housekeeping, job, family, travel, friends, hobby, and misc, but you're free to modify them by simply editing the corresponding field on the spot. An additional field is there, with the dreaming tag, which isn't taken into account when calculating percentage.

Note that you can only run one counter at a time, and triggering a different one stops the previous. Time values are shown in different colors, while percentage value updates in real time. The application can be minimized to the tray area when not used, and you can also generate a report under the TXT format when done.

All things considered, we can state that Chronometer is a reliable method of keeping all daily activities under control to see whether you spend more leisure time than actually working. The simple, organized design quickly gets you up and running, while values shown in real time make readings accurate, which you can also save to file for later analysis.