Time Track

Needless to say that good time management skills are key to keeping a successful business running, but organizing your personal time is also essential. If you get to spend a lot of time in front of the PC, then tracking time becomes a simple activity, especially if you rely on dedicated applications like Time Track.

The first thing you notice is that you can go ahead and run it directly after download, without having to go through a setup process to make it work. This makes it possible to have it stored on a USB flash drive to have your tasks monitored even if you use different computers. Registry entries are not affected in the process.

The application comes with a couple of preset categories, namely work and other. Sadly, you don’t get to create others, or modify existing ones, but the way the application recognizes them doesn’t really make it disturbing. Whenever a program is launched, the application asks whether or not it’s work related, so it knows in what category to place it.

Everything is done in the background. A tray area is created so you can access the progress view at any moment. Here you gain access to a tree list of both categories, as well as the programs stored within. Selecting an entry tells you the amount of time spent, as well as the percentage it weighs inside the host group.

It doesn’t start with Windows by default, but you can place a shortcut inside the system Startup folder to bypass this inconvenience. Activities in the other category mean you’re not working, and there’s an option which can bring up a prompt after a specific amount of idle time to remind you you’re supposed to work.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Time Track is a straightforward tool which can help you focus on your tasks. When you’re wasting too much time, a prompt shows up, while the application asks which programs serve for work so it can cleverly organize and track activities.