screenshot of the Klok Adobe Air time management utility
Klok is a good way to track your time

Klok Personal Time Tracker

Keep track of what you've been doing

Written by Tim Smith, Computeractive

  • Type: freeware
  • Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista
  • Manufacturer: Mcgraphix
  • Size: 675Kb
  • Review Rating: 4
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  • Price:£Free
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With so many jobs vying for attention it can be hard to keep track of exactly what your time has been spent on. Klok is a stylish time-tracking utility that is easy to use.

It works with Adobe Air, so you will need to install this before Klok will work.

The default view shows a week and a sample project. Sub-projects can be added to give more specific information on how time was used.

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Time can be recorded by dragging a project or sub-project from the column on the left onto the weekplanning. Once there the duration can be adjusted as required. Alternatively, Klok can be told exactly what is being worked on in a dropdown menu at the top. This starts a timer. The week view is automatically updated as time passes.

It's also a good habit to get into because it forces you to stick with one project at a time rather than flitting from one job to another.

Reports can be generated to show how much time has been spent on which projects by week or month. Alternatively summaries can be produced for the projects themselves along with comments for individual time periods.

Finished projects can be archived so they do not appear in the diary but can be restored if needed.

Sadly there is no way to synchronise the recorded tasks from one computer to another automatically. The FAQ page does explain where the data files are kept so it could be used on several different computers that way. There are also plans for integration with online databases such as Freshbooks.

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