How you can use your computer to automatically track your time

TimeSprite is a program to automatically record how you spend your time on the computer. It records the titles of the active windows as you work, and intelligently groups similar titles to produce a report of how you spend your time.

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You can assign the recorded window titles to your own groups to create a timesheet.

TimeSprite automatically records your time using the title of the window you are working in.
Recording stops automatically when you don't use the computer for 5 minutes (configurable).
You can view a summary of your time, a journal or diary view, and weekly and monthly timesheets.
Make notes in the Journal view.
Include or exclude groups from the timesheet.
Add, delete or edit entries to adjust the reports.

Be more productive

The first step in making more productive use of your time is understanding how you currently use it.

Most people have little idea of how much time they spend on different tasks. There are many distractions on your computer that can take time away from productive work. How much time do you spend responding to email, surfing the web, reading blogs etc. and how much do you spend on your important projects? TimeSprite can tell you the answer. (If you want to know!)

Once you have a clear picture of how you spend your time, you can decide where you need to make changes. For example, you might find processing your email once per day instead of keeping your mail program open all the time is more efficient. You can even set reminders to pop up after you have spent a certain amount of time on an activity.

Privacy

Obviously, keeping a record of your activities on the computer raises privacy concerns. TimeSprite is intended as a personal time management tool, rather than as a way for others to monitor your activities. TimeSprite has several features to address privacy issues:

The TimeSprite Monitor can be paused at any time. When it is paused, nothing is recorded.
You can define your own activities in the TimeSprite Monitor. When one of these activities is selected, time is recorded against that activity, instead of recording the active window. Recording of user defined activities continues even if you are not using your computer.
You can search and delete information that has been recorded. You can search for records by time and/or records that contain specific text. This allows you to remove data that you did not want recorded.
TimeSprite does not record keystrokes, or any content from windows other than the title bar.

System requirements

TimeSprite runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

TimeSprite costs $34.95 (US)

Money back promise: If you are unhappy with TimeSprite, we will refund your money within 45 days of purchase, no questions asked.