Time management is crucial when dealing with work tasks or projects, especially when there are several participants or even teams involved. Maintaining a good time tracking is critical for improving work efficiency and results. Clockify will empower users with the ability to save their tasks and projects and easily and record the amount of time spent on each one. Furthermore, the automatically generated reports it creates will offer useful insight into productivity and other indices.

Desktop app combined with a web-interface dashboard

One of the very first steps that users need to undergo when deploying the app is to register an account on the Clockify website. Logging into a dedicated web-panel, they will find a tabbed interface that offers the ability to add, view and edit multiple tasks simultaneously.

The panel also derives reports based on the data entered by the users and options for exporting or saving the reports are also present, with support for the most common formats such as PDF, XLSX or CSV, for further processing.

View timesheets and analyze tasks or projects on multiple devices with ease

With the app installed on one’s PC, keeping track of the activity on other devices such as smartphones makes things far easier when traveling or switching locations for work. The application allows users to start projects or activities at any time, the activity is synced in real time, provided that an Internet connection is available

Support for tags also makes things easier, offering the possibility to quickly set-up and define new tasks or projects and assign different characteristics to them.

Effective software solution for synchronizing timesheets on multiple devices

Time-tracking in an accessible and deploy-able form could be of interest for numerous users who are involved in multiple projects or tasks, regardless if these are work-related or not. Clockify will provide an environment specially designed for creating tasks and keeping track of the elapsed time for each one, making sure that additional data is also accounted for.

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Automize

A comprehensive task scheduler and automation software solution that can help you complete several actions at the same time, with little effort.

If you want to save time when working, you can try to complete multiple tasks simultaneously, however chances are you will make mistakes if you are not good at multi-tasking. The alternative is to use a dedicated app such as Automize, a cross-platform solution.

Before running Automize, you need to make sure you have installed Java on your system (since there are numerous applications that rely on this framework to function, you probably already have it installed).

The graphic interface of Automize is intuitive so you can start making the most of its functions right away. For example, you can schedule a third-party app to be launched at the time you specify so you no longer need to do it manually.

The application also enables you to schedule a variety of connected actions so that they are launched in chain, more precisely, you can combine the following commands: verify email, download files from the web, send an email, ping, print a document, copy a file and so on.

Automize can also help you manage your FTP servers and the data they host, as it can automatically rename files according to the criteria you specified, transfer items in batch and log all actions for later analysis.

Furthermore, the app can help you automate the downloading of chosen webpages to a pre-defined destination folder. If you set to monitor a website, whenever a change is detected, Automize can download the modified webpage.

All in all, the software solution can meet a wide range of requirements, no matter if you want to schedule sending SQL statements to databases, pinging a server, archiving folders, launching an Excel macro or many other tasks. If you are satisfied with its feature-set and you want to enjoy its functions beyond the evaluation period, you can purchase a license of Automize.

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Fleet Maintenance Pro

A fully-featured application that tracks vendors, fuel purchases, drivers, insurance data, registrations, purchasing details, and loan/lease information.

Fleet Maintenance Pro Standard is a professional software application that allows users to create a nifty database which contains maintenance details about your fleet of vehicles and equipment.

The GUI may seem a bit overwhelming at a first glance, but this is only because the application bundles many useful functions. In order to make the most out of every single built-in feature, you should consult the help menu or download the quick start training guide.

A new piece of equipment can be added by giving general information about it (e.g. year, model, serial, type, status, ownership, location, category, driver, mileage), as well as details about technical specifications (physical properties and engine information), purchase, license, registration, expiration, loan, insurance, and personal notes.

Furthermore, Fleet Maintenance Pro Standard provides many dedicated parameters for helping you include in your database details about preventive or repair maintenance, employees and vendors.

Another important feature that is worth being mentioned is the possibility of scheduling different tasks by specifying the service name, type, date and hour. It bundles a comprehensive list with preset categories to choose from (e.g. air conditioner compressor, air filter, engine belts, fuel filter, tires and balance, valve lifters), so you can schedule the entire processes efficiently.

The application allows users to add details about fuel, such as purchase date, consumed gallons, price per gallon, total cost, vendor and others. It also keeps a fuel history log which contains information about total and average cost, gallons and hours.

The program comprises thorough reports about employees, equipment, fuel, maintenance and vendors, which can be easily printed. You can make the application display all the listed categories, or only the selected ones, such as buses, cars and trucks, compressors, excavating equipment, trailers, vans and others.

Other useful options that come packed with this utility are: cost statistics, meter replacement, employee tracking and general expense history.

All things considered, Fleet Maintenance Pro Standard offers many useful features for helping you organize your maintenance fleet database. Less experienced users may find it pretty difficult to work with this tool, as it offers various dedicated parameters to be configured, and it may take some time until they are able to master it.

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Job Scheduler

A job scheduling application supported by professionals that automates batch and database jobs and includes a powerful API for processing job chains.

Job Scheduler is a complex task scheduling tool that operates as a Windows service, enabling you to automatically launch jobs and orders at a user-defined time in the future or when a certain event occurs.

The application can be installed as a standalone utility, the primary or the secondary job scheduler in a backup system or as a member of a Load Balancing cluster. Its main purpose is to help you run both sequential and parallel tasks for launching executable files, scripts or initiating database procedures. MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Firebird, Sybase ASE and DB2 are the supported database formats.

Job Scheduler provides advanced tools designed for automating program execution and an embedded API for implementing jobs using multiple languages, such as Java, Javascript, VBScript or Perl.

The application provides a web interface that enables you to run tasks, create new jobs and manage existing ones. XML data files are used for storing the configuration options of programs, shell scripts and the scheduled jobs, such as the set times and the task frequencies.

As far as the actual execution process is concerned, scheduled jobs can be organized in chains and launched using the web GUI, the included API or the built-in calendars. In order to ensure scalability, tasks can be run in more than one instance. In case of errors, warnings and operation success, the application can be set to send you notifications via email.

File monitoring, manual and remote scheduling, load balancing, job history, data backup and restore capabilities are other features that this program comes with.

To conclude with, Job Scheduler provides an advanced job and order processing control utility capable of running sophisticated scheduling tasks.

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XorTime

Keep track of your daily, weekly and monthly tasks and work on your time management techniques with this lightweight and intuitive application.

There are many types of time management techniques that can help you improve your workflow and productivity. One of the most successful is the Pomodoro technique, named after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer used by its developer.

It is based on five easy steps. The first one consists on creating a ToDo list with all the scheduled tasks and activities. The second one is starting a timer(traditionally 25 minutes), after which you attempt to complete your task. The third and fourth steps rely on taking a five minute break when the timer stops, then mark the activity according to its completion status. The last step consists in taking a longer break after four marks, usually 15-30 minutes.

XorTime is a compact tool that can help you successfully implement the Pomodoro technique on your schedule.

Reliable time management application

The program can help you create a schedule with all your activities, mark them properly, then attempt to complete them. There are two main categories, one for your normal activities, and the other for unplanned and urgent tasks. In addition, you can build an inventory with unscheduled future plans, that can be revised later on.

XorTime features a built-in timer set by default to 25 minutes, which can help you apply the Pomodoro technique on your scheduled tasks. After the timer stops, you can mark your activities accordingly.

Furthermore, you can check your productivity for each day, as the application tracks your everyday activities, displaying a monthly report with all your completed, postponed or failed tasks. This way, you can improve your workflow, by focusing on the difficult tasks.

A seamlessly powerful task scheduler

XorTime allows you to manage your working time, by scheduling your everyday activities, then attempting to complete them in precisely limited time windows. This technique can reduce the impact of work interruptions, thus improving your focus and productivity.

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Attendance Planner

Keep track of your employees' attendance, leaves, and vacations with the help of this reliable and easy to use software solution.

Attendance Planner is a lightweight software application whose purpose is to help you monitor your employees’ schedule.

Intuitive interface

You are welcomed by a clean feature lineup where most of the operations can be carried out with minimal effort.

Compared to other similar scheduling utilities that sport a crowded interface, Attendance Planner provides some basic and useful data management options for helping you keep an eye on your employees’ schedule.

You can check the list with your employees’ names, view the built-in calendar, as well as assign reasons for presence/absence by simply clicking on the corresponding square and selecting one of reasons. Basically, it proves to be extremely easy to keep an attendance list, as you can visually control and monitor the entire process.

Main functions

Attendance Planner offers support for a preset list with names, and you can edit it by providing details about the employees’ names, vacation entitlements, leave, and temporary period of employment. Additionally, you are allowed to group the entries into different categorizes, so you can quickly find a name in the list (e.g. Management, Administration, Storage, Production).

There also several predefined reasons for presence/absence that you can choose from, such as vacation, overtime, business trip, sick leave, or others. Plus, you can add your own reasons and pick a color for each field.

Other notable characteristics worth being mentioned are represented by the possibility to insert comments, specify the weekends and non-business days, pick the country for calculating the holidays, check an annual and vacation overview, which can be printed, as well as analyze an overall report for a certain period of time.

Last but not least, you may export data to a file for uploading it in your future projects, print the generated attendance list, and use hokeys for a better control over the entire process.

Bottom line

All in all, Attendance Planner proves to be a handy piece of software worth having when you need to create attendance lists and keep track of any types of vacations and leaves of your employees. The easy-to-configure functions make it an ideal tool for rookies and professionals alike.

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Office Tracker Scheduling Software

Helps you with the appointment, room and facility, meeting and employee scheduling via a web-driven or desktop GUI and with the aid of event and contact managers, self-service scheduling, backups, and privilege sharing options.

Office Tracker Scheduling Software is a professional software application whose purpose is to help you share side-by-side schedules for different events, such as appointments, meetings, training classes, project deadlines, facilities, and vacation time. You can view the schedule for any number of people for the current day and month, as well as check out past schedules.

Configuration wizard

When you run the utility for the first time, a set up wizard is revealed via your web browser letting you configure several parameters. Advanced users may skip this setup and tweak the entire process on their own.

You can build up a list with the name of each person, room and resource and select between several preset categories from the list, such as Book, Building, Folder, Key, Monitor, Telephone, School, Software, Television, Sports Facility, Video, and Video Camera.

Desktop or web client scheduler

You can control Office Tracker Scheduling Software using the desktop or web client. Both of the aforementioned clients are intuitive and give you the possibility to authenticate by providing the corresponding username and password. In addition, you are given the freedom to synchronize user's default BlackBerry calendar with the Office Tracker system.

The desktop version lets you make a selection with the names that you want to include in the view. You can view the schedule for each selected name by day, week or month. You may find schedules within a specified time interval, search for events, print the information, work with a calendar, and keep track of all your contacts using a powerful built-in manager.

Adding a new event

Office Tracker Scheduling Software helps you create a new event (which is automatically shared with other users) by writing a custom message and providing information about the start and end date, duration, and recurrence parameters, assigning keywords and labels, and setting up priorities. The current schedule can be saved to a file so you can make use of it in the future.

Configuring new names

The utility allows you to add a new name that has access to the shared calendar by entering details about the name, type, group, email address and password. In addition, you may enable email notifications upon newly created reminders and create groups with multiple users.

Sharing privileges

You can assign privileges to a certain user or group by letting them view events, check out private schedules, add reminders, delete data, and edit time, date, descriptions, names, labels, keywords, categories, and URLs.

Plus, you may share privileges for performing several contact-related tasks, such as edit, delete, view, export, and transfer data. You can check out a list with connected users and import names from plain text file format.

Server settings

You can view the status of your server (e.g. machine name, IP address, port number, serial number), check out server logs, set up admin password, change the time zone, and configure email notifications.

Event manager

A built-in event manager allows you to add labels and set up their priority based on user-defined colors, insert or replace keywords, keep track of events with the aid of categories, and allow web clients to select a display icon to highlight special events or holidays on their schedule. Furthermore, you may import/export events from/to TXT file format, and delete events.

Contact manager, self-service scheduling and backups

The contact manager gives you full control over importing or deleting contacts and changing ownership. The self-service scheduling is a smart feature that allows you to integrate a schedule dialog where users can make appointments right in a webpage. You can opt for automatic backups, view a list with recent backups, as well as rebuild, import or restore data.

A powerful scheduling app

To make a long story short, Office Tracker Scheduling Software provides a comprehensive and intuitive pack of features suitable for appointment, room and facility, meeting and employee scheduling.

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ClockIt: Easy Schedule Creator

Easily create work schedules for your company and employees with the help of this streamlined and comprehensive piece of software.

ClockIt: Easy Schedule Creator is an application with a pretty self-explanatory title - it allows you to create a schedule. The tool is ideal for employers.

Create schedules for various types of activities

The interface of the program is plain and simple. You can create a new project from a template or wizard.

In the ClockIt wizard you can set up the schedule range, define holiday and region settings, and add employees (you can also import them from a Vcard).

But you can also create shifts and adjust the color settings for holidays and weekends.

Edit elements of interest, fill in details, and export

In addition, you can edit the employee field (e.g. work arrangement, availability, assignable shifts, extra), set up attendance types, create shift groups and select background colors for various query reports.

Furthermore, you can configure auto scheduling department options, specify the minimum and maximum occurrence per function and shift per day, find assigned employees, manage availability exceptions, as well as view a custom query, shifts/days summary and worked hours.

Moreover, you can enable automatic backups, export a ClockIt file to the HTML, Excel, Word or XML format, use the "undo", "redo" and search functions, copy and paste comments, and others.

The program takes up a low-to-moderate amount of system resources and includes a well-drawn help file with snapshots. We haven't encountered any kind of problems during our tests.

A few last words

Except for the interface which could use some minor improvements, we strongly recommend ClockIt: Easy Schedule Creator to all users.

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Alternate Timer

Track employees' work schedules, calculate their salary and create monthly timetables, with this lightweight and easy-to-use tool.

Whether you run a small business or need to track working hours and calculate pay for some other activity, you might benefit from using Alternate Timer.

It is a straightforward and intuitive application that can help you manage working days for your employees, track break time, vacation and sick days, as well as calculate their monthly salary.

Track working hours and calculate pay

To begin with, you can specify a daily schedule by setting the work and break hours, then begin timing. The application automatically calculates an employee's salary depending on the defined hourly wage.

Alternate Timer can display information in a detailed table or a monthly calendar.

You can consult the calendar or timetable to get detailed information about a specific employee's monthly activity, view the number of hours worked each day, break time, salary and additional comments.

Entries can be edited manually and you have the option of setting vacation days, holidays and sliding days, as well as specify if an employee was ill for a certain period of time.

Create and manage multiple timers

It is possible to open multiple timer files at once, but the application does not automatically load them when it is launched. Therefore, you are required to manually open them each time you start the program.

Generate timetables and encrypt data

You can save the timers as project files or export timetables to CSV, TXT or HTM. These contain detailed information about each working day, as well as monthly statistics.

Each timer file can be encrypted, preventing it from being opened or modified if the correct password is not provided. Additionally, you can protect time and attendance data with a supervisor password.

Overall, Alternate Timer is a tool can can prove useful if you need a straightforward method of tracking time and calculating salaries. It offers a simple, if slightly outdated interface and can be used to generate monthly timetables.

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Give'em a Break

A comprehensive custom built one-of-a-kind employee break scheduler that helps businesses monitor their staff without any effort.

Managing a company with numerous employees means that you might need to resort to a dedicated software solution to efficiently track all their shifts.

Give'em a Break is one such solution, meant to simplify the task of assigning your personnel customized shifts and break times.

Create employee database

It goes without saying that you first need to take the time to manually add all your employees' names and positions to the database, then enter the beginning times for their first break, lunch break, and last break. The duration of each break can be adjusted as well.

Luckily, once you enter all the data, you have the possibility to start an automatic check and make sure there are no errors within your configuration.

Also, not only can you choose the type of shift you are interested in, you can also create custom shifts, the backup, restore or import shift schedulers.

Generate reports

If you want to keep track of the current shift status, Give'em a Break allows you to generate and save as TXT several types of reports.

More specifically, you can explore the work status, work schedule, off work, job positions or the workweek of your employees in dedicated reports. You can also personalize them with the company's title, address or phone number, along with the names and contact details of various administration members.

If you want to send the generated reports via email, you first need to setup the outgoing SMTP server details.

To sum things up

In a nutshell, Give'em a Break can help you keep track of all the shift schedulers for your employees, as well as get timely notifications and reminders before each break actually begins.