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Was ist ManicTime?
Automatische Zeiterfassungssoftware, die Computer-Nutzungsdaten sammelt. Die gesammelten Daten helfen Benutzern, die genaue Zeit ihrer Arbeit zu behalten.
Wer verwendet ManicTime?
ManicTime verfolgt automatisch die Computernutzung, was den Benutzern hilft herauszufinden, was sie tagsüber gemacht haben. Dadurch können sie ihre Projektarbeit ohne Verwendung einer Stoppuhr genau verfolgen.
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Indispensable tool for tracking time - and billing
Kommentare: The challenge I have is tracking all the different projects I work on through the day to how much time should be billed to each. As I frequently jump from project to project, ManicTime ensures that I can work as I would like - bouncing between projects (driven for part of the day by email/Slack messages) and still charge each project correctly. Incredibly valuable!
Vorteile:
The automated screenshot (every 60 seconds by default) combined with the extremely effective user interface for scanning the screenshots to determine how to bill my time makes ManicTime indispensable for my workflow and business. I bill to multiple clients/projects daily and trying to track as I work is extremely difficult and distracting. I have found that using ManicTime enables me to work and then go back - even several days later - and bill exactly what I should be billing and document exactly what I was doing on each project. I've been considering switching computers from Windows to Mac or Chromebook and in looking around I realize that I would lost $1000s if I did not have a tool as good as ManicTime on my system. Its just that important.
Nachteile:
I'd like it to work on a high end Chromebook - e.g. Pixelbook, but if not, I'll stick with Windows or Mac where ManicTime is supported.
A complete game changer
Kommentare:
Its been a complete game changer for me. I work as an Architect juggling lots of projects. Its an industry with tight fees and you have to know what sort of projects are making the practice money and what are not. And you have to have clear backup for additional fees.
It has increased profitability in our office by over 30% with all staff using it. Everyone is aware of how much time they are spending on projects and what their downtime is.
Its so cheap that it probably paid for itself in a day.
When you can see the extent of non-work time it forces you to improve yourself, it works best if you are honest. We allow staff 20% non-work time a week by default, as long as they get the work done. Everyone is happy.
All time is reported to a central server where management can review where office time is being spent and take action.
Vorteile:
The "Timelines" system is genius. I have it tracking my phone calls, phone location, meetings, computer time spent on multiple different PCs I use. Set it up once and forget it. Then when I go to tag time at the end of the week I see all those time streams of info on one page each as a row. I can then create tags tailored knowing what project, what exact task I was doing for each project, if I was driving there, if I was on site, if I was at lunch. You drag the tags to points in the timeline stream. I created a custom tag tree noting Project, Stage, Task etc. You can make it as simple or complex as you want. If you go deep enough it has the likes of regex autotagging which I also use. So you can set it to auto tag emails to/from client1.com to a particular project. Or emails with a particular phrase to a particular project. The ability to see (to the minute) totals on time spent on different projects and stages over the last 5 years is amazing. Bring these into excel and generate graphs, and do time per fees analysis and it is mind blowing. And it is extremely cheap. And they are really quick to reply for support and very helpful.
Nachteile:
Its perfect. If I had one wish I would give it more power, perhaps ability to link into my watch so I know if I was walking to a site meeting or link to my google location tracking.
Intended to improve your productivity, but will actually decrease it
Kommentare:
This program has a very nice price, and you get what you pay for. Its quality is absolutely dismal.
I checked the trial version before purchasing it, and I got a very misleading positive impression. The interface seems nice and intuitive, and there are many features intended to keep track of your time usage in different ways. However, the trial version only provides basic functionality. In order to track your time efficiently you need to automate repetitive tasks, and the automation features (like automatic tagging) are only available in the full version. When you purchase the full featured version and start using the automation features ManicTime drops its beautiful princess mask and reveals itself as the ugly nine headed monster it really is.
The documentation is absolutely chaotic. Most of it is obsolete, doesn't make sense or both things at the same time.
The program is full of bugs. They create versions intended to fix those bugs and add new features regularly, but, after almost a year of use, my experience is that every new version introduces more bugs than it fixes. And it takes them months to fix just the most obvious and annoying bugs. Some examples:
' Some reports report nothing at all, like the usage details in the timesheet.
' About six months ago they introduced a screenshots feature. The idea is good, but the feature is full of bugs, from errors in the display to straight away crashes. Last month they released a fix for this. The result is that now the screenshots screen just doesn't display any screenshots at all.
' There is a feature to remind you to log your time when you're away from your computer for a while. Great feature' if it worked. Half of the time, the reminder to log your away time just pops up randomly, regardless of whether you've been away from the computer or not.
The list goes on, but you get the picture. The bottom line: A program that is intended to improve your productivity, but will actually decrease it.
Vorteile:
Beautiful interface in some screens.
Nachteile:
Everything else.
Antwort von Finkit
vor 6 Jahren
We are the kind of developers where we keep our head down, don't engage much with the outside world, but do try to make the best app possible. And we are definitely guilty of not communicating very well, this shows up in marketing and unfortunately also in help docs. But we do answer and help with every support issue. So I must admit, I was surprised by this review, especially once I saw we had more than 10 support tickets (spanning over a year), most of them ended successfully. A few comments: - trial version is the same as the pro version, there is no difference - if there is no tracked data at the time of tags, Usage report will be empty And finally about crashes. They happen. Stability depends on the state of Windows, which apps are installed, hardware... So sadly there are a lot of scenarios we can't prepare for. That is why we include Process monitor (Settings, General), which restarts the app in case it crashes. I'm sorry for the bad experience.
Specific code and time detailed with manic.
Kommentare: It has been a broad experience, good time details, but I think it exceeds the processes used on your PC too much, this is not good, I think it is quite inconvenient that this happens in this way since the main thing about this situation is that with others Similar programs don't have the same problem for me.
Vorteile:
I like how ManicTime automatically records my computer activity, allowing me to analyze how I'm spending my time on different tasks and projects. This helps me identify areas where I can improve my efficiency and productivity. I like that it records sensitive details of typing when programming, when I am doing a test or indicating the difference between test and specific code.
Nachteile:
System resource consumption, I have noticed that ManicTime can consume a significant amount of system resources, especially if it is configured to closely track activity on the computer. This can slow down the performance of the computer, especially on older systems or those with limited resources. In my case, I have the latest Windows system with a 32 GB RAM laptop, but it seems to slow down other tasks quite a bit.
Manic Time is a Must Have for Independent Consultants!
Kommentare: This tool is constantly improved. Support is fantastic, even small little problems get addressed quickly. This is a core tool in my stack. When it does not function my billing process is broken. Manic Time realizes this and is on any blocking problem right away. Can't say enough good things about their support!
Vorteile:
Manic Time is awesome, I use it all day every day. It does four core functions.1. Automagically tracks what I worked on when - application, document, duration with screenshots.2. An intuitive and functional way of matching and assigning captured work to tasks3. A seamless interfaces with time sheet solutions so that you can push your tasks in and time logs out.4. Effortlessly provides backup to show any client where their consulting money was spent.The last one is important. Thought I have never been asked to provide supporting evidence by a client, I know that I can show any client what the hours went towards - with screen shots. This has the follow on effect of keeping me honest and on task - worth it's weight in gold for a billable-hours consultant. Less time at work, but more revenue, with more peace of mind.I recommend creating a task called Wasting Time and log to it honestly, even auto-tag it (Twitter, I'm talking about you here!). The net effect has been it dramatically reduces time wasting because I effortlessly self-police, just from the added visibility. You can't control what you don't measure.
Nachteile:
Automatic tracking is a double edged sword. It is so awesome for tracking work that unscrupulous companies will use it to surveil their employees. I think this is the wrong way to manage people and would not work for a company that made me use Manic Time if they got the data and spied on me. Let people manage their own time and lives. Being watched from within a hierarchy is creepy and not good for anyone's soul.
