Tempo: New Take on Time-Tracking

March 19th, 2008 (2:00pm) Mike Gunderloy 5 CommentsTweet This

There are already plenty of time-tracking applications out there. But now the folks behind PingMe have done some thinking to come up with a time-tracker that works for them – and that has some innovative features. They’ve released this as Tempo, and you can sign up to0 – free for one person and project, $5 and up a month for tiered service after that.

Tempo bases time-tracking on a timeslip notion, where you enter hours rather than running a timer. You can also tag these time entries with as many tags as you like, replacing a fixed “one task per time” notion. In addition to offering a large number of reports and graphs to help you track what’s going on with your time and tags, Tempo also gives you RSS feeds (so managers can monitor without even firing up the site) and the ability to invite free accounts to add time to your paid plan.

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Comments (5)

Check out tickspot.com, its another cool time tracking site. I really like how smooth it works. I need a few more features out of it, but i got an email from their main dev and it looks like they have some new stuff coming out at the end of this month.

markchaney — 2:15 AM on March 20, 2008 Reply
I have set up actiTIME v1.5 as a time tracking tool and must say that application is really useful and easy to use. It is really concise and straightforward.

Tiffany Davis — 3:13 AM on March 20, 2008 Reply
Tickspot is a good application but it’s reporting features are lacking. Tempo has more flexibility and functionality. Plus Tempo offers better value – Tempo’s $5 dollar plan gives you more projects than Tickspot’s $9 plan.

Stephen — 6:41 AM on March 20, 2008 Reply
It really is galling to see Tempo’s pricing when compared to Tick’s. We use Tick extensively but to get enough projects we have to pay $39/month. Seeing as there’s only 2 of us actually entering time, we could get unlimited projects for just $5/month, with the same features.

But then Tick is just so much nicer a usability experience!!! Aaarrgghh!! What to do? Pay for the smoothness, or go with the perfectly functional for less?

Dave Foy — 10:31 AM on May 15, 2008 Reply
We have also just developed a new kind of time tracking tool it’s desktop based.
And it offers you the functionality to look back into time.
So you don’t have to keep track of your tasks during the day but you can enter them at the end of the day or week.
Check it out at hesiodsoftware.com

dennis hoff — 4:02 AM on July 2, 2009 Reply