iTimekeep

Apparently others have had the same problem which has persist for me for the last 4 or so years but the developer does nothing to fix it after many negative reviews like this one. Frustratingly freezes and shuts down in middle of an entry.

This app is inexplicably bad. The features are very simple (start/stop timers, add task descriptions), yet it still manages to fail to work properly in the daily. App is unresponsive to taps. App doesn’t let me stop my timer. What is going on? It’s 2024 not 2007. Such low levels of quality can only be explained by the supplier having entrenched itself with law firms and facing no serious competition.

When I am typing an entry it sometimes (at least twice or three times a day) will just delete the word I am typing and overtype it. A feature I would like to see is a minimized widget that just shows your timer so you can quickly pause and resume it without having the full app open.

While this app provides an easy way to document time, far too often it closes down in the middle of inputting the narrative deleting everything I had input. It is extremely frustrating and I have to go into my computer to do my time making the app obsolete.

iTimekeep seems promising, but when you actually begin using it, it’s very frustrating. There is so much friction in the interface that makes putting in time a headache. The Apple Watch app is useless because it never connects. I receive a “login from the phone” message every time and the developer’s troubleshooting instructions do not solve the problem. For supposedly enterprise-quality software, this app leaves a lot to be desired. I’m lobbying my firm to look into alternatives. Update as of 1/9/23 - No improvements.

Bulky and blocky; screen space is eaten up by needless bubble-and-block design; priority is on graphical layout and not on usability or readability of substance

My experience is that the app is unstable if you’re using a mobile device (which of course you are if you’re using an app). I regularly lose draft time because of interruptions in service in cars, on trains, and on flights. Entering time is already a huge headache and having an unreliable app makes it even worse. Few things are as frustrating as entering a series of detailed time entries only to have them disappear before you can submit them. I recommend users considering iTimekeep find an alternative.

I do not like the browser version either, but it has more features than the app, including calendar view for each month. I cannot view anything other than current month, which is very limiting. Also entering numbers for time with keyboard does not work- you have to click each number on the screen.

Hard to imagine their app could be worse than their desktop product, but it is. Truly a horrible product.

Itimekeep is a great choice for keeping track of your time, if you’re interested in writing down your time on scraps of paper and in spreadsheets about once a week. The whole system seems to crash regularly, which negates the flashy interface and convenience of its design.