Outstanding time track app – Eternity Time Log Review

I have used Eternity exclusively for the past 4 years with no problems and still discovering marvelous aspects to its functionality. When I started looking for a good time track app, I selected 9 for evaluation from what I found in the App Store and online reviews. As a software engineer, I employed rigorous testing of each app. My requirements were: 1. Start/stop timers by task. 2. Export/backup/restore data. 3. Add note and/or tags to entries. 4. Edit time/task/activity entries. 5. Hierarchy of tasks/activities. 6. Add colors to tasks/activities. 7. Assign $ to task/activity hours. 8. Link expenses. 9. Mac OS version with sync. After trying each of the nine apps, I selected what I considered to be the top 4 candidates (including Eternity), installed, and ran them simultaneously tracking my time and activities. After a month, I selected Eternity for its features, stability, and ease of use. It satisfied all my requirements except for assigning $ to tasks and linking expenses, but I worked around that with notes and tags to tasks/activities. There is no Mac OS version but that was not missed as the export data feature provided a well organized CSV file to use on my Mac and Windows machines. A really good test of its backup/restore feature happened when I put my iPhone in the washing machine by mistake. When I restored my iPhone backup to my replacement phone, I reinstalled the Eternity app and restored its data from an Eternity backup file via email. It was flawless. I was very impressed and grateful. There are many capabilities in this app besides those which I desired: 1. Having a list of favorite and recent tasks/activities from which to choose rapidly. 2. Move/sort tasks/activities. 3. Chain link times to previous or succeeding times. 4. Other nifty features that I’m still discovering. My only negative is that in the CSV export, the time duration is in time and not decimal hours. Not a biggie since a spreadsheet macro can make the conversion. I’ve written software for over 20 years and know when software is good or bad. Eternity is neither. It is exceptional.
Review by ThePlaineTruth on Eternity Time Log.