Monitor your activities automatically with the Qbserve app

Nowadays, the word "office" has another dimension, it does not necessarily mean that you leave the house, face traffic and arrive at a place where there are several people working with you. Every day more and more people are working on their own computers and notebooks, whether at home or anywhere else. This means that there is no longer a physical point to "hit the card"; therefore, the infamous time trackers, which help you to monitor your working time.

There are a variety of them, from some free with basic features to those with robust subscriptions for an entire company. Most applications rely on users to create activities, start and stop working time. But with the Mac app Qbserve these steps are not necessary.

Qbserve time tracker app for Mac

Qbserve allows you to monitor all the time that runs on your Mac, automatically. Yes, you didn't read it wrong: automatically. This means that you don't have to worry about clicking any buttons to start or finish your work. It also automatically that Qbserve knows which website you are currently on and how much time you spend on it. If you leave your machine for a while (which can be adjusted), he understands that you are no longer working. Despite this, it is possible to pause monitoring.

The application uses accessibility features to recognize what you are working on and saves all your information locally, which means that there is complete security and your data will not be floating through the "interwebs". That must be why there is no functionality to take screenshots every hour, as many services have and many employers require. Incidentally, he is not only for those who work; if you want to monitor your time to be more productive in life in general, you can also use it (maybe to help you cut the hours on those blue social networks that suck your time, no?).

When monitoring sites and applications, there is already a “pre-configuration” that dictates which of the activities listed are productive (productive, green), neutral (neutral, blue) or distracting (which distracts you, red color). For each classification of this, there are a number of categories such as audio / video, finance, design, etc. it is still possible to create new ones.

The app has a visual clean, succinct options and is really very practical. But, in order not to say that I only talked about flowers, he does not spare you to make some efforts at the beginning. This is because your “preconfiguration” facilitator may not apply to everyone (certainly not going to), so you need to “teach” them which applications / sites are productive or not for you. But to do this is very easy; once configured, just enjoy.

If you send your hours to an employer, unfortunately there is still no possibility to export your activities. However, you can take a screenshot of the general statistics (image that illustrates the post) and send. According to the application team, they will soon implement this export option.

So, we got a better part: how much does it cost? Well, today you can find it at 25% off, for $ 30. If you think this is expensive, I give you good news: for this price you buy it for life. very common to find time trackers with a subscription system, which may not be possible for those who work as freelancer. So, enjoy that you have 10 days of free trials to try the app. You can try it out or buy it through the developer's website QotoQot.