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No subscription nonsense. For time tracking, the best method I've found so far is just to use the Calendar app. I have a…",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"22749576","justkez","On the desktop side, I'd recommend Tim[1] to anyone looking for a similarly-simple, hassle free time tracking app ($2.99 on Mac app store). My only gripe is you can't archive old…",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"22749409","rendall","Awesome! 0.79€ is a steal. Purchased!",{"value":77,"source":51,"evidence":78},"Maker needed a simple time tracker for their own job and wanted to learn publishing",[79],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},[81],{"value":82,"source":51,"evidence":83},"Flutter",[84],{"id":85,"by":11,"text":86},"22749043","The app is built with Flutter [1], which uses Material design by default. So it's cross-platform, but uses an Android design system. 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You just need to be a magic mind-reader and somehow know that you can swipe items left or right to either delete them or start (copy) them. Swipe a timer…",{"value":135,"source":62,"evidence":136},"Cannot trial before buying",[137],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"22748939","qwertygerty","Awesome! Except, how do I trial run it before buying? (without having to checkout code and running an emulator...)",[142,153,160,167],{"value":143,"source":62,"evidence":144},"Siri Shortcut or shortcut support",[145,149],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"22751809","hiaux0","This comes right on time! I was looking for some tracking apps yesterday, but wasn't satisfied with any of the choices. I went for an Apple Shortcut instead `speedy time…",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"22753098","tonywastaken","A Siri Shortcut would be great!",{"value":154,"source":62,"evidence":155},"Filtering by project and date range on the dashboard",[156],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"22749316","knubie","Looks great! 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