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This is fascinating. The dedication it takes to keep this up for 10 years is impressive.

Did you consider any existing apps before making your own? Are there any apps like this that are available for download?




Author here! I had searched around but didn't find any existing app that matched my requirements. A few that immediately come to mind:

1. I have sole ownership of the data

2. The data is stored in an easily parsable format (TSV)

3. Duplicating a recent activity takes one tap

4. Pie and area charts are displayed in the app

My app is open source and available on GitHub[1] for any Android developer to compile for themselves, but if there's enough interest I can also get around to packaging it up for the Play Store/F-Droid/etc.

[1]: https://github.com/artnc/chronofile



I've recently began to take life tracking semi-seriously and mostly use "off the shelf" tools. A good all-around dashboard is https://exist.io/, capable of pulling data from multiple sources like RescueTime and various health-monitoring applications that come with smart watches.




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