The time tracking method of Timegolden is different from the traditional way of "tap the button when you start, and tap the other when you finish". The timelog of Timegolden is generated by footprints which actually are time stamps. Each timelog has "start" and "end" points. So each timelog starts with the last footprint and ends with current footprint. For instance, If the last footprint of yesterday is "22:00 sleep", and the first one of today is "7:00 get up" , it is not Timegolden’s philosophy, it can be understood as "you spent 9 hours on getting up". So it is Timegolden’s way to record by tapping "sleep" as today’s first footprint, which means you give a full stop of sleep, and the timelog would show that "22:00~7:00 sleep" which is more reasonable.
To sum up, record after you have done it instead of record before you start doing something. It may look odd first, but it is practical and more flexible. In real life, chances are your plan may be interfered by other unexpected things and you could not always carry it on at your planned pace. Future is uncertain, but the past is. Timegolden records what has exactly happened. You only need to recall what you did in the past 15 minutes(or longer, you can set it by yourself) and tap the footprint when you get a reminder, and Timegolden will collect all those time fragments and transfer them to a statistic chart on "Review" page.

Actually, all those software aiming to solve complicated problems are not simple. Typical examples are: the software which deals with graphic issues like Photoshop, Excel which is used to solve all kinds of report forms, etc. Time Management is by no means an easy job. No matter which criterion you see to it, the capacity of time management is sure one of the most worthy one you should have. Timegolden helps you to cultivate this capacity. Our prioritized objectives are as follows:

  1. Make the time management as effective as it can be.
  2. Make it easier for the experienced users to stick with it.
  3. Make it as easy as possible for newbies to learn to use.
Since in many cases these three objectives can be conflicting with each other, the third objective, which ranks the lowest priority, may be frustratedly offloaded first. But if you can spend one hour reading "help", you will find that it is not difficult to use it, and it is quite easy to stick to it after you begin to use.
To make it easier to use, it is suggested to do as follows:
  1. Neglect "plan" at the very beginning, and try to get used to the time tracking way of Timegolden by tapping the default to-do list.
  2. Amend your "plan" after you having used it for a couple of days according to your own situation.
  3. Make a good use of "Repeat", which helps you to regularize your effort. Anyway, habit is the most effective way to constrain yourself. Make a good use of "Due Date", which helps to kill those delaying moments. Those important long-term projects are suggested to set as "KPI" so that you can check the progress at any time you want.

Every time when a reminder launches and doesn’t get an answer from you, it will be regarded as "you are in an inconvenient situation to use your cell phone". It will stop working after three continuous irresponsive reminders. Actually, it is designed like this purposely: It can be annoying when you left your cell phone at your office or home, and it keeps alarming your colleagues or family every 15 minutes.

Time cannot be paused, just like children cannot refuse growing, young men cannot refuse aging, the old cannot refuse withering. Timegolden is designed for this true and relentless world. Time can’t be paused, neither can timekeeping. You may ask what the point recording every 24 hours is.

  • Firstly, the reminder will remind you that time is passing, please recall what you have done in the last 15 minutes. You will feel uncomfortable if you find yourself idling away when reminder alerts, which will press you focus on more meaningful things. It’s just like an untidy looking individual has to look into mirror every 15 minutes. It’s not looking into mirror that is so difficult, but facing the inferior self is. Timegolden will help you to become more efficient and more enjoyable.
  • Secondly, Timegolden will do a lot for your 24 hours recording: Tree of life can be stretched as you want and display itemized time expenditure, Statistics and Search collects all the time fragments, Password protects your privacy, Recurring task, Deadline task makes your life more regular…take it easy, you will experience it gradually.
  • Thirdly, every second is as precious as each other since all of them are nonrefundable, so it is reasonable to record all 24 hours. But you can still record them with different finess. You can ease your recording job when you are not in the mood by setting "Do Not Disturb" or prolong your reminder intervals. You can use a general task like "Trivia", with which you record those trifles in life you are not willing to subdivide. As for those unimportant, one-off tasks like watching Gravity, you can just long press "watch movie" and type in Gravity for note.

To make it easier for newbies, all the build-in tasks Timegolden has are set as daily tasks.You can reset them according to your own circumstances by tapping => Life Tree => (right side) => Repeat


For example, you can set "play basketball every two days", or "remit on 10th of each month", or "prepare gift for girlfriend 7 days before her birthday", etc. Furthermore, those aperiodic tasks like "picnic on 15th of this month", or "complete report form this Friday" can be set a "Due Date", which would make them appear in "To-do" automatically.

Timegolden is designed for tracking your ceaseless 24 hours, which means it should be always at hand. Cell phone is no doubt the most suitable equipment for it, so there is no need to network synchronization at present. You can save it by "email backup" or "restore" if you see necessary.
On the other hand, since Timegolden can help you record your biographical data of months, years, even decades, "having no server" maybe is an advantage if you are particular about your privacy.

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