A stopwatch with splits that remembers what each split was
An ordinary stopwatch with splits gives you a column of numbers. Lap 4: 12:31.07. An hour later, nobody remembers whether lap 4 was the speaker changing, the batch going into the oven, or the moment the bug reproduced. Stopwatch With Notes fixes that by giving every saved time a line of text beside it.
The layout is deliberately plain: a big clock, three buttons beneath it labeled Reset, Start and Save, and the list of saved times underneath. Press Save as often as you like. The clock does not stop, so you can mark one event after another during a single run.
Type in the note box before you press Save and the text goes in with the time. Forget, and the time is titled with the date and time instead, so no entry is ever blank. Click any note afterwards to rewrite it.
How to log timestamps with a note while the clock runs
Logging timestamps usually means a stopwatch in one window and a notepad in another. Here both sit in one place, and the clock never pauses while you write.
- Press Start, or Space.
- When something worth marking happens, type a few words into the box that reads Type a note, then Save.
- Press Enter, or click Save. With no note to add, press S instead. The time and its note drop into the list and the box clears for the next one.
- At the end, press Copy all to put every saved time for this timer on the clipboard, one line each with its note, ready to paste into a timesheet, an email or a document.
A split timer that reads properly over long runs
Times are shown in hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths, so a long session reads 2:00:14.33 rather than an awkward 120:14.33. If hundredths are more detail than you need, right-click the clock and choose Hide Milliseconds, or switch off Show milliseconds in Settings; the change applies to the clock and every saved time.
Settings also lets you choose where the Newest saved time appears, At the top or At the bottom of the list, depending on whether you read it like a feed or a log.
Separate task timers that run side by side
Press Add a timer to start another stopwatch in the same window. Give each one a name with Name this timer, such as Client A or Rehearsal, and it keeps its own saved times and its own count while you switch to another.
Mistakes are forgiving. Resetting the clock or deleting a saved time shows an Undo option for a few seconds. Right-click the clock and choose Pin Always On Top to keep it above whatever you are timing, and the window reopens at the size you left it.
