Keep a digital logbook with button taps. Create a well-formatted log entry in literally two seconds. A plethora of charting options allows you to explore your data. (DEMO VERSION AVAILABLE)
1. Choose what to log
Keep track of Weight, Exercise, Mood, Steps, Meals, Transportation, Baby Habits, or even use it to keep a simple diary or journal. Include quantities, ratings, or text notes. Create a button and you're ready to start collecting information!
2. Tap buttons to create timestamped log entries.
(see example screenshots) The buttons are set up in advance, so you don't waste time typing, and data is collected in a consistent manner. Tap Log is probably the fastest way to collect data on a handheld device.
3. Review the data.
Review log entries in a compact, well-formatted list, organized by category. Send the log as a simple e-mail message. Export CSV file to other apps (i.e. GDocs, DropBox) or to your computer to create reports, and make complex charts of your own. Tap Log has a selection Charts for users to explore their data: Histograms by time of day and day of week, Pie Charts by subcategory, and by the amount of time subcategories were the last category logged (a time-card pattern). Chart days, weeks, and months. Save favorite charts. Share charts via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.
4. Fine-tune your data collection methods.
Use widgets to create log entries directly from the home screen. Easily edit buttons to make more categories (unlimited), create subcategories (limit 2), and add attributes you think would be helpful (i.e. rate each 'Restaurant' entry). Take advantage of your phone's features and log your GPS location with each entry.
WHY LOG LIFE?
• Fast: Ditch the tiny keyboard!
• Organized: Avoid sifting through disorganized notes
• Consistent: Log a broad range of data consistently
• Flexible: record quantities, ratings, text notes
• Customizable: record exactly what you want to
• Exportable: Export to well-formatted CSV, or e-mail the log
FEATURED USE CASES:
• Business travelers, log and organize business trip expenses quickly, send your report to a coworker as a simple e-mail message.
• Categorize your professional activities, ditch the bulky log book and create a comprehensive log of your accomplished tasks, modifying as you go.
• Use Tap Log as a Punch Card. Set up a category with subcategories like At Home, At Work, Driving, and create a log entry when you start something new. When you chart the main category, you can see a pie-chart breakdown of how many hours each of your categories was the last category pressed! (great for tracking hours or projects at work, and a nice starting point for Quantified Self beginners)
• Log sporting events in real time (speed logging), set up the app to restart after each log and reach logging rates upwards of 30 entries per minute.
• Create a simple text note in one button press. Create multiple buttons to categorize your text notes into 'Creative Thoughts', 'To Do List', etc.
• More examples at http://loggerlife.blogspot.com/p/example.html
Support:
• E-mail: r.george.e.b@gmail.com
• Help & Manual: http://loggerlife.blogspot.com/p/data-structure.html
• Twitter: @TapLogger
Keywords: Quantified Self, Self Experiment, Self Experimentation, Captains Log, Logging
Tags: "tap log" android note everything, record journal record life computer log tracker, open "tap log" buttons database, how to record taps on android, apps like glucatrends diabetes.
1. Choose what to log
Keep track of Weight, Exercise, Mood, Steps, Meals, Transportation, Baby Habits, or even use it to keep a simple diary or journal. Include quantities, ratings, or text notes. Create a button and you're ready to start collecting information!
2. Tap buttons to create timestamped log entries.
(see example screenshots) The buttons are set up in advance, so you don't waste time typing, and data is collected in a consistent manner. Tap Log is probably the fastest way to collect data on a handheld device.
3. Review the data.
Review log entries in a compact, well-formatted list, organized by category. Send the log as a simple e-mail message. Export CSV file to other apps (i.e. GDocs, DropBox) or to your computer to create reports, and make complex charts of your own. Tap Log has a selection Charts for users to explore their data: Histograms by time of day and day of week, Pie Charts by subcategory, and by the amount of time subcategories were the last category logged (a time-card pattern). Chart days, weeks, and months. Save favorite charts. Share charts via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.
4. Fine-tune your data collection methods.
Use widgets to create log entries directly from the home screen. Easily edit buttons to make more categories (unlimited), create subcategories (limit 2), and add attributes you think would be helpful (i.e. rate each 'Restaurant' entry). Take advantage of your phone's features and log your GPS location with each entry.
WHY LOG LIFE?
• Fast: Ditch the tiny keyboard!
• Organized: Avoid sifting through disorganized notes
• Consistent: Log a broad range of data consistently
• Flexible: record quantities, ratings, text notes
• Customizable: record exactly what you want to
• Exportable: Export to well-formatted CSV, or e-mail the log
FEATURED USE CASES:
• Business travelers, log and organize business trip expenses quickly, send your report to a coworker as a simple e-mail message.
• Categorize your professional activities, ditch the bulky log book and create a comprehensive log of your accomplished tasks, modifying as you go.
• Use Tap Log as a Punch Card. Set up a category with subcategories like At Home, At Work, Driving, and create a log entry when you start something new. When you chart the main category, you can see a pie-chart breakdown of how many hours each of your categories was the last category pressed! (great for tracking hours or projects at work, and a nice starting point for Quantified Self beginners)
• Log sporting events in real time (speed logging), set up the app to restart after each log and reach logging rates upwards of 30 entries per minute.
• Create a simple text note in one button press. Create multiple buttons to categorize your text notes into 'Creative Thoughts', 'To Do List', etc.
• More examples at http://loggerlife.blogspot.com/p/example.html
Support:
• E-mail: r.george.e.b@gmail.com
• Help & Manual: http://loggerlife.blogspot.com/p/data-structure.html
• Twitter: @TapLogger
Keywords: Quantified Self, Self Experiment, Self Experimentation, Captains Log, Logging
Tags: "tap log" android note everything, record journal record life computer log tracker, open "tap log" buttons database, how to record taps on android, apps like glucatrends diabetes.
Recently changed in this version:
1. Long-press log entries for delete options (mass delete function)
2. Moved log export/sharing to action bar overflow menu (sorry)
3. Log Edit changes





Comments and ratings for Tap Log
(75 stars)
by Zeeshan Waheed on 20/05/2013
The developer added the mass delete function over the weekend. Upgrading to 5 stars!
(75 stars)
by John Furby on 10/05/2013
I use this every day at work. As a contractor, it's paramount to keep accurate logs of what you spend you're day doing. Only wish they had a email feature to easily email myself the log export so I could import it to excel.
(75 stars)
by Craig Hunter on 25/04/2013
What other app on the market is so well liked by those who use it? Today it had 139 reviews, 106 were 5 stars, and only 9 ratings were less than 4 stars. In the early history of computing the first spreadsheet had very few of today's features but it was c
(75 stars)
by Mick Standing on 16/04/2013
I have been using this app for a good few months now to log my workouts and it has worked flawlessly. It can be configured to log just about anything.
(75 stars)
by Nicolas Perrault III on 11/04/2013
If you've come here by mistake while looking for something else, forget about that and get this instead! This is a gem of an app, and has become the main reason for which I carry my phone around. After using this for two and half months, I'm still adding
(75 stars)
by Connor bray-stone on 03/04/2013
Great! Simple yet powerful tracking tool. The only problem I have ran into with this app so far: I don't see a way of filtering the log by date so that I can only e-mail all of the current day's log to my evernote account.
(75 stars)
by Lynne Emmerton on 30/03/2013
I'm using AlarmRoller to generate random prompts through the day, and on each prompt, I open Tap Log to document my work activities, and subcategory, and with the number function, whether I'm working alone or with others. The GPS monitors my work location