Wax ON Wax OFF

The "Wax ON - Wax OFF" app lets YOU, an employee or consultant, keep track of your working time in your cell phone by either:

1. Pressing a button "Wax ON" when you start/resume work and "Wax OFF" when you stop or take a break! Every working minute is tracked and accumulated to a Session Total.

or ...

2. Defining a working perimeter (a circular area) and let your device's location provider (GPS or Network) keep track of when your are inside the "work zone" automatically. As for manual Wax ON/OFF, every tracked working minute is accumulated to a Session Total. This mode is referred to as the CobraKai mode.

(With the automatic CobraKai mode, a user can automatically keep track of time within an area, for any reason, not just working hours. E.g. time within a Danger Zone. The accuracy of the location provider more or less sets the limit.)

But WHY?

Because in many corporations, employees and consultants are expected to keep track of their own working hours/debit hours and once a week/month correctly account for them for their employer. And don't forget; in many corporations this day in month is the most prioritized activity ... even more important than building customer value.

OK, but WHEN shall it be used?

Every day you work! Simply press "Wax ON" when you start in the morning and "Wax OFF" when you leave. And if you need to do stuff in between that cannot be accounted for as work, press "Wax OFF" and then "Wax ON" when you resume duty. If you have a regular fix time break every day (e.g. lunch break), state the length of such a break under SETTINGS and minimize app interaction even further ...

... OR you can use the new automatic CobraKai-mode that automatically tracks when you are inside a circular working perimeter (where you´re supposed to do duty).

I've GOT IT! But why represent time in DECIMAL HOURS?

To be honest, I don't know. But my own employer and several others do so and expect me and other employees to account for our time in decimal hours. Therefore, the accumulated work time is presented in this app in both regular time (e.g. 8 h & 30 min) as well as decimal hours (e.g. 8.5 h).

Understood. But I'm pretty sure there already exists apps like this on the market!?

Yes, "There are many like it ... but this one is mine!"

... and I believe mine is the only one that tributes the work moral tribute in a great 80ies flick. But keep in mind:

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR "AS IS'' AND COMES WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. A USER IS HIMSELF OR HERSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOUNTING FOR AND VERIFYING THE CORRECTNESS OF THEIR REPORTED WORK TIME OR WHATEVER TIME THIS APP HAS TRACKED, TO A THIRD PARTY. THIS APP IS A HOBBY PROJECT AND IS MAINTAINED ONLY ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS. IT IS DISTRIBUTED AS FREE SOFTWARE. IT MAY CONTAIN SOFTWARE BUGS.

USER MANUAL:

1. State the length of your normal work day/session under SETTINGS tab.
2. State length of normal case break under SETTINGS tab.

If YOU like to stay in control and be most accurate:

3a. Wax ON! when you start your work day/session.
3b. Wax OFF! when you stop or take a break.
3c. Wax ON! to resume work.

If YOU are a more of The Dude kind of person, go automatic (CobraKai) by:

4a. Define a circular working perimeter by pressing the GPS button when in your "office's" center point, plus state a radius (in meters).
4b. Let your device Wax ON and Wax OFF automatically throughout the day.

5. Press Finalize to stop and archive session (for later registration to employer's time data base).
6. Use color code for fast perception of your continuous work moral.