Time tracking and scheduling software / site, any suggestions?

[KaoDome]

I didn't even know how to pose the question to be honest... it took several rewrites of the title haha.

 

I'm looking for a way to handle several things in the same app or website if possible, focusing on usability.

 

I have recently enrolled in some courses at a college, so I'm looking for a calendar of sorts where I could mark repeating tasks (the lessons) every week or non-repeating (e.g. meetings, deadlines, etc.) with weekly and monthly views for example. That part is easy to find I'd say, calendar apps or services are plenty and even webmail accounts offer them nowadays. One thing that is not important, for example, is the ability to link to files or notes for each activity, although welcomed it's not something I'm actively interested in (it'd be a bonus so to speak).

 

For each course (and/or assignment, still unsure) I'd like to have some accounting done, maybe whether it's already done, the time I spend in each, or even each subsection... and things are starting to look like what I need is a task manager? Or a project planner? Ala Microsoft Project, something with Gantt charts or Kanban boards, but I'm not that interested in planning to be honest; after all I have no idea how long any of it would take because it's all new to me, so I can't usefully estimate at this point; I'm more into just logging, perhaps having the ability to extract some useful data out of the logging at the end, like a report of some sort, but that's not the focus at the moment.

 

Looking around for things related to this I found some time logging and billing things? Toggl and Clockify for example, but they seem way too overkill for my purpose, or complicated I guess. I have yet to give them a try, but it's just the impression they made on me, like they're for professional usage instead. Maybe a To Do app? But that could be too simplistic for the whole thing.

 

In any case, the usage would be mainly from a Windows desktop, but the calendar part at least would need to be synced somehow to be able to access it on the go either from my phone (Android) or from a different computer (Windows, Linux, maybe via a web interface?). I don't mind using 3rd party clouds, for example if the service were to provide it I would be fine with it, the solution needn't be on premise.

 

Anyway do you guys/gals know of anything that fits the bill? I'm open to suggestions even if several services are required at the end if there's nothing holistic. A priori it doesn't matter if it/they are paid solutions, as long as the price is sensible I don't think it'd be a problem.

 

Thanks!

 

PS. Also, any advice on the matter would be appreciated as well ;)

[DentedAphid7]

Have you considered Microsoft To Do? It's free and has a calendar feature. 

[spikey_richie]

Have a look at Resource Guru. It's what we use for scheduling at our workplace. It's relatively inexpensive. https://resourceguruapp.com/ They also have a free trial sandbox where you can play around with it.