Portable Task Timer

Portable Task Timer is an application that contains a handful of options for creating and timing simple tasks. It's designed for users looking for a quick solution without having to resort to comprehensive project management programs which take time and effort to accomplish easy goals.

Create and manage plain text databases

The interface doesn't have compelling visual elements. It's based on just one panel that unveils all options put at your disposal. It's not as intuitive expected, though.
Tasks are saved in databases with the .txt file type. A couple of samples are available in the downloaded package, and new databases can be built by just creating empty plain text documents.

Start tasks on the spot and save log details

New tasks can be put together by entering a name and selecting a working area. It's not possible to specify a custom starting and ending time or any other details for job scheduling. Instead, tasks can be started at the current date and time with one click (light turns green). Until stopped (light turns red), Portable Task Timer shows the elapsed time.
Log details with the start, end and elapsed time can be saved to the database by pressing the "Write" button, as well as brought up to the screen in your default text editor ("Open" button). Unfortunately, the program isn't capable of performing this action automatically.

Portability advantages

There is no installation kit available, so you can just copy the downloaded files to a custom directory on the disk or transfer the application to a pen drive to seamlessly launch it on any PC without setup. It doesn't insert new entries into the system registry, so it doesn't increase the disk of Windows stability issues.

Rudimentary task manager for time-pressing tasks

Taking everything into account, Portable Task Timer is not the most intuitive task manager out there, but it's fast and easy, ideal for scenarios when you're pushed for time.