A piano practice tracker that counts minutes per piece
Pianists tend to have the most crowded practice list of anyone: two or three pieces at different stages, a study, scales and arpeggios in whichever keys are current, sight-reading, and often something for an exam or an accompaniment. A tracker is useful here for one specific reason — it is the only honest way to find out how that time really divides, and the answer is rarely what you would have guessed.
The question a piano practice tracker answers
Not "did I practise?" — you know that. The question is "how much of the hour went on the piece I like, and how much on the one that needs it?"
Give each item its own entry and the answer appears by itself: this week, Chopin forty-five minutes, the Bach eight, scales none at all. That is a fact you can act on. A single lump total of "five hours this week" is not, however good it looks.
Timing without thinking about timing
The tracker has to disappear while you use it. In practicebook that means: tap the piece you are about to play, play, and tap Stop when you stop. Moving to the next piece is one tap, and it closes the previous session for you rather than asking.
The timer stores the moment it started, not a running count, so you can lock the screen, answer the door, or close the lid of the laptop on the music desk and come back to the correct number. If a timer is left running overnight it is capped at a day, because that is a forgotten timer rather than a heroic night.
One line is the right amount of note-taking
After the session is saved, there is room for one optional line: "LH rushes in the second line", "slow practice finally held", "fingering in the coda settled". That is usually all you want, and crucially you can skip it without losing the minutes, because the session is already in the log by then.
When you read a month back, those lines are what make the numbers mean something — and they come out in the export along with everything else.
Reading the fourteen days
The chart shows the last fourteen days, every one of them, including the days with nothing on them. That is deliberate. A chart that skips the empty days makes a scattered fortnight look like a steady one, and the gaps are the part worth seeing.
There is no streak attached to those gaps and no notification about them. The numbers are there to be read by an adult who can decide for themselves what to do about Tuesday.
Frequently asked questions
Can I track scales and studies separately from repertoire?
Yes — add them as their own entries ("Scales, C major", "the Czerny study") and each keeps its own totals. Seeing scales at zero for a week is usually the most useful thing a practice tracker ever tells a pianist.
Is there anything to sign up for?
No. There is no account, no email address and no password. Your practice log is kept in your own browser on your own device and is never uploaded to us.
Can I get my practice history out again?
Any time, in one tap. The export writes a Markdown file for reading and a CSV with one row per session, and the same CSV imports straight back in, so your history is never locked to this site.
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