Shoot, just use a watch for free lol. I'm being dead serious too. Condition yourself to work on certain tasks within a certain time limit and apps like those immediately become unnecessary.

Try wunderlist. Its free.
Also get "The action machine 3".

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Personally I believe no software can beat the old traditional way of using a paper and a pen, but in case you still want a software.

A very useful and effective software I have seen is RPM it comes with a course called time of your life by tony Robbins. This software not only teaches you how to manage your time but also helps you understand your priorities to help you become more productive.

Clockingit is good, you can share and collaborate with other members aswell. You can create tasks and give yourself due dates.

I personally recommend The Action Machine 3, fast, reliable, It has
To do list
Day planner
A 'time management' system
Calendar
Post-it Notes
Napkins

Price is 47 USD
Hope it will help you

I'm using omnifocus. Installed on my Mac and iOS devices. Quite expensive but really works for me.

You might want to browse through the responses or wait for the results of this Lifehacker article:
Best To-Do List Manager?

Personally I like TeuxDeux for its simplicity.

If I really want to get down to work though, I write each task on a sticky note and stick them around my monitor. When I finish a task, I throw it away, and keep working until the monitor is free of post-its.

Despite all the fancy apps I have on my iPhone, I find that this post-it method works best for me because each task has its own physical representation, so I can't ignore them. I also hate having stuff hanging around my monitor edges so I really want to clear the screen. If I try to slack off and check Facebook or Youtube, the sticky notes are there reminding me that I have work to do.

It also has the side effect of preventing me from adding too much to my plate - my monitor only has enough room for so many post-its, so I'm forced to prioritize.

Both Toodledo and remember the milk are great products. They both have their own strengths and weaknesses. You may use Toodledo if you want to customize the features and very powerful. Disadvantage is a bit hard to use in the beginning and you can only have one context and one folder per task. While remember the milk is easy to use. Disadvantage is it has limited customization and it lack of sub tasks. Hope this will help you.

I specifically use Replicon for the time management purpose. This tool is some what hassle free in experience and is the market leader in terms of the time tracking and management.

I sometime use focusbooster which allows me to have solid focus for 25 minutes with 5 minute intervals. It's based on the pomodoro technique. I did a post about it here.

Beth

I guess I'm not really using time management at all. Pomodoro and other similar techniques are great, and I should use them more often.

For task and note management I'm currently using Due and Any.DO for iOS, but I'm not syncing anything to my Macs. Having notes on the mobile device is enough for me. Toodledo is also nice, and there's several apps that can use it as the "cloud service".

There are some great suggestions here guys, thank you for sharing - and kudos for a great question Ankur.

I have used a variety of apps and time management techniques including Pomodoro and Rescue Time but as Damien Kring says, I found I was spending more time managing my lists rather than actually completing tasks.

I have also noticed that if I set myself to use the same methods for any great length of time, eventually the methods i am using lose their "draw" and I tend to skim over their use. That is why I change methods fairly often.
Changing my methods brings a regular newness to the equation.

My current methods are using pencil and paper to keep up with my to do lists and mind maps. Works for me.

usually seiko

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I'll cast another vote for the Pomodorro technique--it's been my bread-and-butter approach for staying focused when I need to get real work done. Personally I have better results using the 45 minutes on/15 minutes off variant, but good old school 25 minutes on/5 off works as well.

Focusbooster is a good choice for a desktop program. To go even more minimalist, you can load up a browser plugin--I use Chromodorro personally but there's plenty of options, should be a free one for every major browser by now.

Pen & paper

Cheers,

C.G.

Time Management Apps are just a way of helping you work your time management system. You need to know your system, and it will help point you in the right direction for apps.

I use a combination of Folders setup in Outlook, general calendar app on iphone, and a notepad and paper. I work best off a written out action list.

For Time Management systems strongly recommend David Allen's Get Things Done. Anyone that is looking to work on time management, I would point them here first, before looking at the different tools that are out there

Josh
Authentic Self

Honestly if you need a performance optimization software then you don't need a software, you need to work with your mindset and discipline. Nothing like good old time from a clock, a pen and a notebook.

Plus the satisfaction you get just slashing off things you finished doing gives you immense satisfaction. I love crossing off things I did. What do you'll think?

sundial is not ten letters sop i can not answer sundial

you'll find this list very useful. I personally use #3 and #7
Top 15 Time Management Apps and Tools

I have not seen anyone use a time management app as such. It took some learning and failing but I have become very good at doing this for myself.