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Timestamp Tracker app is now live on Google Play

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My first Android app on Google Play has been published and is now live. It is a small, free utility app to easily record timestamps and see the duration taken for tasks, with the interval from the previous timestamp shown automatically. The app is called Timestamp Tracker and is available on Google Play here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ravisiyer.timestamptracker On my Samsung M21 (Android) phone, the app download size is only 8.4 MB. The Google Play publication process for 'new developers' (I am a 'new developer' on Google Play Console) was quite involved and time consuming. But it is the main store for Android apps. Note that I had previously published this app on Uptodown store as an APK  (in June 2025) but that requires sideloading the APK and navigating through warnings shown by Android, which would be a major problem for many Android users. So I had to bite the bullet and go through the rather long-drawn publication process on Google Play .
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Notes on creating a new Blogger blog from another Blogger blog's Google Takeout backup

Quick Info To create a new Blogger blog from another Blogger blog's Google Takeout backup (new Takeout blog backup and not old all in one XML file backup): Create a new Blogger blog. Restore theme and layouts, using Theme -> Restore and providing theme-layouts.xml file of other Blogger blog backup folder as input to it. Restore posts, pages and comments, using Settings -> Import content -> Import and providing feed.atom file of other Blogger blog backup folder as input to it. Back up or import your blog,  https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/41387?hl=en  clearly states that it is feed.atom or older xml backup files that have to provided as input to "Import posts, pages & comments to your blog".  Details Ref: Blogger Text LMS Backup-Restore I have created a very simple content/presentation only LMS using Blogger with minor customization of its Contempo Light theme. The blog was created under one of my Google userIds which I am referring to as rG user...
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Notes on creating a small test LMS with limited functionality but free hosting, using a Blogger theme (template)

Last updated on 2 Jan. 2026 Related previous post Free/Low-cost LMS (Education app) for small NGOs: Blogger Templates vs WordPress Plugins vs Moodle , 29 Dec. 2025 11:23, 01 January 2026 A few days back, I had created a blog - ravilms.blogspot.com - to test out "LMS Education" third-party Blogger theme, https://lms-education.blogspot.com/ . For more about it, search for 'Started exploring "LMS EDUCATION" Blogger template - free version' in this post of mine . I followed the instructions of uploading the "LMS Education" (LMSEd) theme/template using Restore theme command of Blogger Dashboard UI, into ravilms blog. With that the basic LMSEd theme functionality came into play but while  https://lms-education.blogspot.com/  has courses and lessons demo data set up, ravilms did not have any data. I then created two dummy course posts with a lesson each. The key points I followed were: The course posts had to have the label Courses. The lessons posts wou...
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Free/Low-cost LMS (Education app) for small NGOs: Blogger Templates vs WordPress Plugins vs Moodle

Related post:  Exploratory chat with ChatGPT on Blogger as Free/Low-cost Static CMS possibility; Blogger LMS Education Templates , Oct. 2025 Quick Info LMS: Blogger vs WordPress.com vs WordPress.org Summary: Blogger Suitable for public, informational publishing. Not a viable LMS platform beyond superficial content grouping. WordPress.com (Business+) A managed platform that  can  support a real LMS via plugins, with server administration outsourced. Higher recurring cost, but lower operational risk for non-technical organizations. WordPress.org (self-hosted) Maximum flexibility and control, but requires ongoing technical stewardship. Often cheaper on paper, but costlier in responsibility. ----------- Blogger vs WordPress.com + Tutor LMS — the real difference Aspect Blogger  WordPress.com + Tutor LMS Server-side logic ❌ ✅ User accounts ❌ ✅ Progress tracking ❌ ✅ Access control ❌ ✅ NGO operability Limited  Strong Server admin burden  None None Free or Paid Fre...
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