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How much time does AI really give you back?
Count the prompting, the review, and the fixes.
Then see the difference for yourself.
Only include tasks you actually attempt with AI. All times below are per task.
This audit started with illustrative inputs. Check every workflow before using the results.
Weekly savings include upkeep. First-year projections also deduct one-time setup. Costs are charged for all 12 months.
Changes the visual scale and workday equivalents, not the hours saved.
Your tasks, laid end to end at 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Weekly upkeep is included with AI.
A visual comparison of task time, not a literal schedule or proof that AI caused a productivity change. Background waiting is excluded.
No sign-in. No audit data uploaded. Export to keep a copy.
Every result comes from your inputs. There is no universal AI speedup baked into this tool.
Calendar concept inspired by Mike Taylor’s workweek comparisonPer-task AI time = prompting & working + review & editing + average extra rework + blocked waiting + (manual time × start-over rate). All AI attempts incur that overhead; an unusable result then adds a full manual completion.
Weekly net savings = task count × (manual time − AI time), summed across workflows, minus weekly setup & upkeep. Negative savings are kept. One-time setup is deducted once from the first-year projection.
Your timer or manual log records counted effort. The without-AI comparison is your estimate unless you timed a comparable task. A timed baseline is stronger evidence, but different difficulty, quality, and learning can still affect the comparison.
Use similar tasks with the same definition of done. Avoid overlapping sessions or counting the same minutes as both work and review. If you finish manually after a failed AI attempt, log all of that time too. Manual tasks have zero savings; setup & upkeep has zero baseline and reduces net savings.
Blocked waiting counts when it prevents other useful work. Background waiting is recorded separately and excluded. This measures occupied working time, not delivery latency.
Entries not completed to the usual quality standard remain in the log but are excluded from both sides of the completed-work comparison. Their time is shown separately. Unmeasured future maintenance or quality problems are not predicted.
The ± slider varies assumed manual time; it is not a confidence interval. Quick-estimate fallback time changes with the manual baseline. Logged timed baselines and actual effort remain fixed.
Calendar rows represent your configured workweek capacity. The workload multiple applies only to included tasks and can be less than one. Projected time value is recovered time × your chosen hourly value, less AI costs; it is not guaranteed income or cash savings. A logged partial week is never automatically annualized.
Audit inputs, task names, and timer state are stored in this browser and are not sent to our server. There is no account or cloud sync. Other people using the same browser profile can see them. Clearing browser storage removes the audit; export a backup to keep or move it.
AI Time Audit is a free calculator and weekly task log for comparing the same finished work with and without AI, including the effort needed to check and fix the output.
Net time saved = without-AI time − counted AI effort − setup & upkeep.
In Quick estimate, counted effort per task includes prompting, review, rework, blocked waiting, and manual time multiplied by the start-over rate. Multiply by weekly task frequency, then subtract weekly upkeep. One-time setup is deducted once from the first-year projection.
At 12 minutes per email, the without-AI baseline is 240 minutes. With AI, each email takes 3 minutes of prompting and 4 minutes of review. A 5% manual start-over rate adds 0.6 minutes per email. Rework and blocked waiting are zero in this example.
20 × (3 + 4 + 0.6) + 10 minutes of weekly upkeep = 162 minutes. Net time saved: 78 minutes per week, or 1.3 hours. These are example inputs, not a measured benchmark.
Compare the time needed to finish the same task at the same quality without AI with all the effort spent using AI. Include prompting, retries, review, editing, rework, blocked waiting, manual fallback, and setup or upkeep. Subtract that counted AI effort from the without-AI baseline. A negative result means AI added work.
Quick estimate models recurring workflows using per-task times, weekly frequency, a manual start-over rate, and upkeep. Measure my week records individual tasks with a timer or manual entries and separates estimated baselines from timed comparable tasks. It reports the selected week’s completed work without automatically extrapolating a partial week.
The arithmetic comes from your inputs, with no universal AI speedup assumed. Timed comparable baselines provide stronger evidence than guesses, but difficulty, quality, and learning can still differ. The sensitivity slider varies assumed manual time; it is not a statistical confidence interval or proof that AI caused a productivity gain.
Waiting counts when it blocks other useful work. Background waiting is recorded separately and excluded from occupied working time. Unfinished entries stay in the log but are excluded from both sides of the completed-work comparison; their effort is shown separately. Log all retries and manual completion after a failed AI attempt.
No. First-year time savings assume the estimated workflow repeats for your selected working weeks and deduct one-time setup. Optional time value multiplies recovered hours by your chosen hourly value and subtracts twelve months of AI costs. It estimates available capacity, not guaranteed income or a reduction in payroll.
AI Time Audit is free and requires no sign-in. Audit inputs, task names, entries, and timer state are stored in your browser and are not uploaded to our server. Export a JSON backup to keep or move your audit, or a CSV for your weekly log. Clearing browser storage removes the saved audit.
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The calendar presentation was inspired by Mike Taylor’s workweek comparison. Its reported productivity multiple is not used as a calculator assumption.