I used to track my results. First I just recorded them in notepad on my phone, and entered them into a spread sheet at home every few months. Then I lost all my data in an iphone data loss event. It was gone and unrecoverable (at least by me).
Then I got one of those poker income trackers, and started over. Lost all my data again.
I'm not technically incompetent. I make a very good living working short hours because of my tech abilities.
After losing 3 years of data like that. I just gave up. I actually don't care if I'm winning or losing anymore. When I was in grad school playing as a source of income, BRM and record keeping was important to me, and I was logging a lot of hours and a lot of hands.
Now I play fewer sessions per year than I used to play in a week, and fewer hours per year than I used to play in a month, and I play for fun, not money. I can make way more money with my time than playing poker. To me, it's just about the social aspect and the competition. I like to win in the heat of the moment in a game, but the long term results don't matter to me any more because I play within my budget.
That said, I think I'm up over the last 7 years, because I think I have spent more of my poker cash wad (not a bankroll) on luxury items than I have put back into it from my paychecks, but I really just don't care about results anymore. And I still take the play seriously, but not the results. I don't get in enough hours for meaningful analysis anyway.
So, you have to ask yourself why you want these tools, and what your goals are. You can see 2 different scenarios in my life where tracking result was crucial, or not, and you need to figure out which you need or want to do for you.
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