so ive been using N1MM for probably 4 or 5 years now and honestly it just works, i know where everything is and the contest support is basically unbeatable for the stuff i do like CQWW and SS. but a buddy of mine keeps telling me to try Log4OM and i finally installed it last week to poke around and honestly the interface is way nicer for day to day logging, the QSL tracking and DXCC stats stuff is actually usable without having to dig through seventeen menus

here's my actual question though — does anyone run both? like N1MM for contests and Log4OM for regular rag chew and DX chasing? i was messing around with the ADIF export trying to get them to stay in sync and it kinda works but feels janky. also i have WSJT-X in the mix for FT8 and getting all three of these to play nice with each other without duplicate entries is becoming a whole thing. UDP port conflicts, WSJT-X wants to log to one place, N1MM is listening on another port, its a mess

anyway not sure if im overcomplicating this or if there's a cleaner workflow that people actually use. running windows 10 if that matters

yeah i do basically exactly what you're describing, N1MM for contests, Log4OM for everything else. the ADIF sync thing is annoying but what i settled on is just doing a manual import after each contest into Log4OM, takes like two minutes and honestly i dont trust any kind of live sync anyway, too many ways for dupes to sneak in

for the WSJT-X situation i just have it log to Log4OM via the UDP broadcast and keep N1MM completely out of the loop during FT8 sessions unless im actually in a contest that has a digital component. the trick is making sure you only have one program listening on 2237 at a time, windows doesnt always throw a useful error when there's a conflict it just silently drops packets which drove me crazy for like two weeks before i figured it out. netstat -ano in a cmd window is your friend there, shows you exactly what's sitting on what port

honestly i tried Log4OM a while back and went back to just using N1MM for everything including regular logging because i couldnt be bothered to maintain two databases. the general logging stuff in N1MM isnt pretty but it works and the LoTW integration is solid. might be a me problem but every time i try to run multiple logging apps i end up with a dupe in somebodys log and it bugs me

the WSJT-X port thing is a real headache tho, especially if you're on a single machine. some guys run WSJT-X on a seperate laptop just to avoid all that