I use Libre Office Base as a front end for my reloading database...
For anyone who is not familiar with the concept of not paying the Microsoft ransom, Libre Office is an open-source (free) software package. I use Libre at home and Microsoft t work and can go back and forth with spreadsheets and documents without issue.
My preference is to not sully the solace and sanctuary of my shop, with the computer. I do use the computer, but print anything out I have on it and take THAT into the shop. The computer and the spreadsheet program in Libre Office make it so much easier, neater and quicker to calculate averages, ES, SD, plot graphs for the same, etc. It is also handy to print spreadsheets to record loads' performance "at the range" (back yard), but once the best charge, seating depth, etc. is determined, the "good load" gets penciled onto a 3x5 card for the reloading cabinet. I don't have a chronograph that "talks" to my phone, so I make a spreadsheet to enter chronograph values as I shoot and then manually enter them into a spreadsheet on the computer to calculate average, ES, SD, etc.
But, in the shop, at my bench, I work from load data off 3x5 cards written in pencil, and usually accompanied by the last target
shot for record, cut to 3" x 5". If the information won't fit on a 3x5 card, the load was too complicated, regardless of accuracy and is not kept. If the groups won't fit on a 3x5 card, I don't even cut it out. I'll record largest, smallest and average and document it as a "bad load."
So, I guess I use both, but I don't commit it all to the computer and I don't take the computer into the shop.
So as not to fool anyone, I don't keep the best records, especially over time. Once I have the load for a given gun, I keep that and use that and reference the 3x5 cards just to make sure I remembered right. I strive to keep my loads as simple as possible anyway - something I could replicate if all I had was a LEE Loader and a rock, so my experience may not be useful to anyone but myself.