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Time Tracking
What are the best time tracking apps for freelancers?
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Best time tracking apps for freelancers
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Platforms
API
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Toggl
Free / paid
Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile
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Timeneye
Paid
Web, Android, iOS
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Hubstaff
Free / paid
Windows, Linux, Mac, Web, Mobile
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Toggl
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Toggl
My Recommendation for
Toggl
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Experiences
5
Pros
7
Cons
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Cross platform
Toggl has a Windows, Mac, Android and iOS app as well as a web interface and Chrome extension. Almost any device you use you can keep track of time on with this service.
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Android app is slow
Render times for the Android app are pretty slow, though the devs do say they are working on it.
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InquisitiveAsaruludu's Experience
slow, couldn't figure out how to setup this up with master and sub clients and it was slow
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile
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Easy to use
Logging hours spent is simple to do with a few clicks. Works well for simple pricing scenarios (hourly billing, with rate depending on project and person).
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Advanced Features are costly
Existing plans leave a few gaps and it quickly gets expensive to add additional features as pricing is per-user.
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EnthusiasticArshiTengri's Experience
Crashed a lot for me
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Automatic cloud sync
Toggl Time Tracker other than the free Android app has a web app as well as a desktop app that are free and sync time recorded in each to the cloud, so no matter what device and app that is being used, they are all up to date on the days activities.
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Stable version requires Chrome
The stable version of Toggl on Linux installs as a Chrome app thus Chrome has to be installed on the machine and run (it can be run as a process in the background). A native client is in the works, but it's still in beta.
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Yanis's Experience
Another good automatic tool I like
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Free for teams up to five
Toggle is free to use for teams of up to 5, there are of course less features such as billing or reports.
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Desktop app slow
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starcrescendo's Experience
Love this app. It has become a reliable part of my day for calculating time. I can make use of the tagging feature in the free version to keep track of time which has been billed or not.
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Reporting with filters and by time period
It's easy to see where you spent your time and easy to bill from it.
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esparza's Experience
Just can't get enough of this app! Too cool to be true :)
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Integration with existing services
Integrates with services such as TeamWeek, Pivotal Tracker, Github, Asana, Unfuddle, Gitlab, Trello, Worksection, Redbooth, Podio, Basecamp, JIRA, Producteev, Bitbucket, Stifer, Google Docs, Redmine, YouTrack, CapsuleCRM, Xero, Zendesk, Any.do, Todoist, Trac, Wunderlist, Toodledo, Teamwork.com, Google Mail, Taiga, HabitRPG, Axosoft, Countersoft Gemini, Drupal.org, Esa, Help Scout, Flow, Sprintly, Google Calendar & TestRail.
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Mini Timer
A small timer sitting on your screen which allows you to change the current task quickly.
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Timeneye
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Timeneye
My Recommendation for
Timeneye
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Experiences
1
Pros
7
Cons
3
Specs
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Straightforward, reliable and portable
Great for small businesses and freelancers as it is easy to use on both a webpage, Chrome plugin and on mobile.
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No start and end times
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Sleiman Bassim's Experience
Simple interface. Interactive reports. CSV export. Integration and multiplatform.
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Platforms:
Web, Android, iOS
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Simple and well integrated
With easy integration into things like Google Calendar or Trello users will not have to spend much time setting up this time manager into their workflow.
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Very slow
You have to wait seconds after every single click. Waste of time.
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Smooth interface and complete management functionalities
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Features broken
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Interactive reports
By institution and by project, weekly and monthly, without time limitation.
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Data export
CSV and PDF. Entries can be used with other data visualization tools.
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Well priced
As of 2021, there's just one price of $6 per user per month.
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Basecamp integration
If you already use Basecamp, you can track time on Timeneye by commenting on Basecamp to-dos with the time spent
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Hubstaff
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Hubstaff
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Hubstaff
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Pros
12
Cons
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Automatic payments and payroll
Set up your team to automatically get paid for the hours they log using the Hubstaff app. Just input their hourly rate, the schedule you want them to be paid on (weekly, monthly, bi-weekly?), and integrate with your favorite payment service (PayPal, Payoneer, etc.)
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Task Mangement
Built-in task manager is not too great, it's best to use a third party app for that. It could be much simpler to create and assign tasks, (5/18/2018).
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Web, Mobile
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Integrations
Hubstaff integrates with multiple project management tools and will automatically sync to update your task list.
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Free options are fairly limited
Hubstaff has a free tier and two paid tier options with free trials. The free tier allows 1 user with time-tracking and activity levels functionality. If you want the rest of the functionality, you'll have to pay $7 or $10 per month for the basic or premium plan respectively. You can see the full comparison between the tiers on their website.
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Screenshots
Hubstaff takes randomized screenshots while users are logging time. Frequency can be adjusted and screenshots can be blurred.
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Idle time indicator
Hubstaff detects when someone has been idle and will notify the user.
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URL tracking
View the URLs you've visited while tracking time on Hubstaff, and how long you spent on each one.
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Works offline
Users can track time offline. The software will upload screenshots, activity levels and time logs once the user reconnects to the Internet.
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Automatic time reports and timesheets
Hubstaff will generate reports based on time tracked by users. These can be filtered by user, project and date and exported as a PDF, CSV or in Quickbooks
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Activity levels and productivity measures
Activity levels are measured based on keystrokes and mouse movements (which keys were used are not recorded) and give an indication of how productive a user has been while their Hubstaff timer was running.
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Application monitoring
See which apps you've used while tracking time to Hubstaff and for how long.
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Work notes
Hubstaff users can attach work notes to their time entries to describe what has been done.
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Budgets
You can limit how many hours an individual in your organization is allowed to work per week to stay within budget.
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Has a free tier and trials for paid plans
Free for one user.
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TimeCamp
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TimeCamp
My Recommendation for
TimeCamp
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19
Pros
14
Cons
5
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Free Version modified rendering everyone's tracked data useless
A recent change has made the Free Tier completely useless, locking off every single page in the computer time menu to the paid plan, which is simply unacceptable imo.
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Graphical timesheets
Graphical timesheets placed in the calendar allows for an easy visual representation of how much time was used on what tasks on what hours for what days.
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Can be intrusive
Due to the nature of the app and that it tracks everything a users does it can easily pick up on an employees website usage. Ideally one should not be cruising the web while working but realistically this can be seen as pretty overbearing of an employer.
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Available for mobile
Users can track time regardless of their time and location.
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Numbers may be off
Instances of incorrect times for certain activities is pretty damning of an app that is supposed to track time accurately.
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Easiest of time tracking packages
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Free Version modified rendering everyone's tracked data useless
A recent change has made the Free Tier completely useless, locking off every single page in the computer time menu to the paid plan, which is simply unacceptable imo.
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Great for teams
This software tracks your activity on PC. You can use timesheets, invite other members to your team, even freelancers.
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No clients
You can't define clients and assign projects.
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Can help create an invoice
TimeCamp can create an invoice based on your project hours. The app will take care of the math for you, you just need to provide it with the rate and tax. TimeCamp can also export directly to Xero or Quickbooks.
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Easily check team attendance
At a glance, the team leader can see how much his team has logged in as well as how much time they have taken off.
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Collaboration
Keeps the team up-to-date with their assignments, delivers the highest level of conversations.
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Automatic time tracking
Based on keywords users can configure the software to categorize time automatically.
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Billing
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Distractions-free design
Easy to use, even for a person who doesn't know anything about PM.
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Subtasts
You can easily define subtasks!
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Mobile app for iOS and Android
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Integrations
Integration with Trello allows to track time directly there.
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Task management feature
You can easily create and delegate task for your team.
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RescueTime
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RescueTime
My Recommendation for
RescueTime
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8
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5
Cons
3
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No desktop client
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Weekly email summary
Users and team leaders can get weekly emails that summarize what everyone has been spending their time doing.
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All the tracked data is stored on their servers
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Detailed reports
Reports show how you allocate your time between various apps, websites and categories of tools as well as tell you how productive you were and if you've achieved set goals.
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Premium version is pricey
The premium version costs $9/month.
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Keeps track of set goals
The app allows setting goals and helps keep track of progress towards them in the dashboard and weekly email to motivate you.
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Simple setup
Starting out with RescueTime is as easy as making an account and installing the software. It really is pretty simple and does not take much time at all.
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Estimates productivity
Users can customize what constitutes productive time and not, this allows for good flexibility depending on what ones job requirements are.
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Harvest
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Harvest
My Recommendation for
Harvest
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4
Pros
2
Cons
2
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Doesn't work when offline
Users can not use the software if there is no internet connection to connect to the account.
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Cross-Platform
You can access the app from the web, iPhone & Android.
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Can't create new projects/tasks from timer
The time tracker chrome plugin does not allow users the ability to create new tasks, all they can do is select from a list of already created tasks.
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BIlling Integration
Users can easily create bills for clients with the software by using the already recorded worked hours.
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Emacs Org-mode
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Emacs Org-mode
My Recommendation for
Emacs Org-mode
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Experiences
1
Pros
3
Cons
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Many export options
Using plugins you can export your notes to html, pdf, odt, or any other format that your clients desire
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It's complex
With ultimate flexibility comes complexity. It can take time to learn the system and it can take time to become comfortable inside of emacs
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Nick Anderson's Experience
Org-mode is amazing. Time tracking from task to task, infinitely flexible configuration and the possibility to integrate with other things like Jira.
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Platforms:
Linux / OSX / Windows
API:
Yes
Collaborative:
no
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Automatic time tracking and generated reports
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Jira integration through org-jira
You can clock time in org-jira entries and they are propagated to the upstream jira instance.
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Timely
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Timely
My Recommendation for
Timely
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PlanArty
My Rec
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PlanArty
My Recommendation for
PlanArty
All
2
Pros
1
Specs
Top
Pro
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Free version
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Platforms:
Web
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Timing for Mac
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Timing for Mac
My Recommendation for
Timing for Mac
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5
Pros
3
Cons
2
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Fully automatic
No start/stop timers, no forgetting to track time.
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Only works on one device, no billing, no syncing and no mobile or web apps
Timing has a pretty limited use for a paid app as it only works on one Mac device. There is no cloud sync to get the schedules synced to another device. There is also no billing built into the app.
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Easy time analysis after the fact
once a users day is finished they can go through the history of the app to pick and choose what tasks are worth keeping for time tracking of the day. This makes it easy in the sense that there is no manual tracking needed to be done, everything is recorded and then can be filtered down to the users work tasks.
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Mac only
Is only compatible with OSX, so is pretty limiting in that regard.
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No Subscription Needed
The app works completely offline - no user data leaves your computer and you don't have to pay some monthly fee.
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primaERP
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primaERP
My Recommendation for
primaERP
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2
Cons
3
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It is a smart time tracking app for individuals and/or teams
Shows how much time has been spent and monitors the expenses related. Increases efficiency and helps adjusting hourly rates. Provides easy and fast access for data generated both by local and remote teams. Allows to know the profitability of tasks and projects. Precise and effortless tiime records help billing clients more accurately.
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No native desktop app
The only apps available are for mobile or web based, specifically iOS and Android and ones browser, there is no native desktop app provided nor a chrome plugin, which means the webpage or a mobile device will have to be used.
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Mike's Experience
The To-Do List makes tracking straightforward. Change tasks by a single click.
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Multi-Platform
Available online or as a mobile app.
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Features broken
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Expensive for teams
For any plan the service costs on a per user basis, which can become quite expensive for large teams.
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Productivity Challenge Timer
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Productivity Challenge Timer
My Recommendation for
Productivity Challenge Timer
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1
Pros
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Cons
2
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Stats by day,week, month or year
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The App could stop
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Yanis's Experience
Love this app, well done, well thought and motivating !
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Motivation rewards
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Only on phone App
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Easy to use
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Can't pause the timer
Makes one plan out sessions and work longer
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TrackingTime
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TrackingTime
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TrackingTime
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2
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Integrations
Lots of integrations for Google, Microsoft, Slack, GitHub etc.
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Free version
Free for up to 3 users.
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Clockify
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Clockify
My Recommendation for
Clockify
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1
Cons
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Free version available
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Simple Android app
You can only track time in the app, no dashboard or reports. Although It don't seem to be the case with iOS version.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Web, Mobile
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Simple Desktop & Linux apps
Limited features, can only track time with no reports or dashboard page. Mac version is better.
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Futuramo Time Tracker
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Futuramo Time Tracker
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Futuramo Time Tracker
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Experiences
3
Pros
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Free version
Free for up to 3 users.
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Szymon Kozak's Experience
Easy to use, smart time tracker with insightful statistics panel - it helps me a lot to analyze my work, better plan future endeavors and work on daily habits
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Advanced statistics
Find key info on every time record you or your crew have entered.
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Marek Pasieczny's Experience
Clear design, easy time tracking with possibility to pause and continue tracking when it necessary.
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Team tracking
Track time together with your team. See who's currently working on what.
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Magda's Experience
Simply yet very handy app that lets me track time spent on various tasks.
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Option to continue tracking once introduced task
You can continue tracking previously introduced task - no need to introduce the same task twice.
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Export to CSV
You can download recorded data in CSV.
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Manual time recording
You can enter time manually or introduce a desired change (edit or delete a record).
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Easy to use
Easy to use. Log in and start tracking - no extra setup required.
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Time Doctor
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Time Doctor
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Time Doctor
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Easy to use and great UI
You can start tracking time in just 1 click. Also the reports are really useful to track productivity and improvements.
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Expensive
At $10 a month there are cheaper solutions out there for employee monitoring and time tracking.
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John55's Experience
Great app for tracking time and productivity. I am currently using the green version and it does exactly what I need.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, IOS
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Time Doctor tracks work hours and productivity
Excellent at productivity and time monitoring. The desktop client is discreet, the web-based reports are very accurate.
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Vaishali Badgujar's Experience
Bug free and easy to track time
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Has email notifications
Users can set up email notifications through the app in order to get activity reports send at certain intervals.
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All data encrypted
Everything that is sent to Time Doctor's servers is encrypted, so no worries about security.
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TimeGuru
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TimeGuru
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TimeGuru
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4
Cons
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Free version
Free for up to 10 users.
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no app, still easy to use from the phone though.
The app missing is not a huge problem for me at all. They have a guide for both Android and Apple on how to get the icon on your phone's homepage, which works just as fine. The only difference is that the system opens up in your mobile browser instead. It almost looks like an app.
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Charlotte L's Experience
After we discovered TimeGuru, we have experienced a lot more control over the distribution of our employees’ workhours. It is so easy to pull a report over all the employees, customers, even projects. And the employees have expressed their joy with the personal dashboard and worksheet. TimeGuru meets our requirements for a fair price.
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Specs
Platforms:
PC, Mac, Tablet, Phone
Technology:
.NET
API:
Yes
Collaborative:
Yes
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Simple userinterface with advanced functions
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Helpful support
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has every function you need and more, incredibly easy setup guide when you create the system
Even with the app missing, this the most userfriendly system I have tried so far. When creating the system, you follow a very simple guide, that walks you through all the system's modules and functions, and allows you to customize it all to fit your needs. Also, you can easily get the app icon on your phone, that opens up the system in your browser when you click it. It works just as good as an actual app in my opinion.
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Time Doctor
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Time Doctor
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Time Doctor
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Accurate time tracking
Time Doctor is accurate in tracking time and helps save a lot because of accurate time records. Also the alerts help to focus on the tasks and stay productive.
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Cannot edit time from desktop app
It'd be good if edit time functionality is added in the desktop. At present one has to edit time via web app.
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Oliver Burns's Experience
I've been using the time doctor for 3 months, and I can't imagine a better app. It is accurate in tracking time. I can make and edit own tasks and projects. The application has an intuitive interface and is easy to interact with.
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Weekly time worked report
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ThriftyEpiales's Experience
Time Doctor makes it easy to track where I spend my time. It's like a time recorder for my tasks and the reports produced makes it easy to review my workday. Client invoicing has become easier after I started using Time Doctor. Great app.
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Time report
You can track time spent on different tasks and compare them
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Possibility to edit time
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Desktop Task Timer
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Desktop Task Timer
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Desktop Task Timer
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Light version available
There is a cheaper light version available for those that don't need the full functionality of the app or would like to try it out without spending the more money on the more expensive version.
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Only available for OSX
Can only be used on OSX devices, which is pretty limiting for those that use multiple OS's.
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Export time to CSV
Users can export CSV files from the app to use for billing, etc. Though this does require the non light version.
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An internet connection isn't required
Due to the app having no cloud sync there is no need to have an internet connection for the app to run. Everything it does is local to the device.
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Sync time across devices using a shared folder
While not necessarily the easiest of options (really more a work around to the apps limited functionality) users can sync the apps files to a shared folder or cloud storage folder in order to have sync'd time across Mac's.
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RemoteCamp
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RemoteCamp
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RemoteCamp
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Accurate time tracking
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Screeenshots
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Time zones
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Remote employees management
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