What are the best time tracking apps for freelancers?

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Best time tracking apps for freelancers	Price	Platforms	API
-- Toggl	-	–	–
78 Timeneye	-	–	–
-- TimeCamp	-	–	–
-- Hubstaff	-	–	–
-- TMetric Time Tracker	-	–	–

Toggl

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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. See More

Top Con

Desktop app slow

InquisitiveAsaruludu's Experience

slow, couldn't figure out how to setup this up with master and sub clients and it was slow See More

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Cross platform

Toggl has a Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS app as well as a web interface and chrome extension. Basically any device you use you can keep track of time on with this service. See More

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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. See More

EnthusiasticArshiTengri's Experience

Crashed a lot for me See More

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Mini Timer

A small timer sitting on your screen which allows you to change the current task quickly. See More

Top Con

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. See More

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Open source, native Linux desktop client is being worked on

Source code is available on GitHub. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

Timeneye

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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. See More

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No start and end times

Sleiman Bassim's Experience

Simple interface. Interactive reports. CSV export. Integration and multiplatform. See More

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Data export

CSV and PDF. Entries can be used with other data visualization tools. See More

Top Con

Very slow

You have to wait seconds after every single click. Waste of time. See More

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Interactive reports

By institution and by project, weekly and monthly, without time limitation. See More

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Free only for one person

Monthly fee if used by more than 1 member of the team. Then it's very expensive at $29 per month. See More

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Well priced

Plans range from free for one user to $159 a month for 100 users. There should pretty much be a plan for any user size one want, which makes it pretty affordable as the package necessary for one team size is all that needs purchased. See More

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Features broken

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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. See More

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Smooth interface and complete management functionalities

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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 See More

TimeCamp

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Easiest of time tracking packages

Top Con

No clients

You can't define clients and assign projects. See More

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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. See More

Top Con

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. See More

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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. See More

Top Con

Numbers may be off

Instances of incorrect times for certain activities is pretty damning of an app that is supposed to track time accurately. See More

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Free version for single users and for trial

There is a free version available with limited functionality that is great for freelancers as well as testing the app. There is also a 30 day free trial for the paid versions for further testing. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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Collaboration

Keeps the team up-to-date with their assignments, delivers the highest level of conversations. See More

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Available for mobile

Users can track time regardless of their time and location. See More

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Automatic time tracking

Based on keywords users can configure the software to categorize time automatically. See More

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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. See More

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Integrations

Integration with Trello allows to track time directly there. See More

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Task management feature

You can easily create and delegate task for your team. See More

Hubstaff

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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.) See More

Top Con

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). See More

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Integrations

Hubstaff integrates with multiple project management tools and will automatically sync to update your task list. See More

Top Con

Not free with limited trial

Many other time tracking apps allow for free users under a certain team size and for personal use, Hubstaff does not allow for this and only has a limited 14 day trial of the software before one needs to pay a monthly fee that starts at $5 a month for the lowest package. See More

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Screenshots

Hubstaff takes randomized screenshots while users are logging time. Frequency can be adjusted and screenshots can be blurred. See More

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Idle time indicator

Hubstaff detects when someone has been idle and will notify the user. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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 See More

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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. See More

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Application monitoring

See which apps you've used while tracking time to Hubstaff and for how long. See More

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Work notes

Hubstaff users can attach work notes to their time entries to describe what has been done. See More

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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. See More

TMetric Time Tracker

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Easy to use

TMetric Time Tracker is very user-friendly and anyone can use it without having any big problems. See More

Top Con

Reports don't generate any graphics

Deniel's Experience

I use TMetric in my work with remote clients. I am very happy with results and benefits this app gives to me. For the price of coffee, a have a user-friendly time tracking and billing app which simplifies the whole process of task and time management. My clients are satisfied with my work and reports I send them every month from TMetric. Highly recommend trying this app! See More

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Flexible and detailed reports

Top Con

Sometimes it has some connecting issues

MargaretRoberts's Experience

TMetric helps me to stay productive during the day, I like its detailed time and money reports and good integration with Github and Asana See More

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Visualized timeline

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Desktop app for Linux needs improvement

Current version of the desktop app for Linux requires bug fixes and some improvements See More

LowellValdez's Experience

Ease to use it, User-friendly, sharp and great cost-benefits See More

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Automatic time tracking

It is as simple as a Start/Stop timer with an intuitive interface. See More

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Mobile app for Android should be improved

Calvin Moody's Experience

Light interface and a lot of features to track working hours See More

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Perfect tracker of incomes from projects

Everything in TMetric is simplified for user convenience. You can easily track how much money you earned working with your clients. This feature gives you a perfect overview what clients give you the most income. See More

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Desktop app for Windows, macOS, Linux

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Good integration with Redmine

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Smooth integration with Trello

TMetric integrates with Trello. This is awesome! You can track time on every board and stay productive all day long. See More

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Budget execution tracking

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Billable rates for projects and project team

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JIRA Cloud - time sync

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Monitoring team performance

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Billable rates for persons

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Mobile app allows to track time everywhere

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Work types with custom rates

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iOS mobile app

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Good integration with Asana

Easy to integrate with Asana and send time reports to clients. Informative overview of all your incomes/outcomes in reports. See More

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Integration with Github

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Exporting (PDF, CSV)

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Summary reports: projects, task, team

Emacs Org-mode

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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 See More

Top Con

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 See More

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. See More

Specs

Platforms:Linux / OSX / Windows

Collaborative:no

Top Pro

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. See More

primaERP

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Free without limitations (neither time for functions) for freelancers and teams of up to 3 people.

Up to three people on a team can use the time tracker completely free. Which is great for small businesses and freelancers. See More

Top Con

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. See More

Mike's Experience

The To-Do List makes tracking straightforward. Change tasks by a single click. See More

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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. See More

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Features broken

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Multi-Platform

Available online or as a mobile app. See More

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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. See More

Timing for Mac

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Fully automatic

No start/stop timers, no forgetting to track time. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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Mac only

Is only compatible with OSX, so is pretty limiting in that regard. See More

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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. See More

RescueTime

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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. See More

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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. See More

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Premium version is pricey

The premium version costs $9/month. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

TrackingTime

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Futuramo Time Tracker

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Advanced statistics

Find key info on every time record you or your crew have entered. See More

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 See More

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Team tracking

Track time together with your team. See who's currently working on what. See More

Marek Pasieczny's Experience

Clear design, easy time tracking with possibility to pause and continue tracking when it necessary. See More

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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. See More

Magda's Experience

Simply yet very handy app that lets me track time spent on various tasks. See More

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Export to CSV

You can download recorded data in CSV. See More

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Manual time recording

You can enter time manually or introduce a desired change (edit or delete a record). See More

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Easy to use

Easy to use. Log in and start tracking - no extra setup required. See More

aTimeLogger 2

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Offers a full picture of your day, including untracked hours

INFO77's Experience

I have been using it on my iOS devices for last couple of years and I am happy with its performance and features . I find it very easy to setup and it works with/without the internet. You may sync across all your iOS devices (Internet required). Note: I have not tried the android version. Therefore, could not comment on its android version. See More

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You can track multiple activities and also use "Pause" / "ReStart" if a distraction occurs

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Ease of use

No, to & from data transfer. You can create unlimited categories to track and have your reports handy on daily basis. See More

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Works in airplane mode without the login requirements

Clockify

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Hawk-I GPS Punch Clock

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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. See More

Top Con

Expensive

At $10 a month there are cheaper solutions out there for employee monitoring and time tracking. See More

Vaishali Badgujar's Experience

Bug free and easy to track time See More

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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. See More

John55's Experience

Great app for tracking time and productivity. I am currently using the green version and it does exactly what I need. See More

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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. See More

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All data encrypted

Everything that is sent to Time Doctor's servers is encrypted, so no worries about security. See More

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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

WebWork Time Tracker

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Simply structured interface

Very simple, beautiful and eye-catching interface, which makes the work more pleasant. See More

Top Con

No Integrations

It doesn't have any integrations with other services. See More

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The cheapest time tracker

WebWork Time Tracker offers the cheapest services to make it affordable for everyone. The price is standard: 2.99 per user per month. Owners can add as many users as they want and pay later, at the end of the month. The payment will be based on the number of team members at the moment of getting an invoice. See More

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It is cheap and it works pretty good for a company based on remote workers

Finding an affordable option to manage all team members spread all over the world is hard. WebWork was a life saver. See More

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It converts online report into invoices in one click

You don't have to waste your time creating invoices anymore, WebWork does it instead of you in one second. See More

iSmart.Life

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Smart Life's Experience

I use the iSmart.Life app. This is a free and very convenient web app. This app helps to concentrate, better organize tasks, and optimize productivity. See More

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