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Pro Chrome extension supports multiple services
Toggl offers a Chrome browser extension with support for multiple services such as Asana, Gmail, Github, Slack and Wordpress. A full list of compatible services can be seen on the Github page.
Pro A lot of features in free plan
For an overview of features per plan, see https://toggl.com/feature-list/
Pro Focused and intuitive UI
The UI hides unnecessary clutter until you need it, but it is not hard to find later. For example, to start a new tracker, rather than having a separate list of favorite/recent tasks you can click on to continue, it has a "play button" triangle pop-up as you hover over each item in your day's agenda. This effectively doubles the screen space in the agenda over competing apps. Another example: the start-end date picker for choosing a reporting interval. Rather than having two fields you must click on and make sure you put the start date before the end date. It just has one calendar pop up. Then you click the start date first and the end date second. (One quibble: Monday is always the first day of the week, which can be jarring if the rest of your software uses Sunday). There are shortcuts at the bottom for frequently used ranges: "this month", "last month", "today," "yesterday", etc. And all of this hides itself in a simple text box until you click on it to edit the time. The interface for modifying times of previous entries is also wonderful. It guesses the right day when I enter a new time 99% of the time. After using Toggl's UI, you will be spoiled for every other tracking app.
Pro 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.
Pro Integrates with Zapier
The integration with Zapier allows for timers to start or stop based on triggers from many different apps.
For a list of possible zapier workflows, see https://zapier.com/apps/toggl/integrations
Pro Offers Web API
Toggl offers an API to allow for customization and extension.
For example, this allows for an iOS Workflow, that lets the user start and stop timers from anywhere, Workflow is available (Apple Watch Complication, Home Screen Icon, Launch Center Pro, Widget...)
This also means, that automatic start and stop of Timers are possible.
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Pro Integration of multiple services like..
TeamWeek
Pivotal tracker
Github
Asana
Unfuddle
Gitlab
Trello
Worksection
Redbooth (old UI)
Podio
Basecamp
JIRA (InCloud)
Producteev
Bitbucket
Sifter
Google Docs
Redmine
YouTrack (InCloud)
CapsuleCRM
Xero
Zendesk
Any.do
Todoist
Trac
Wunderlist
Toodledo
Teamwork.com
Google Mail
Taiga
HabitRPG
Axosoft
Countersoft Gemini
Drupal
Esa
Help Scout
Flow
Sprintly
Google Calendar
TestRail
Bugzilla
Breeze
BamBam
GQueue
Wrike
Assembla
Waffle
Codeable
Eventum
Salesforce
Draftin
FogBugz
Google Keep
Gingko
Google Inbox
Wordpress
Kanbanery
Planbox
Zoho Books
Slack
Doit.im
Sunrise Calendar
Cloudes
eProject.me
Freshdesk
Newsletter2Go
Gogs
DevDocs
LiquidPlanner
SourceLair
Remember The Milk
Evernote
MantisHub
TargetProcess
VisualStudioOnline (TFS)
SmartBoard
Phabricator
OpenProject
Zube
miniCRM.pl
AgenoCRM
Bitrix24
Rindle
TickTick
Exana
SherpaDesk