When comparing Toggl vs Time Recording, the Slant community recommends Toggl for most people. In the question“What are the best Android time tracker apps?” Toggl is ranked 1st while Time Recording is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Toggl is:
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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Pros
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 Open source, native Linux desktop client is being worked on
Source code is available on GitHub.
Pro Easily created projects and tasks
Time Recording allows for easy creation of projects and tasks that can each assign time spent on them by checking in and checking out.
Pro You can automate tasks using the Tasker plugin
For example, you can create a reminder for yourself that will go off when your device connects to the office wifi.
Pro Android Wear integration
Time Recording has built in Android Wear integration, allowing for even easier check in and check outs by using the watch instead of pulling out the main device.
Cons
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.
Con Free version has ads
There are advertisements in the free version of the app with the only way to remove them through an in app purchase.