Ten Terrific Apps to Help You Keep Track of Your Time

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Ten Terrific Apps to Help You Keep Track of Your Time

Posted May 9, 2010 in Productivity, Tools/Resources

Have you ever run out of time working on a project? Are you unsure of exactly how much time each project takes you?

If you answered “yes” to the questions above, then you understand my problem with time. In fact, understanding where the time went is the problem of most freelancers.

Earlier this year I began a quest to find a way to track my own time better. I’ve been using a spreadsheet for years, but I was ready for something better. I’m finally ready to share what I’ve learned.

Two Types of Time Tracking Programs

In my research, I discovered two types of time tracking programs:

Those that help you learn how your time is spent
Those that help you create invoices for your time

Since I always bill by the project and never by the hour, I was primarily interested in the first type of time management application. However, simply because there are so many of them, I’ve included some of the second type on the list as well.

(Note: Most of these are not free applications. In most cases, you will have to pay for the software. However, many of them offer trial periods or demo versions.)

Why It’s Important to Track Your Time

Did you think you were done with time tracking and timesheets when you became a freelancer?

Actually, there are several reasons why a successful freelancer should track his or her time:

It’s a well-known fact that most freelancers typically underestimate the amount of time required for a project. However, if you keep regular records of how long it takes you to do certain tasks your estimates will be more accurate, which generally means that you will earn more money.
Many freelancers have time consuming bad work habits that they are barely aware of. You may believe that you just spend a few moments a day on email or playing a computer game. In actuality, you may be wasting more time that you realize.
Tracking time helps you break projects down into smaller pieces. In doing so, you may be able to spot redundancies or tasks that it would be more efficient for you to outsource. Once again, time tracking can make your business more profitable.

10 Timesheet Apps

Here are ten time tracking tools to help you learn how you are spending your time:

Chrometa–This application tracks exactly what you do on your computer. If you stop working to check your email or get on Facebook ten times a day, this application will let you know. I have to admit I was impressed with this package. The impressive site includes a training video.
fanurio–The package uses a timer to help your track your time, but also offers a manual method for entering tasks. It seems to be another good alternative to help you manage your time. There are also invoicing features and you can even track the amount of income you have received.
Harvest–This is another package that includes invoicing. What I liked about this one was the flexibility in the methods for entering your time. You can enter information online, on your desktop, through your iPhone, or even through Twitter. I could see this as being very helpful for mobile freelancers.
iTimeSheet–This is an innovative and relatively new iPhone time tracking application. Your information can be exported to other applications such as Microsoft Excel. If you mostly work by phone and travel all of the time, this application might be particularly useful.
OnTheJob–This package describes itself as a “professional time tracking and invoicing application.” Extra information that you can track with this package includes expenses such as mileage. You can also track client information (including addresses) using this tool.
Qlockwork–This tool is an add-on to Microsoft Outlook. It automatically records your activities on your Outlook calendar. You can then use the information that Qlockwork provides for invoicing, filling out timesheets, or analyzing how you are spending your time.
Rachota Timetracker–This is simple time tracking tool that can be used on many different platforms. It will run on Linux or on a Mac. It also supports many different languages, so if English is not your first language you may be able to find a version for you. Version 2.0 is also open source software.
Responsive Time Logger Time Tracking Software–This family of time tracking software products has been around a long time. It is mainly for tracking billable time and expenses. Some versions of this software can also be used on mobile devices.
TimeWriter Time Tracking Software–This grid-based time tracking software is available in two versions: standard and PDA. Both versions allow you to work offline on a PDA. This software is also suitable for small businesses.
TraxTime–This time tracking software uses a punch clock metaphor. You can “punch in” and “out” of projects, as needed. You can also elaborate on entries with a text memo field. There is no limit to the number of projects that you can have.

What About You?

How do you keep track of how you are spending your time? Do you use a particular application or tool?

Share your answers in the comments.

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About the author: Laura Spencer is a freelance writer from North Central Texas with over 20 years of professional business writing experience. If you liked this post, then you may also enjoy Laura’s blog about her freelance writing experiences, WritingThoughts. Laura is also on Google+.

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162 Comments

Stefan Töpfer
May 9th, 2010 at 8:44 am

I think a piece of paper and sitting down to think for 10 minutes about how you spend your time may be a valuable start.

Categorizing your time and then allocating time slots will help to think about how you spend your time. You may find you waste a lot of time on activities/people/social media/etc. that do not move you and your business forward.

Then using one of your programs may be the right thing to do.
Daboo
May 9th, 2010 at 9:04 am

I use timewerks for the iPhone. It does a fantastic job anywhere. I love how it let’s me send the invoice before leaving a job site rather than days later.
Anonymous
May 9th, 2010 at 9:10 am

I find Billings very useful in managing, time tracking and billing my projects.
Dr. Freelance
May 9th, 2010 at 9:20 am

This is fantastic, Laura, and your timing is impeccable. I’ve recently acquired a new client who requires short bursts of work all day long, and I’ve been looking for a better way of tracking. Methinks the answer is in your post!
vigilq
May 9th, 2010 at 9:22 am

> How do you keep track of how you are spending your time? Do you use a particular application or tool?

I use pomodairo: http://code.google.com/p/pomodairo/
Laura Spencer
May 9th, 2010 at 9:25 am

Dr. Freelance, if you answer isn’t in the post maybe it will be in the comments.

Thanks everyone for sharing your favorite time-tracking application.
Lucian
May 9th, 2010 at 10:12 am

I consider too, that time tracking is a must do for a freelancer. I use Excel to add my time and a short description of the project I worked on. I round up my time to 15-30-60 mins intervals and I became really precise at providing estimates.
nick Burd
May 9th, 2010 at 10:32 am

The main company i work for uses a program called intervals.. its has a time tracking thing built into it.. Normally I dont use it, I just use billings time tracking when im doing billable work. Seems to work out really well.

This was a great post.. Thanks
Daniel
May 9th, 2010 at 10:40 am

I don’t know any of your timetracking tools. i used toggl (http://www.toggl.com/) for a long time but now i use Paymo (http://www.paymo.biz/) – it is the best i’ve ever seen (nothing bad on it!).
Ramona
May 9th, 2010 at 11:48 am

I never paid too much attention to time tracking when I started freelancing and realized I “work” for 14 hours a day. When I tried to actually see what I am spending time on, I was shocked. I could be more productive and some projects took less time than I anticipated. Now I am bit more careful and can almost do the same amount of work in 2-3 hours/day. I am traveling a lot too, so being more productive now means I can still keep an income stream and not spend all day working.
James Duncombe
May 9th, 2010 at 11:54 am

Paymo is a great app which I use for tracking time and also working out invoices etc. It’s address is: http://www.paymo.biz/

Cheers,

James
Leslie A. Joy
May 9th, 2010 at 1:11 pm

I’ve always liked the desktop timer TimeSync that integrates directly into Freshbooks.

Another way to keep track of time is if you use the Pomodoro technique mentioned here by Lexi before, you can keep track of the Pomodoro’s per task and enter it onto a spreadsheet.
Dave
May 9th, 2010 at 3:06 pm

I use Busy Bee Invoicing, no monthly fee!

http://bee-software.net/invoice-software/
Michael D Hart
May 9th, 2010 at 3:19 pm

Wow! Chrometa looks great! And they say you can get a free license key if you’re an open source contributor!
Julian Gaviria
May 9th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

@Michael

But from the looks of it, Chrometa is just for Windows.
Albert Kiefer
May 9th, 2010 at 4:20 pm

It’s always good to mention what platform software runs on. In case of Chrometa for instance both the author of this article and the website don’t mention it. I have to figure by downloading and seeing an .exe file loading to disc….

Albert

ALBERT KIEFER
visual designer
http://www.kiefer.nl
Michael D Hart
May 9th, 2010 at 4:36 pm

Doh.
Brett Owens
May 9th, 2010 at 4:40 pm

@Michael @Julian:

That is correct – Chrometa currently runs on Windows only – we will roll out a Mac version this year sometime – it’s at the top of our priority list :)

We’d be happy to loop you into the Chrometa for Mac beta if you’re interested. Please ping me direct brett@chrometa.com and we’ll get you taken care of.

Thank you for your comments and for taking a look at Chrometa, and please contact me if we can assist with anything.

Brett Owens
Chrometa CEO and Co-Founder
brett@chrometa.com
916-254-0260
Laura Spencer
May 9th, 2010 at 5:14 pm

Thanks to everyone for coming by and sharing your time tracking favorites.

Brett Owens–Thanks for explaining about the Chrometa for Mac beta.
bonfield
May 9th, 2010 at 5:26 pm

Billings for its simplicity and it adds line items from my timed slips directly to my invoices. Works for me after trying iBiz and some other standalone methods.
Andy
May 9th, 2010 at 6:19 pm

Nice post, my timetracker of choice is Paymo: http://www.paymo.biz/ They offer a free account with invoicing, and reporting. Super easy to use and fast, you don’t spend much time updating content in it once you have it set up.
Joshua Hatfield
May 9th, 2010 at 10:09 pm

Loving Chrometa. The interface could be a bit better, [but who are we kiddin', every interface could be ;)]

If you have an .edu email address, you get a full license for free! Nice to have people that feel pain in the web app industry.
Petar
May 9th, 2010 at 11:57 pm

We use a web timesheet system called TimePro, http://www.timesheets.com.au
Barbara Schneider
May 10th, 2010 at 1:34 am

I have tried a number of the demos for time and expense tracking and found Chrometa to provide a simple and accurate method of keeping track of my hours spent on the computer whether for work, school, or pleasure. It is always eye opening to see what is going on with your time.

It think it is important to note that Chrometa provides a free license for students and although that is not the reason I chose Chrometa, it certainly helped preserve my budget.
Markus Rehm
May 10th, 2010 at 1:51 am

Chrometa is a very useful and clearly arranged tool. Its usage is self-explanatory and students get a free license!
Andi
May 10th, 2010 at 4:46 am

thanks for that great article… as I’m starting my freelance business I’ve downloaded “billings” and “on the job” which is part of the app-bundle at http://www.macbuzzer.com/

As far as I can see “billings” hast a superior set of features such as statements and the analytics part
Tyron Bache
May 10th, 2010 at 5:03 am

Cool I have been looking for a post like this :) about to try out Chrometa!
papayashake
May 10th, 2010 at 8:16 am

Thanks for the nice article.
uwi
May 10th, 2010 at 8:45 am

we are using ‘bon:time’ ( http://www.bon-time.com/ ) witch i consider quite mighty. on the first look it´s a bit scary as there is no manual by now but if you spend 15 min. on it testing you know how to handle it.
poch
May 10th, 2010 at 8:46 am

I use Amazon’s Paymo. It’s lightweight but enough for me.
McConnell Group
May 10th, 2010 at 9:25 am

I think I will start using Chrometa at home, I wouldn’t want my boss seeing how much time I spend reading and commenting while I should be working
Kevin
May 10th, 2010 at 9:32 am

If you are looking for a multi-user time-tracking software, that runs on your own webserver, you might want to have a look at Kimai:
http://www.kimai.org
Najam Siddiqi
May 10th, 2010 at 10:22 am

cool article this is amazing posts thanks for sharing
Rainer
May 10th, 2010 at 10:37 am

Hi!

We are developing the time tracking product “time cockpit”. Unfortunately the beta 2 version is only available in German and we are in the process of preparing the English version.

If you are able to speak German feel free to get your personal time cockpit at http://www.timecockpit.com. If you speak English and you want to check out what’s special in time cockpit check out these short videos at http://www.timecockpit.com/en/Register_For_Beta.aspx. Like it? Just drop me an email and I will notify you as soon as time cockpit will be available in English (approx. July 2010).

Rainer.
John
May 10th, 2010 at 12:02 pm

http://www.chrometa.com/ is awesome! I really like it because it can track the time you spend on every program. Really useful :)
Jonathan B
May 10th, 2010 at 12:31 pm

I really recommend Chrometa as a Windows user (dont have mac :’( maybe next year), It has a great GUI and it tells you how much time you are investing on different tasks.
Thom R
May 10th, 2010 at 12:37 pm

Chrometa rocks! Not only is this a great program but their response to email is first rate. Brett made me feel like family on my first interaction.
Thank you for introducing me to this great company!
harry
May 10th, 2010 at 1:14 pm

Thanks. I use GoalsOnTrack, it not long tracks your time spent on tasks, but also on your goals.
Alex
May 10th, 2010 at 2:39 pm

TimePanic is nice too.
Jon Livingston
May 10th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

I use and highly recommend http://tickspot.com. It takes a different approach from most time apps and focuses on helping you hit budgets.
Alex G.
May 10th, 2010 at 4:14 pm

My favorite time tracking software is TSheets. I was introduced to it by a friend and now I don’t know I ran my business without it! It’s a web based system that has invoicing, QB importing, and scheduling :) It’s my one stop shop! Here’s there link: http://www.tsheets.com
Brad Cathey
May 10th, 2010 at 4:14 pm

I use Designsoftonline.com. Very powerful and full featured for the serious time-keeper.
Danielle
May 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm

Thanks so much for this! Chrometa is super awesome. You can bet that I will be investing in this when my 60 day trial runs out! I just finished trying it out for the past hour and I think it is going to be very helpful in getting me to manage my time better!
Mark Ellwood
May 10th, 2010 at 7:41 pm

Our company may have the only portable device for conducting diagnostic time studies. The first version of the hand-heldTimeCorder tracking system was launched in 1989, the second in 2004.

We don’t sell the TimeCorder device as a billing tool. We lend it to employees for two weeks to track their time – particularly as they move around – sales reps, field supervisors, and even maintenance people have used it. You’ll find some of our research at http://www.getmoredone.com. Primarily we have found that less time is spent than ideal on high priority tasks and much more on administration than employees would like.
Kristi-Lynn
May 10th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

I’ve been using On the Job for several months now and it’s awesome. Once the time is all tracked out it’s one click invoicing. You can even create your own templates for the invoices so they can match your style or your site or your resume or your mood ;) It also is integrated nicely with apple mail so you can just send off an invoice with a second click.

Other cool stuff, you can have multiple clients that have multiple projects as well as multiple jobs within each project. It can go pretty deep which is great. Lastly, it shows you your outstanding invoices so you can keep on top of getting paid! It’s definitely a great program for the price (and really easy to get started). Definitely should be a top pick for mac users, if you can use address book you can use On the Job.
Sharon Hurley Hall
May 11th, 2010 at 6:44 am

I’ve been using online timer Toggl and have used RescueTime in the past. Chrometa looks like a good combination of both of those, so I’m going to try that now.
Jordan Walker
May 11th, 2010 at 9:12 am

Those are interesting little applications to keep track of your time.
Jan
May 11th, 2010 at 9:36 am

Thanks to everyone mentioning Paymo as their time tracking & invoicing app of choice. If you’re curious and like to give it a try please email us mentioning this article and we’ll let you use our unlimited invoices add-on for six months for free!
Laura Spencer
May 11th, 2010 at 10:10 am

Thanks to everyone for adding their own feedback about time tracking software.

I’m glad the post was useful. :-)
Clint
May 11th, 2010 at 10:40 am

I use the Eternity app for my iPhone and really enjoy it. It allows you to organize your projects in a hierarchy, so you can group items together under one heading. It also allows you to create daily, weekly, or monthly reports, which you can export via email and load into a spreadsheet software. It also illustrates how you’re spending your time with pie charts. The only downside is that it doesn’t allow you to record simultaneous tasks.

http://twitter.com/ParcHDVideo
Najam Siddiqi
May 11th, 2010 at 10:56 am

These application are much useful in real life thanks for sharing.
Stu Green
May 12th, 2010 at 4:38 am

Don’t forget to check out Project Bubble that lets you track the time spent on tasks. The best thing about it is it’s really simple and easy:
http://projectbubble.com
Sherry B.
May 12th, 2010 at 9:07 am

I’ve been using Easy Time Tracking for about three years now and I love it. I upgraded from the free version to the paid because of the added features. It offers both manual time entry and time tracker you can turn on. It also has full invoicing, including a place to include payments, and custom reports. Best of all, it was only about $50 (for a single license — there are multi-user and web-based options available)!

http://www.easytimetracking.net/
Liz Rice
May 12th, 2010 at 10:42 am

Just to say thanks for mentioning Qlockwork in your list of time tracking apps! And also to mention that we actually have a new web site for the product at http://www.qlockwork.com.

Best regards,
The workingProgram team
Jeffery Jones
May 12th, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Just wanted to humbly suggest my app. It’s called My Hours and is an inexpensive alternative to more feature rich time-tracking tools for billing purposes. Folks who work variable shifts and record their hours from a posted calendar or bulletin board will find it a life saver.

http://www.myhoursapp.com.
Leisa Good
May 12th, 2010 at 5:25 pm

This is a great web site with great information.

I use a project rate which is a combination of prices in The Writer’s Market, listings on my writer’s group’s private forum, and I just ask around. I’ve been able to put together a relatively good price list.

I do use TraxTime for miscellaneous web updates for clients or consulting which is done by the hour. Everything else works much better at a project rate. It took me a long time to learn this, but I now prefer the project rate. Plus as I have gotten much faster with some types of writing (like press releases), an hourly rate would cause me to lose money.

It only takes that one horribly underestimated project, which really causes you to perk up and revamp. Sometimes it doesn’t hurt to run the your time system just to have an idea of the amount of work involved in a particular project.

This web site is loaded with great info. Thanks I am learning how to do things better here.
A. Jackson
May 19th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

I’m late to this party, but have to add my two cents about Chrometa.

I WILL NOT LIVE WITHOUT IT!

Anything that requires me to press start or stop is not going to work. Writing down the time as I finish the task presumes that I looked at the clock before I started the task. Umm, no. Knowing how long a phone call lasts presumes that I check that before I hang up the phone. Maybe….

I didn’t do my billing for 4 days. I went through Chrometa and was able to log my time for all four days in 20 minutes during my lunch break. Before, I’d spend hours trying to remember what I did. Now, no more.

And, an awesome feature not mentioned is the categories feature. I add my client’s name into the categories, and drag and drop a document into it. Once it’s in the category, it remains attached to that client. This way I can click on a client and know exactly how much time I spent, which prevents both over and under billing. Customer support is amazing, and this is genuinely the best $99 I’ve ever spent.

(And no, I’m in no way affiliated with the program, but it has made my life as an hourly billing attorney SO much easier!)
Karen at Harvest
May 25th, 2010 at 6:18 pm

Just wanted to say thanks for looking into Harvest, and for mentioning us in your post. Please feel free to get in touch with us if you do have any questions – we’re constantly improving things here, and we love to hear from our users!

Karen, Harvest Community Manager
paul
May 28th, 2010 at 7:05 pm

I’m using rescuetime
https://www.rescuetime.com/
Jy
June 16th, 2010 at 5:18 am

I use Timetrack that has a very fast system to encode activities in Timesheet, creates my invoices and gives me a lot of usefull reports
Ben
July 11th, 2010 at 5:44 am

Guss checkout Timelog and Grandtotal! Very good time tracking packgage with invoicing and iPhone integration.
http://www.grandtotal.biz/GrandTotal/
Alena
August 13th, 2010 at 1:37 pm

I use Tempo. It’s easy to store and track multiple projects, it exports invoices and generates charts/graphs. Plus I can input data via email, twitter, widget or iPhone.

http://zetetic.net/c/tempo-forum
Paul
September 9th, 2010 at 5:31 pm

Hi Laura, you have a good range of software here. Another web-based software to look out for is 1DayLater – time, expense and mileage tracking It’s designed to help freelancers and solo professionals with their time tracking and management but also lets you log other important things like your business miles and daily expenses for projects. It’s a simple to use app – and much more enjoyable to use than ordinary timesheets
trackintime
November 7th, 2010 at 6:14 am

We can probably change the subject to 100 terrific apps soon :)

We have been using http://www.trackintime.com for a number of projects now and it has worked out great. The main reason we chose http://www.trackintime.com was that it has a nice estimation feature. When we begin a new project the project manager creates the activities and requests estimates from the team members. Then as the project progresses we have a nice overview of how we are doing compared to the estimates.
Iky
November 17th, 2010 at 6:58 pm

We use BillQuick for our time tracking and billing. http://www.bqe.com
Otto
December 7th, 2010 at 5:34 am

I use Amazon’s Paymo…
Carl R
December 11th, 2010 at 3:55 pm

If you track your time in Google Calendar, you can use GTimeReport to create time reports automatically to Excel or Google Docs spreadsheeets. http://www.gtimereport.com
Jazzy
February 3rd, 2011 at 4:34 pm

I Find http://www.JumboTask.com Very Useful
Timur H.
April 11th, 2011 at 1:05 pm

I recommend using http://www.rescuetime.com – it’s tracking is pretty fine-grained, but once you configured it, it’s pretty awesome :)
Deals King
April 11th, 2011 at 8:25 pm

I’m a big fan of chrometa +1!
mat dinister
April 30th, 2011 at 8:57 am

I use timejim.com. I find it very easy and efficient to use.
Xavier Sabatier
May 12th, 2011 at 4:22 am

Personally, I use http://www.timetrackonline.com/?lang=en . It’s really customizable and so easy to use for the timesheets (drag&drop!), of course, but also for the invoicing as well as the analysis of the activity.
On top of that, I’m still breathless of the last version where I can fill in my timesheet on iCal and it’s automatically synchronized on the app! I like the fact that the app is conceived itself on a time optimization philosophy.
Xavier Sabatier
May 12th, 2011 at 10:44 am

Personally, I use http://www.timetrackonline.com/?lang=en . This app is really customizable and its philosophy is effectively time efficiency oriented: timesheets (drag&drop!), invoicing, activity analysis.
I’m still breathless of the last version where you can fill in the timesheet with iCal and synchronize automatically with the online app. It’s worth to try it…
Michael Raffaele
June 14th, 2011 at 1:49 am

I use to use a really simple app called Baralga which was simple, clean and free :D

I do like the looks of this Chrometa software though, its harder to lie to yourself if you’ve been lazy when the facts are there :D
Vincent
June 29th, 2011 at 10:28 am

I would like to recommend OroTimesheet for time tracking and invoicing.
It is really easy to use and very affordable.
It helps me keep track of the time I spend on each project. I can easily create an invoice from my timesheets.

It is free to try so make sure to visit the company’s website at http://www.orologic.com/
joel slatis
August 9th, 2011 at 6:27 pm

Of course we need to mention Timesheets.com, because no time tracking list is complete without it! We track BOTH hourly time for payroll and project time for billing. I think most competitors are tracking either one or the other, if I’m not mistaken, with a few exceptions.
gutscheink
September 13th, 2011 at 4:05 am

Useful tips. Thanks for sharing
Victoria
September 26th, 2011 at 10:01 am

Personally I need more than a desktop version for tracking of my time. A mobile version is better as my iPhone is always with me – if I work or let’s say jog. The best app for that I can recommend is Time Mate – easy to use, nice and intuitive. Here is the link: http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/timemate-zeiterfassung/id448126495?mt=8
Frank
October 18th, 2011 at 7:55 am

Don’t know any of your tools for timetracking. I use toggle for a longe time and everything is fine.
Steve Rennocks
October 23rd, 2011 at 11:12 am

Contractor Expenses is a cool app for freelancers for tracking expenses and mileage as well providing the latest freelancing news.
Understand time & hours tracking is the next planned feature.

Oh, and its FREE… http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contractor-expenses-lite/id467589220?mt=8
Megha
October 25th, 2011 at 7:44 am

Really good collection Laura! Most of these are a new find. Another good candidate missing is the Replicon Time tracking software. Take a look and am sure that it will be there in your next list.
pepe
October 27th, 2011 at 11:54 am

FreshBooks?
Alex K.
November 15th, 2011 at 6:23 pm

Also use toggl :) Thanks for sharing the whole collection. BR
Triq
February 3rd, 2012 at 6:09 pm

Finch is another good time tracker with automated tagging and intelligent grouping. Definitely my goto app for time tracking apps
D. Scott
February 15th, 2012 at 10:30 pm

I use a web based app called Get Gwalla. Its absolutely free (at the moment any way). It’s perfect for freelancers that simply want to track projects, payments, and store client info. What I like most is they have a “Goals” meter that lets me set my monthly goal so I can track my incoming revenue against my set goal.

You can check it out at http://getgwalla.com. I think it may be in beta – but it works for me! Hopefully you guys might get some use out of it too. Also I love it cuz its mobile friendly – perfect for me since I’m on the go.
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Marie-Eve
March 8th, 2012 at 3:13 pm

Do you know Kiwili ?
It works with all the platforms (Mac, PC, Linux, iOS, Android) and there’s even an iPhone version. The app allows you to manage your time, create and send bills, get paid online, organize your projects, create your reports and so on.
Here’s the link https://www.kiwili.com
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Manfred
April 16th, 2012 at 7:06 am

Great collection for nice Time tracking apps. I will share them with my community on my website http://www.apps-news.de/ and give you a trackback in a few hours!

Cheers and thanks so much for this great collection!
Apps News
April 16th, 2012 at 7:07 am

Sorry, forget to ask if i am allowed to qoute your article.

Cherrs,

Manfred
Luke
April 26th, 2012 at 5:13 pm

I use ATracker (http://itunes.apple.com/app/atracker/id519561306?mt=8). It can start / stop a task by just one tap. Which is exactly what I need. Although it does not have that much functions, it satisfies my need quite well.
Time Billing
May 26th, 2012 at 4:09 pm

My favorite program to use is Bill4Time. It has a lot of great time billing features.
Time Clock
June 15th, 2012 at 4:25 pm

I believe, you have forgotten to add Replicon Inc – Leading employee time clock, time billing software and time tracking software.
Kevin
July 9th, 2012 at 4:17 am

Great list. You should add Clockmeister to that list. Perfect app for freelancers and smaller businesses.
Employee time clock
July 24th, 2012 at 6:11 pm

Actually I was reading the needs of time tracking on a blog and then started searching for iPhone apps and then landed here. I believe I have found what I was searching for now.
Mira
August 16th, 2012 at 4:50 pm

These apps are very useful…I use the most of them! Keep it up…

Cheers
anna
September 11th, 2012 at 6:22 am

For freelancers and smaller business I can also recommend Timetrack – http://www.timetrack.eu. It runs for windows, linux, mac and for mobiles as well. Start and stop by just one tap :)
Karin
October 1st, 2012 at 10:01 am

Great collection! In time cockpit (http://www.timecockpit.com) we tried to combine the two types of time tracking applications you mentioned:

Time cockpit contains activity trackers that help you learn how you spent your time. The tracked activities are displayed in a graphical time sheet calendar. There you can transform them into time sheet entries and assign them to projects.

For back-office tasks time cockpit contains features like invoice management, vacation management for work hours calculations or excel export.
Gregory
October 4th, 2012 at 2:53 am

Hi there,

Personally, I prefer to track all my time on my phone. There are plenty of great apps for any system. I use Time Meter (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rk.timemeter) all the time and not only for projects, but also sport. Lots of apps, including the one I use, have reminders/alarms and export functions – I find it really handy.
Gutschein
December 11th, 2012 at 7:09 am

I second timecockpit. We used it for 4 projects now and our customers loved it, too.
Jan
January 30th, 2013 at 10:29 pm

I like to use PlanetSoho for tracking my time and creating/sending invoices. It’s similar to Freshbooks, not sure if any of you have used that. I’d give PlanetSoho a try if you’re struggling with tracking billable hours, as it’s a free app.
Dan
January 30th, 2013 at 10:30 pm

I like to use PlanetSoho for tracking my time and creating/sending invoices. It’s similar to Freshbooks, not sure if any of you have used that. I’d give PlanetSoho a try if you’re struggling with tracking billable hours, as it’s a free app.
Dealski
February 3rd, 2013 at 7:07 pm

Thats an awesome list, thanks for sharing! My favourite is Chrometa. Cheers :)
Frank
March 27th, 2013 at 11:25 am

If anyone is interested, I use Abak Software since more than 5 years and it works dramatically well.

If anyone is interested, take a look at : http://www.abaksoftware.com
Henrik
May 9th, 2013 at 2:49 pm

I user the free Android app Timesheet from LlamaLab.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.llamalab.timesheet.free
It features customizable hourly rates for overtime and off-hours, automatic mileage calculation, automated punch in/out with GPS, WiFi, QR codes and NFC tags, itemized/aggregated reports in Excel, HTML, CSV and XML format.
htttp://llamalab.com/timesheet/
sam
May 12th, 2013 at 11:00 am

This is probably the most easy to use time tracking web app out there: http://hours-calculator.com
It’s not like other tools with tons of unnecessary features. But it can still do all I need and it’s 100% free.
Carla
May 20th, 2013 at 5:16 am

Hey, you should also check out UpYourTime. It’s a really awesome time management tool because it has all the features you need if you’re a freelancer or an agency. And it’s really easy to use and customize and it’s also sort of fun to play around with.

Give it a look on http://www.upyourtime.com.

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