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Ask HN: Freelancers, how do you track your time?

7 pointsby psteinweberover 11 years ago
Dear HN,<p>I&#x27;ve been on quite a journey finding a proper time tracking solution. I&#x27;m looking for a simple &#x27;tool&#x27; (can be web based, but preferably with OSX client) which allows me to track time for several clients. Some kind of timesheet export would be good. But I don&#x27;t need a whole business management software with it.<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.toggl.com doesn&#x27;t look too bad, but recurring $5 for a start&#x2F;stop button? I&#x27;m not sure. Maybe if the interface would be awesome.<p>http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.flamebrain.com&#x2F;download-watchme&#x2F; is a great little (!) windows app which I have been using a few years back. something like that with timesheets, and for OSX would be it.<p>http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.getklok.com&#x2F; is horrible UI wise. the features are quite interesting though, but I don&#x27;t wanna use it.<p>Aren&#x27;t there some nice, contemporary open source projects out there? I couldn&#x27;t find any...<p>What are you using?

8 comments

ndcrandallover 11 years ago
I like <a href="http://freshbooks.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;freshbooks.com</a> it can also track business expenses, invoice, etc. It&#x27;s nothing ground breaking but I believe they are a strong company and will be around for a long time.
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ljoshuaover 11 years ago
I love Harvest because it takes that recorded time and pops it into an invoice. I wouldn&#x27;t call it &quot;a whole business management&quot; solution, but it does a great job.<p><a href="http://www.getharvest.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.getharvest.com&#x2F;</a> <a href="http://try.hrv.st/1nxt" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;try.hrv.st&#x2F;1nxt</a> (ref link, $10 off first month)
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97-109-107over 11 years ago
It&#x27;s not web based and has the xls export feature as a premium feature, but it&#x27;s pretty flexible and unobstrusive. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rauscha.apps.timesheet" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=com.rauscha.ap...</a>
dorsiak7over 11 years ago
We implemented <a href="http://www.paymo.biz" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paymo.biz</a> in our company and we&#x27;re happy with it. They have mobile apps and desktop apps for Win and Mac.<p>The design is a little out dated, but they&#x27;re launching a new version so that&#x27;s sorted.
dylanhassingerover 11 years ago
I like Freckle - <a href="http://letsfreckle.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;letsfreckle.com&#x2F;</a>
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scottmeyover 11 years ago
&#x27;On the job&#x27; for OSX. Create clients, jobs for client and easily create invoices. Love it.
stephenrover 11 years ago
Billings from Market Circle - timekeeping and invoicing all in one. Has a companion iPhone app too.
lifeisstillgoodover 11 years ago
Google selfspy on GitHub - tracks literally everything