Tracking your time, whether for billing purposes or for personal productivity, is easier than ever; there are a great many online services dedicated to helping you find out where the time went, as painlessly and as easily as possible. The Web 2.0 time tracking apps below are all free to use for at least one user and, based on your timesheet data, can create robust reports full of charts to visualize your time usage by client, project, and task. Most also offer a smartphone app for on-the-go time tracking, so you can capture all of the hours you worked, wherever you are.
1DayLater claims to make logging your activities easy to do in 30 seconds, and to that end the time input form is very simple and takes advantage of auto-entry and intelligent form fields. You can also start a timer on the website to record time spent on a task in real time. The reports generated by 1DayLater are very unique-looking, which almost makes analyzing your time usage fun. An iPhone app is available for on-the-go tracking, and other apps are in development. Exporting, invoicing, and mileage claims, require a subscription ($5 to $7.50 a month). More »
Toggl is based on a single-click timer: the app features just a button and a task description, so you can switch to monitoring time on a different task with just one mouseclick. Cross-platform support for Toggl (desktop widgets, iPhone and Android apps, code for embedding in iGoogle or Netvibes) is also one of Toggl's strongsuits, and reports can be downloaded as PDF or CSV. You can also give report access to different team members (the service is free for up to 5 users), which means you can share project status with clients or your manager. The paid version (from $5 per month) lets you track your earnings, plan tasks ahead, add your logo to reports, and integrate Toggl with Basecamp, iCal, and RSS. More »
Harvest is more than an online timesheets progam: it includes expense tracking, invoicing, and budget tracking in one package. There's support for QuickBooks export (a plus for SMB staff), team recording, desktop widgets, and more. The free plan allows tracking for up to 2 projects and 4 clients, with unlimited invoicing; pro/business subscription plans add other features and fewer limits. More »
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