Clockify vs TimeTagger

Clockify

• Teams of up to 5 that want a free tracker with no cap on tracked time
• Companies that need timesheets, attendance and approvals for payroll
• Workplaces with shared devices that need a clock-in kiosk
• Teams that also want the Pumble and Plaky tools in one bundle

TimeTagger

• Freelancers who want a low-cost tracker and PDF reports for clients
• People who prefer tagging entries to setting up projects
• Developers who want to self-host their time data or script it through an API

Clockify

• The free plan stops at 5 users, limits reports to a 1-month range and exports as PDF only.
• Invoicing, time off and approvals need Standard; scheduling, expenses, budgets and GPS tracking need Pro.
• Single sign-on, SCIM and the audit log are limited to Enterprise at $11.99 per seat / month.
• Clockify states it offers no discounts beyond 20% off for annual billing, and no refunds.

TimeTagger

• It is not in the App Store or Google Play; on phones it is installed as a web app from the browser.
• The hosted service has no free tier, and after a subscription lapses the app becomes read-only, though data can still be exported.
• Prices are set in euros; the vendor says buyers in most countries pay in their local currency.
• It is aimed at individuals: buying several subscriptions for a team is arranged by email.

Clockify

Timer, timesheet and calendar

Start and stop a timer, enter hours by hand, fill in a weekly timesheet or block out time on a calendar that shows Outlook and Google Calendar events.

Auto tracker

Records the time you spend in apps, websites and documents on a timeline that only you can see, and lets you turn those records into time entries.

Reports and rates

Summary, detailed and weekly reports break down tracked time. Billable rates start on Basic, and labor cost and profit reports need Pro.

Kiosk

From Basic, staff can clock in with a PIN on a shared device. QR code sign-in is on Standard and photo capture on Pro. Kiosk-only seats start at $0.79 a month, billed annually.

Invoicing, time off and approvals

Standard adds invoices built from tracked time and expenses, time-off policies and balances, and manager approval and locking of timesheets.

Scheduling and location

Pro adds a scheduling timeline for assignments and capacity, project forecasting, expense recording and optional GPS tracking of visited job sites.

TimeTagger

Interactive timeline

Records sit on a timeline that scrolls and zooms from a day to longer ranges. A record is created by dragging on the timeline and edited by dragging its start, its end or the whole block.

Tags instead of projects

Any word in a description that starts with # becomes a tag. Tags exist only through the records that use them, can be renamed in bulk, and filter the overview into a breakdown.

PDF and CSV reports

The report button builds a table for the selected period and tags. It saves as a PDF for billing clients or as CSV with durations in decimal hours for a spreadsheet.

Targets and Pomodoro

Targets can be set and progress followed against them, and a built-in Pomodoro mode structures work into focused sessions.

Installable and usable offline

TimeTagger is a progressive web app: it installs from the browser on Android, iOS and desktop, keeps working without a connection and syncs changes when back online.

Web API and command line

A documented web API and a separate CLI tool let records be read and timers started from scripts or a terminal. The source is on GitHub and can be run locally or self-hosted.

Clockify

• Free$0

  Up to 5 users. Unlimited tracking, timer, timesheet, calendar, auto tracker, Pomodoro timer, team activity and reports.

• Basic$3.99

  per seat / month, billed annually ($4.99 billed monthly)

  Adds billable rates, adding time for others, required fields, bulk edit, kiosk, time audit, project templates and customized exports.

• Standard$5.49

  per seat / month, billed annually ($6.99 billed monthly)

  Adds time off, invoicing, timesheet approval and locking, attendance and overtime, the manager role, rounding and the QuickBooks integration.

• Pro$7.99

  per seat / month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly)

  Adds scheduling, forecasting, expenses, labor cost and profit, budgets, custom fields, GPS tracking, activity monitoring and a choice of data region.

• Enterprise$11.99

  per seat / month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly)

  Adds single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, a custom subdomain, account control and an audit log.

• CAKE.com Bundle$12.99

  per seat / month, billed annually ($15.99 billed monthly)

  Enterprise Clockify together with the Pumble team chat and Plaky project management tools. Excludes Clockify data regions.

TimeTagger

• Self-hostedFree

  The open-source app (GPLv3) on your own server. You handle hosting, updates, authentication and backups yourself.

• Basic plan€3

  per month, billed annually (€4 billed monthly), incl. VAT

  The hosted service at timetagger.app: no server to manage, an account that syncs across devices, and daily data backups.

• Lifetime plan€144

  one-time payment, incl. VAT

  The same as the basic plan, paid once and used indefinitely.

Clockify

• Annual discount

  20% off with annual billing

  Clockify's pricing page states 20% off all plans when a seat is prepaid for the year: Basic is $3.99 per seat a month annually against $4.99 monthly.

TimeTagger

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime plan for €144

  The pricing section offers a Lifetime plan at €144, paid once, with the same service as the basic subscription.

• Annual discount

  €1 a month less with annual billing

  The basic plan is €3 a month when billed annually, the default. Monthly billing costs €1 more a month, which the vendor attributes to transaction costs.