Clockify vs Trackabi (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Clockify: it is first in our ranking of time tracking apps, and they share a 3.2 GPA.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clockify grades higher on ease of use. Trackabi grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Clockify
Team time tracker and timesheets with a free plan for 5 users
Trackabi
Time tracking with activity monitoring, payroll and leave planning
Which one is for you
Pick Clockify if
- Fits if you're a team of up to 5 and want a free tracker with no limit on tracked time
- Works for companies that need timesheets, attendance and approvals for payroll
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free with a sixth person, or need reports longer than a month or in a format other than PDF
- Skip it if you want invoicing on the cheapest plan, as that starts on Standard at $5.49
- Not for you if you need scheduling, expenses, budgets or GPS tracking below Pro at $7.99 a seat
- Pricey if you only need single sign-on, which sits on Enterprise at $11.99 a seat
- Watch out: Clockify says it gives no refunds and no discount beyond 20% off for annual billing
Pick Trackabi if
- Fits if you run a team of up to 5 and want a free tracker
- Works for teams that need desktop, web and phone timers
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you go past 5 users, 30 projects or 10 clients on the free plan
- Watch out: paid prices are for teams starting at 5 users, and the page doesn't say which billing toggle it opens on
- Watch out: activity monitoring and screenshots only come from the desktop app, not the web timer
- Tight if you need many user roles, as Starter allows only 3
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAClockifyVery good | 3.2GPATrackabiVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BBasic is $3.99 a seat a month billed annually, $4.99 monthly, which puts it in the cheaper quarter for time trackers rather than out on its own. Pro, with scheduling, expenses and GPS, is $7.99. Don't hold out for a deal: Clockify says 20% off for annual billing is the only one. | AFree Starter for up to 5 users, and paid from $3.20 a user a month on yearly billing, inside the cheaper quarter of time tracking. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree for up to 5 users with no cap on tracked time, and the timer, timesheet, calendar, auto tracker and Pomodoro timer are all in it. A single user can stay on it. The catch is reports: a 1-month range, and PDF export only. | BFree Starter covers 5 users, 30 active projects and 10 clients, which a small team could live on; larger teams hit the cap. |
| Features | BA timer, a weekly timesheet, a calendar and an auto tracker that logs the apps and sites you were in, then a kiosk, invoicing, time off, approvals, scheduling, expenses and GPS as you climb the plans. Nothing in the job is missing, and nothing here is unusual either. | BTimers, activity monitoring, leave, reports, invoices and payroll; the listing names no gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | B4.6 from about 4,400 App Store ratings. Start a timer, or type your hours into a timesheet. There's not much more to it than that. | CNo store rating on record. Projects, roles and clients are set up first. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and a browser extension. It hooks into Jira, Asana, Trello, QuickBooks, Xero and Zapier, and there's a public API. | AWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android, with an API and 5 integrations on record. |
| Best for | free time tracking for a small team | a free time tracker for a team of up to five |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Clockify and Trackabi. How we grade
Price against what you get
Clockify starts at $3.99 a month for each person and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Trackabi starts at $3.20 a month for each person and scores 3.0.
Clockify scores higher, and starts $0.79 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other time tracking apps on the chart, none scores higher than Clockify for less, and none scores higher than Trackabi for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Clockify also covers Pomodoro timer.
- Trackabi also covers payroll and time off.
At a glance
| Clockify | Trackabi | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually | $3.20 per user / month, billed annually |
| Free plan | Free for up to 5 users: unlimited tracking, timer, timesheet, calendar, auto tracker, Pomodoro timer and the apps. Reports cover a range of up to 1 month and export as PDF only. | Starter plan: up to 5 users, 30 active projects and 10 active clients. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of all PRO features, no credit card required | 30-day trial |
| Web | ||
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | CAKE.com Inc. | Trackabi LLC |
| Price read from | clockify.me | trackabi.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Trackabi
- The page does not say which billing toggle it opens on; $3.20 and $4 sit beside annual totals ($192 and $240 for 5 users), so they are read as annual.
- Paid prices are shown for teams starting at 5 users.
- Activity monitoring and screenshots come from the desktop app, not the web timer.
- The Starter plan is capped at 5 users and 30 active projects.
Key features
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.
Trackabi
- Desktop, web and mobile timers
- A desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux with idle detection, a browser timer, and iOS and Android apps with GPS locations.
- Activity monitoring
- Logs apps and URLs, scores activity, separates productive and unproductive time and can capture screenshots at a set frequency.
- Leave planning
- Individual and company leave schedules, with requests that managers can approve.
- Reports, invoices and payroll
- Timesheet reports export to Excel and PDF, and the hours feed invoices, payments, wages and paystub generation.
- Project plans and expenses
- Estimate project time by task and milestone, with projected cost against actual spending.
- Trackabi AI
- Each user gets monthly AI credits for answers about their data; more credits can be bought.
Plans
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.
Trackabi
Starter$0
Up to 5 users, 30 active projects, 10 active clients and 3 user roles.
Growth$3.20
per user / month, billed annually, from 5 users
Up to 50 users, 200 active projects and 50 active clients. The page shows $16 a month for a 5-user team.
Scale$4
per user / month, billed annually, from 5 users
Unlimited users, projects and clients, and up to 100 user roles. The page shows $20 a month for 5 users.
EnterpriseCustom
Quote-based plan with unlimited roles and teams.
Ways to pay less
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.
Trackabi
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Trackabi's pricing page says annual billing saves 20% compared with monthly billing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clockify or Trackabi?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Trackabi is cheaper to start with: $3.20 a month for each person, against $3.99 a month for each person for Clockify. Clockify starts at $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually, and Trackabi starts at $3.20 per user / month, billed annually.
Which has a free plan, Clockify or Trackabi?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Clockify and Trackabi have a free plan.
Which platforms do Clockify and Trackabi run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Clockify lists a browser extension. Both list a web app and macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.