mite vs Tick (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, mite and Tick share a 2.4 GPA, and only Tick has a free plan.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
mite
Simple web time tracking for freelancers and small teams
Tick
Time tracking against project budgets, priced by project count
Which one is for you
Pick mite if
- Fits if you track hours by customer and project and invoice somewhere else
- Works for small teams that want one price with nothing locked
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, because there isn't one
- Not for you if you want invoices inside the tool, as it hands time to other apps
- Too light for Windows users who want an official desktop app, since that client is third-party
- Watch out: prices are in euros and include VAT where it applies
Pick Tick if
- Fits if you're an agency with fixed hour budgets and want to see them shrink as you log
- Works for teams whose projects live in Basecamp, as Tick imports them and turns to-dos into tasks
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want invoices from the same tool, because Tick sends time to QuickBooks Online for that
- Pricey if you're one freelancer with a few clients, at $19 a month once you pass a single open project
- Not for you if you budget in money or track expenses, as Tick only works in hours
- Watch out: these prices come from Tick's comparison pages, which give no plan names or exact project limits; its pricing page couldn't be read
- Not for you if you work on Windows or Linux, as the only desktop app listed is for the Mac menu bar
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAmiteFair | 2.4GPATickFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C€5 a user a month including VAT, €4.20 for non-EU businesses. That's between the cheaper quarter and the middle of time trackers. | C$19 a month covers a team running 10 projects with unlimited users, which is $1.90 a head split ten ways and dear for one freelancer. It climbs to $49 for 30 projects and $149 for 100. These figures come from Tick's comparison pages, because its pricing page couldn't be read. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 30-day trial with no card. No free plan, and data is deleted if you don't pay. | CFree if you're tracking toward a single open project, with unlimited people on it. One project is a limit you'll hit on day one unless you really do have one client. Past that there's a 30-day trial with no credit card. |
| Features | CTimer, customers, projects, services, reports and exports. It does tracking fully but has no invoicing of its own. | CThree-step entry, several timers to switch between, and a time budget on every project and task with the hours left shown as you save. The gaps are its own: no invoicing, no expenses, and the help center says it doesn't work in dollar amounts at all. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You build customers, projects and services before tracking. | CNo store rating on record. Logging is three steps, pick a project, pick a task, type the hours, and the budget updates without a report. Somebody still builds out the clients, projects, tasks and budgets first. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, iOS, Android and a macOS menu-bar app, with an open API and invoicing imports like Billomat and sevDesk. | AWeb, iOS, Android, a Mac menu bar app and a browser extension, with timers on a watch too. There's an API, plus Basecamp, Trello, Asana, QuickBooks Online and Zapier. No Windows or Linux desktop app is listed. |
| Best for | simple time tracking for freelancers and small teams | tracking hours against project budgets |
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: mite and Tick. How we grade
Price against what you get
mite starts at about $5.59 a month for each person and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tick starts at $19 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and mite starts $13.41 a month lower. Of the other time tracking apps on the chart, 10 score higher than mite for less, and 18 score higher than Tick 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
At a glance
| mite | Tick | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | €5 per user / month, including VAT if required | $19 per month for a team running 10 projects, unlimited users |
| Free plan | None | Free when tracking time toward a single project, with unlimited people. An account downgraded to the Free plan must first close its other open projects. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial, fully featured, no credit card required | 30-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | mite GmbH | Higher Pixels |
| Price read from | mite.de | tickspot.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Worth knowing
mite
- Prices are in euros per user; the €5 includes VAT where it applies, and EU businesses with a VAT ID pay the net amount.
- There is no free plan, and data is deleted after a trial that is not paid for or after cancelling.
- It is a hosted web application only; the vendor says there is no self-hosted version.
- The official apps cover iOS, Android and macOS; the Windows client is third-party.
Tick
- Tick's pricing page is behind a bot check and was not read; prices here come from its comparison pages, which give no plan names or exact project limits.
- Tick tracks time budgets only: the help center says it does not track expenses or work with dollar amounts.
- There is no built-in invoicing; time and billable rates are pushed to QuickBooks Online to create invoices there.
- A Mac menu bar app is listed, but no Windows or Linux desktop app.
Key features
mite
- Manual entry and server-side timer
- Add entries by choosing a project and service, or start a timer that keeps running after the browser tab is closed.
- Customers, projects and services
- Time is structured by customer, project and service. Any of them can be archived instead of deleted.
- Reports and exports
- Dashboards for the person, team and project, filters by time frame, customer, user or billable status, and export to XLS, CSV or XML.
- User roles
- Four roles: account owner, administrator, co-worker and time tracker, who can track only on projects an admin grants.
- Apps
- Official iOS and Android apps and the mite.nano menu-bar app for macOS are included in the user fee.
- Open API and connections
- An open API for every user, with invoicing apps such as Billomat and sevDesk importing tracked time.
Tick
- Timecard
- Entering time takes three steps: pick a project, organized by client, pick a task, and enter the hours. Notes can be added to each entry.
- Running timers
- Start one timer or switch between several as you move between tasks, then save the time from the timer. Timers run on phone, watch, desktop and browser.
- Budget feedback on every entry
- Projects and individual tasks each carry a time budget. After an entry is saved, Tick shows how many hours remain in both, without running a report.
- Recurring projects
- A monthly project such as a retainer can be set to recur: it closes at the end of the month and a new one opens. The help center marks this as available on select plans.
- Reports and exports
- Reports show hours by client or by person for a week, month or custom period, expand to individual entries, and export as CSV or to QuickBooks.
- Basecamp integration
- Imports projects from a Basecamp account, creates tasks from Basecamp to-dos automatically, and lets people track time inside Basecamp 2 or 3.
Plans
mite
mite€5
per user / month, including VAT if required
One plan with every feature, billed monthly per active user; no minimum term. Businesses outside the EU pay €4.20 per user.
Tick
Free plan$0
Tracking time toward a single open project, with unlimited people.
10 open projects$19
per month, unlimited users
The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team running 10 projects, whether it has 10 people or 30.
30 open projects$49
per month, unlimited users
The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team running 30 projects.
50 open projects$79
per month, unlimited users
The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team of 50 people running 50 projects.
100 open projects$149
per month, unlimited users
The price Tick's comparison pages quote for a team of 100 people running 100 projects.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, mite or Tick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, mite starts at €5 per user / month, including VAT if required, and Tick starts at $19 per month for a team running 10 projects, unlimited users. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, mite or Tick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Tick has a free plan. mite does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do mite and Tick run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Tick lists a browser extension. Both list a web app and macOS, 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.