Noko vs Tick

Noko

• Small agencies and consultancies that invoice for hours
• Developers who log time from commit messages
• Mac and iPhone users who want a menu bar timer

Tick

• Agencies tracking hours against fixed time budgets
• Growing teams that want pricing by project count, not headcount
• Teams that manage their projects in Basecamp

Noko

• The plans page lists no free plan; the help center describes a free account with 1 user and 1 project, set up by emailing support.
• Essential has no invoicing, entry approval starts on Team and the entry audit log needs Organization.
• Team is priced for 5 users at $49 a month and Organization for 25 at $199, even if fewer people use it.
• There is no native Android or Windows app; Android phones use the mobile web app.

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.

Noko

Fast entry with projects and tags

Time is logged from any page against a project, with tags to categorize the work. A new client's project can be created while logging the entry.

Timers that follow you

A timer started in the browser carries over to the Mac menu bar app or the iPhone app, and timers have keyboard shortcuts.

Billing increments and unbillable time

Timers and entries round up automatically to the increment you set. Unbillable time is tracked separately to show client and project overhead.

Invoicing

Invoices are generated from logged time in multiple currencies, with expenses or credits added. Clients can pay through Stripe or PayPal.

Reports and exports

Reports show who is working on what and how often, can be shared with a client or manager, and download as CSV, Excel or PDF.

Developer integrations and API

Developers can log time from GitHub or Beanstalk commit messages. Projects sync from Basecamp, and a REST API and Zapier connect other tools.

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.

Noko

• Essential$12

  per month with 1 user; extra users $7 each a month

  Time tracking and reporting for a team of one. No invoicing.

• Solo$19

  per month with 1 user; extra users $14 each a month

  Time tracking, reporting and invoicing for a team of one.

• Team$49

  per month with 5 users; extra users $10 each a month

  Time tracking, reporting, invoicing and entry approval, with email support.

• Organization$199

  per month with 25 users; extra users $8 each a month

  Everything in Team, plus the entry audit log and priority support.

• EnterpriseFrom $499

  per month

  For larger teams that need more users, integrations and training: all features, concierge setup and an account manager, by quote.

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.

Noko

• Annual discount

  One month free with yearly billing

  Noko's help center says switching a plan to yearly billing gives one month free, with plan and user changes prorated during the prepaid year.

Tick

No public discounts listed.