solidtime vs TimeTagger

solidtime

• Freelancers who want a free tracker for one user
• Teams that prefer open-source software hosted in the EU
• Companies that want to self-host under an annual license

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

solidtime

• Prices are in euros and exclude VAT.
• The free Solo plan is limited to 1 user and has no billable rates, invoicing, estimates, PDF reports or shareable reports.
• The free self-hosted edition leaves out invoicing; that needs a Business license from €49 a year.
• The site lists a web app, desktop apps and a browser extension, but no iOS or Android app.

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.

solidtime

Timer, calendar and timesheet

Track with a live timer, drag entries on a calendar, or fill a weekly grid with one row per project and task. Breaks are tracked apart from work time.

Desktop activity tracking

The macOS, Windows and Linux apps record which app and document is in focus and detect idle time. That activity stays on the device until it becomes a time entry.

Reporting and exports

Reports filter by member, project, client, task, tag or billable state and export as CSV, Excel or ODS. PDF reports and read-only report links need Professional.

Invoicing

Billable entries become invoices with tax rates, discounts, EU reverse charge, PDF output and structured e-invoices. Invoicing is part of Professional and the Business license.

Projects, roles and access

Projects carry a rate and a budget, and five built-in roles control who sees what. Team support and access management are Professional features.

Imports and API

Data can be imported from Toggl, Clockify, Harvest, another solidtime instance or generic CSV files, and an API gives other tools access.

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.

solidtime

• Solo (cloud)Free

  1 user. Time entries, clients, projects, tags and tasks, calendar and timesheet views, breaks, desktop activity tracking and reporting.

• Professional (cloud)€8

  per user / month, billed annually (€9 billed monthly), excl. VAT

  Adds team support, access management, billable hours and rates, invoicing, estimates, rounding, PDF and shareable reports and priority support.

• Open Source (on-premise)€0

  Self-hosted deployment with all core features. Invoicing and the private Docker registry are not included.

• Business (on-premise)From €49

  per year, excl. VAT, for one organization

  Self-hosted license with invoicing. €49 a year for 1 user, €199 for 5, €699 for 20 and €1,499 for 50; 100 users on request.

• Enterprise (on-premise)Custom

  For larger companies: everything in Business, plus priority support and custom terms.

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.

solidtime

• Annual discount

  Save 11% with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing "save 11%": cloud Professional is €8 per user a month billed annually against €9 billed 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.