solidtime vs Timewarrior (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, solidtime and Timewarrior share a 2.6 GPA, both have a free plan, and Timewarrior has no paid plan to buy, against about $8.94 a month for each person for solidtime.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
solidtime grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. Timewarrior grades higher on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
solidtime
Open-source time tracker for freelancers and teams
Which one is for you
Pick solidtime if
- Fits if you freelance alone and want a free cloud tracker for one user, without invoicing
- Works for teams that want open-source software hosted in the EU, or a copy on their own server
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you track time on your phone, because there's no iOS or Android app
- Tight if you stay on free Solo and bill clients, as rates, invoicing, estimates and PDF or shared reports need Professional
- Watch out: self-hosting is free but leaves out invoicing, which needs a Business license from €49 a year for 1 user or €199 for 5
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at €9 a user against €8 billed annually, and every price is in euros before VAT
- Not for you if you want ready-made links to other apps, as none are on record beyond the API and imports
Pick Timewarrior if
- Fits if you live in the terminal and want a timer you can script
- Works for developers who feed tracked time into their own tools
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a window to click in, as there is no graphical interface
- Skip it if you use Windows, as no Windows package is listed
- Not for you if you need team or sync features, as none are described
- Watch out: distribution packages are made by community maintainers, not the project
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAsolidtimeGood | 2.6GPATimewarriorGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CCloud Professional is €8 a user a month billed annually, €9 monthly and excluding VAT, which is the dear end of the middle for a time tracker. Self-hosters pay less, from €49 a year for 1 user, but only if you're happy running the server. | AFree, open source and downloadable, with no paid plans, against a time-tracking middle of $6.67 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe Solo cloud plan is free for 1 user, with clients, projects, tags, tasks, calendar and timesheet views, desktop activity tracking and reporting, and the self-hosted edition is free as well. A freelancer could live there, as long as nobody needs billing: rates and invoicing are paid either way. | AFree outright with no paid plans and no caps. |
| Features | BA live timer, a calendar you drag entries around on and a weekly grid, with desktop apps that note the app and document in focus. Projects carry a rate and a budget, invoices handle tax, discounts and EU reverse charge, and it imports from Toggl, Clockify and Harvest. | CStopwatch, tags, annotations, corrections, reports and extensions; it does that job fully, but a smaller one, with no team or syncing features. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. The cloud version is a web app you sign in to, but it's one you have to furnish: clients, projects, tasks and rates before a report says anything. Hosting it yourself is a different job again. | DNo store rating on record, and it is a command-line tool you drive by typing commands. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux and a browser extension, plus an API. But the site lists no iOS or Android app at all, and no ready-made integrations are on record. | CLinux and Mac only, with no Windows package, phone apps or integrations on record. |
| Best for | open-source time tracking, free for one | tracking time from the command line |
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: solidtime and Timewarrior. How we grade
Price against what you get
solidtime starts at about $8.94 a month for each person and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Timewarrior has no paid plan and scores 1.7.
solidtime scores higher, and starts $8.94 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other time tracking apps on the chart, 13 score higher than solidtime for less, and none scores higher than Timewarrior 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
- solidtime is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- solidtime also covers invoicing.
At a glance
| solidtime | Timewarrior | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | €8 per user / month, billed annually; on-premise licenses from €49 / year | Free |
| Free plan | Solo cloud plan: 1 user with clients, projects, tags and tasks, calendar and timesheet views, breaks, desktop activity tracking and reporting. The self-hosted open-source edition is also free. | Free and open source, with no paid plans. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | solidtime | Gothenburg Bit Factory |
| Price read from | solidtime.io | timewarrior.net |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Timewarrior
- It is a command-line tool with no graphical interface.
- The install page lists packages for Linux distributions and macOS only; no Windows package is listed.
- Distribution packages are made by community maintainers, not the project.
- There is no team or syncing feature described on the site.
Key features
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.
Timewarrior
- Simple stopwatch
- Start and stop tracking with single commands, or record backdated and already-closed intervals.
- Tags and annotations
- Label each interval with tags and notes, and change them later with tag, untag and retag commands.
- Corrections
- Commands to move, lengthen, shorten, split, join, fill and delete intervals, with an undo command.
- Reports and export
- Day, week, month and summary reports, plus an export command for use in other tools.
- Extensions
- An extension API lets scripts build custom reports, and a Taskwarrior on-modify hook ties tasks to tracked time.
- Work week and holidays
- Configuration for a work week, holidays and color themes.
Plans
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.
Timewarrior
Free$0
Free and open-source software, installed from distribution packages, Homebrew or built from source.
Ways to pay less
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.
Timewarrior
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, solidtime or Timewarrior?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Timewarrior is cheaper to start with: it is free, against about $8.94 a month for each person for solidtime. solidtime starts at €8 per user / month, billed annually; on-premise licenses from €49 / year, and Timewarrior is free.
Which has a free plan, solidtime or Timewarrior?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both solidtime and Timewarrior have a free plan.
Which platforms do solidtime and Timewarrior run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only solidtime lists a web app, a Windows app and a browser extension. Both list macOS and Linux 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.