Chrometa review (2026): is it worth $19 a month per user, billed yearly?
Automatic time tracking that sorts desktop activity into billable time
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Chrometa report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for automatic time capture for hourly billing
Chrometa logs desktop and phone activity in the background and sorts it into client time for invoicing. It starts at $19 a user a month, the trial doesn't say whether a card is needed, and screenshots and the API sit on the dearer plans.
Who Chrometa is for
- Fits if you bill by the hour and forget to start timers
- Works for lawyers and consultants already on Clio, QuickBooks or Xero
Who Chrometa is not for
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $19 against $11.67 a month on yearly billing
- Skip it if you want screenshots or a team dashboard, as those start on Plus at $29
- Not for you if you need the API, which is Premium only at $49
- Watch out: the homepage mentions the Clio team adding features, so who owns it is unclear
Why Chrometa gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$19 a user a month, or $140 a year ($11.67 a month), where the middle of time tracking is $6.67 and the dearest tenth starts at $12. API access only arrives on Premium at $49.
- DFree plan and trial30-day trial of the chosen plan, but the page does not say whether a card is needed, and there is no free plan.
- CFeaturesPassive capture, keyword allocation, daily timesheets and invoicing, but Standard has no screenshots and limits clients and workspaces; the listing names those gaps.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Collectors for each computer and keyword rules for allocating time have to be set up first.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, an API on Premium and integrations with Clio, QuickBooks, Xero and others.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Chrometa's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/chrometa#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/chrometa.svg" alt="Chrometa: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Chrometa stands among time tracking apps
Chrometa's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 12.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 47 of 69) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $19 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 55 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 70 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Chrometa’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 69, level with 13
- DFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 69, level with 5
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 69, level with 41
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 69, level with 47
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 47 of 69, level with 22
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 64 time tracking apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Chrometa, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Chrometa you could make: time tracking, invoicing and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 53 of the 69 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $228 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking, invoicing and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Clio, QuickBooks and Google Calendar among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Chrometa’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Chrometa?
Chrometa records what you do on your computer and phone in the background, then allocates the time to clients and projects using keywords, email addresses and phone numbers. The result is a daily timesheet for review. It is aimed at lawyers, consultants and agencies that bill by the hour.
Worth knowing
- Standard limits client and workspace tracking and has no screenshots.
- Screenshots start on Plus and API access only on Premium.
- Yearly prices are per user per year and work out well below the monthly rate.
- The homepage mentions the Clio team adding features, so ownership is unclear from the site.
Key features
- Passive time capture
- Collectors for Mac, Windows and Android log documents, emails, websites and calls without timers.
- Automatic allocation
- Assigns time to clients and projects by keywords, email addresses and phone numbers; AI allocation improves on Plus.
- Daily timesheets
- A generated timesheet is ready each day to review, edit and tag before billing.
- Budgets and alerts
- Sets time and budget alerts for projects, including a warning when billable time is at risk of under-billing.
- Invoicing
- Invoices clients from tracked time, with exports to accounting and practice management tools.
- Team tracking
- Plus and Premium add shared workspaces and a team productivity dashboard, with real-time monitoring on Premium.
Chrometa pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Chrometa is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19 per user / month, billed monthly ($140 billed yearly).
- Starts at
- $19 per user / month, billed monthly ($140 billed yearly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial with full access to the chosen plan
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $19per user / month, billed monthly ($140 per user billed yearly) | Passive time tracking, unlimited entries, basic AI categorization, daily summary emails and invoicing. |
| Plus | $29per user / month, billed monthly ($212 per user billed yearly) | Adds screenshots every 10 minutes, shared workspaces, team dashboard, unlimited projects and integrations. |
| Premium | $49per user / month, billed monthly ($360 per user billed yearly) | Adds API access, role-based access, screenshots every 5 minutes, real-time team monitoring and audit logs. |
Read from chrometa.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Chrometa before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount40% off with annual billing
Chrometa's pricing page states a 40% discount for an annual subscription on any plan.
Stated on chrometa.com
Works with
- Clio
- QuickBooks
- Google Calendar
- Xero
- FreshBooks
- PracticePanther
- Rocket Matter
- Salesforce
Chrometa alternatives
- Chrometa vs Rize
Free trial · from $9.99/mo
- Chrometa vs Timely
Free trial · from $9/mo
- Chrometa vs Memtime
Free trial · from $14/mo
- Chrometa vs ManicTime
Free plan · from $7/mo
- Chrometa vs RescueTime
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Common questions
Does Chrometa have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Chrometa is listed for Web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
Is Chrometa open source?
Chrometa is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Chrometa have an API?
Yes. Chrometa offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.