mite review (2026): is it worth €5 a month per user?
Simple web time tracking for freelancers and small teams
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for simple time tracking for freelancers and small teams
mite is one plan at €5 a user a month with every feature, from a German maker. It's web, phone and Mac menu bar, but there's no free plan, no built-in invoicing and no Windows app from the vendor.
Who mite is for
- Fits if you track hours by customer and project and invoice somewhere else
- Works for small teams that want one price with nothing locked
Who mite is not for
- 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
Why mite gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money€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.
- CFree plan and trialA 30-day trial with no card. No free plan, and data is deleted if you don't pay.
- CFeaturesTimer, customers, projects, services, reports and exports. It does tracking fully but has no invoicing of its own.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You build customers, projects and services before tracking.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, iOS, Android and a macOS menu-bar app, with an open API and invoicing imports like Billomat and sevDesk.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from mite's own pages on 13 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/mite#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/mite.svg" alt="mite: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where mite stands among time tracking apps
mite's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 41 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 24.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 72 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $5.59 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 32 of the 80 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. mite’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 98, level with 51
- CFree plan and trialAbove 15 of 98, level with 58
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 98, level with 64
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 98, level with 75
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 72 of 98, level with 26
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 87 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 mite, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of mite you could make: time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $67.03 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A native app living in the menu bar.
- Apps for macOS, 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, Billomat, sevDesk and SalesKing among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. mite’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 mite?
mite is a web-based time tracker from mite GmbH in Freiburg, Germany. Time goes against customers, projects and services, entered by hand or with a timer that keeps running on the server. It has reports, exports to XLS, CSV and XML, iOS and Android apps, a macOS menu-bar app and an open API. One price applies per active user.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
mite pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, mite is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €5 per user / month, including VAT if required.
- Starts at
- €5 per user / month, including VAT if required
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial, fully featured, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| mite | €5per 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. |
Read from mite.de on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with mite before you buy.
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Common questions
Does mite have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. mite is listed for Web, iOS, Android and macOS.
Does mite have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. mite is listed for Web, iOS, Android and macOS.
Is mite open source?
mite is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does mite have an API?
Yes. mite 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 13, 2026.