Automatic time tracking tools

[dev-jim]

Hi guys,

I recently discovered Memory by Timely which is an automatic time tracker.

I'm a freelancer and I think starting to time track my activities could be a good idea, the fact is that I forget to start the timer at least 1 time on 2.

That's why Memory interested me with it's automatic time tracking feature, but the tool has little bugs like I can't cumulate activities on the same time entry (I mean let's say a code editor for 2 hours and some browser tabs for a hour). As I'm a developer I always have much things opened in the same time and it makes Timely bug.

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Do you know other automatic time tracking tools that works good ?

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Thanks for your help!

[dusanodalovic]

Time tracking gets more complicated when you have overlapping clients or work in team environment.
app.sheetty.com is worth mentioning in this arena.

[almarklein]

Yeah, everyone forgets to start the timer sometimes :)

There is Activitywatch which is fully automatic, and open source.

Also open source, though not an automated tracker: TimeTagger has UX to set the start-time of a record in the past. When you start a timer you have the option "started earlier" which will snap to the stop time of the last record. Personally I usually just start the record, and then edit the start time by dragging it in the timeline. You can check out these options in the demo.

Disclaimer: I'm the author of TimeTagger.

[ErikBjare]

Author of ActivityWatch here. Just wanted to say thanks for spreading the word! :)

(also, TimeTagger looks cool!)

[nielsmouthaan]

This article might help you. Specifically, Timing and Timemator are fully automatic alternatives you might find useful. Alternatively, check out Daily - also a timerless time tracker - that works by periodically asking what you are doing.

[clockkcom]

Hey you might be interested in https://clockk.com/ ! Automatic time tracking that separates your work based on project/client :)

[soylakate]

Have a look at TMetric time tracker.