DeskTime Alternatives

DeskTime is described as 'Automated background time tracking with real-time productivity analytics, app and URL categorization, project tracking, shift scheduling, and personal privacy tools' and is a Time Tracking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to DeskTime for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, iPhone and Android apps. The best DeskTime alternative is ActivityWatch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DeskTime are Toggl Track, TimeScribe, RescueTime and ManicTime.

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  1. Harvest icon
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    Simple time tracking and invoicing software that used to simplify employee timesheets, until acquired by Bending Spoons to enforce extreme price increases and artificial limits.

    311 Harvest alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Messages
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  2. drifty icon
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    drifty is a context-aware AI time tracker for Mac. It helps users understand where their workday actually goes by automatically tracking laptop activity and classifying it into Focus, Drift, Learning, and Communication.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Gestimer icon
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    Gestimer - For those little reminders during the day. Drag & drop to quickly create reminders with this beautifully designed menu bar app for your Mac.

    79 Gestimer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Jibble icon
     4 likes

    Cloud platform for efficient time and attendance management, offering automated timesheets, project and activity tracking, mobile and web access, client billing, payroll integration, real-time analytics, flexible work environment support, and reporting tools.

    160 Jibble alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Android Tablet
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  5. Never forget what you worked on. Timely tracks everything while you work or play on your computer, or helps you log time on the go. It lets you group activities and provides lots of graphical feedback and reports.

    138 Timely Time Tracking alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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  6. Magicflow icon
     2 likes

    A time tracker focused on deep work, designed from the ground up for builders, makers & founders, to help you avoid context switching. 🤖 Real-time coaching from an AI work coach 🦾 No more fiddling to categorise your work, we do it with ChatGPT + embeddings.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  7. Beebole icon
     6 likes

    Beebole is a versatile project time tracking and planning platform trusted by 1,000+ companies in 60+ countries. Teams use it to track time against projects, manage costs and budgets, plan resources, run multi-stage approval workflows, and report on project profitability.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. This free time tracking tool shows the times your computer has been active during the last 3 weeks, with no previous setup required. The software doesn't need to run in the background, because Windows OS tracks logon and logoff/standby times (working hours) by default, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. TimeHero icon
     1 like

    Automates scheduling for tasks, events, and projects by analyzing calendar availability, integrates with Google, Outlook, and Zapier, supports project timelines, task assignment, collaboration, files, comments, daily notifications, and team progress tracking.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. Produchive icon
     2 likes

    An offline productivity app monitoring your activity, using open source LLMs to judge the productivity of the day for the target YOU have set. Your data is stored in your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. MonitUp icon
     Like

    MonitUp helps companies track app usage, website activity, screenshots, work hours, and productivity trends across remote, hybrid, and office-based teams.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  12. ClockShark icon
     1 like

    ClockShark is a mobile time tracking and scheduling app for construction contractors. It uses mobile apps that act as time clocks for your employees, and a web-based dashboard where you can review times worked and set employee schedules.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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