What is Time Recording?
Time Recording software is used to track the time spent by employees, teams, or individuals on different projects, tasks, clients, or billable activities. The main purpose of this type of software is to easily log and organize time data, which can then be used for reporting, billing, payments, payroll, invoices, and more.
Key features of Time Recording platforms include:
- Ability to manually log time or use timers to track time automatically
- Flexible time tracking with start/stop times, durations, or timestamps
- Categorization of time entries with projects, tasks, clients, etc.
- Tagging and notes to add context to time logs
- Date-based, customizable reports and graphs showing where time was spent
- Exportable time reports (CSV, XLS, PDF)
- Integration with billing, accounting, PM, or payroll software
- Different permission levels to share data with managers, teams, clients
Popular Time Recording tools used by freelancers, consultants, agencies, and organizations include Harvest, TimeCamp, Toggl, Timely, ChronoSheet, Time Tracker, and Clockify. They help professionals stay organized, maintain timesheets, bill accurately, and optimize productivity.
Toggl Track, Clockify, RescueTime, ManicTime, Time Doctor, Kimai, DeskTime, Cattr, Project Hamster, Qlockwork, timeBuzzer, Paymo, TimeCollect, Painless Time Tracker, Nattt, Pro Time Keeper, TimeSprite, OmniContext Personal Analytics are some alternatives to Time Recording.