Harvest is a respected time-tracking and invoicing tool, and it runs on a monthly plan with your data in the cloud. TimeTrack does the core time-tracking job in a single offline web page — one-click timer, billable hours, utilization, invoice-ready CSV. No account, no monthly fee.
Harvest combines time tracking, invoicing and team reporting in a polished cloud product. For a solo freelancer, that can feel like renting a team tool — you pay monthly, sign in to an account, and your project data lives on their servers.
TimeTrack is the focused, private alternative. It is one HTML file that tracks hours in your browser with no network activity. Start the one-click timer, tag each block as billable or non-billable with its own rate, and export an invoice-ready CSV at the end of the week. Pay $12 once and own it — nothing to cancel.
| Harvest | TimeTrack | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free trial + monthly subscription | Free version + one-time $12 Pro |
| Account required | Yes | No account, ever |
| Where your data lives | Harvest cloud servers | Only in your browser (local) |
| Works fully offline | No | Yes, zero network requests |
| One-click timer | Yes | Yes (survives reload) |
| Billable vs non-billable | Yes | Yes, per-entry rate |
| Utilization & effective rate | Yes | Yes, on the dashboard |
| Invoice-ready CSV | Yes | Yes (UTF-8) |
| Best for | Teams tracking + invoicing together | Solo freelancer, privately |
Harvest plans and features change over time — check their site for current details. TimeTrack does not include Harvest's built-in invoicing or team management.
Open the file and the timer is ready — no account or trial required.
Projects, clients and rates stay in your browser, never uploaded.
Pay $12 once for Pro — no seats, no monthly fee.
See what you actually earn per hour after non-billable time.
A running timer is saved with its start time — a refresh loses nothing.
Export hours and bill them in InvoicePro or any spreadsheet.
If you have a small team that needs shared time tracking, client-facing reports, integrated invoicing and payment collection in one cloud account, Harvest is well worth the subscription. TimeTrack is purpose-built for one freelancer who wants their hours offline and private, without a monthly commitment.
Nothing to migrate — open the free tracker and log your next session in seconds. Get the single tool for $12, or all five in the $39 Freelance Tools Suite.
Part of a set of five offline, no-subscription tools that share a CSV format:
No account, nothing uploaded, works offline. Free to try.