"Free" means three different things in time tracking: free forever, free tier with limits, or free trial with a countdown. Here's an honest breakdown of the real options — including where each tool, ours included, falls short.
Full disclosure: this is our tool. One Day Tracker is free forever with every feature included — daily planning, a planned-vs-actual comparison view, a built-in focus timer, 7-day analytics, and CSV timesheet export. No account, no ads, no paid tier. Data is stored locally in your browser.
Where it falls short: it's a personal tool. There are no team features, no client billing, no cross-device sync (local storage means your data stays on the device you tracked it on), and no integrations. If you need any of those, one of the tools below fits better.
Clockify has the most generous free tier of the big-name trackers: unlimited users and unlimited tracking on the free plan. You'll need an account, and features like advanced reports, scheduling, and approval workflows sit behind paid tiers (from roughly £3/user/month). If you're a small team that wants shared time tracking without paying, Clockify is the strongest free option. See our full comparison →
Toggl's free plan covers up to five users and includes its excellent one-click timer, browser extension, and idle detection. Reporting and billable rates get limited quickly on the free tier, with paid plans from around £8/user/month. If you live inside tools like Asana or Notion and want your tracker embedded there, Toggl's integrations are the draw. See our full comparison →
My Hours offers a free plan aimed at freelancers tracking time against projects and tasks, with basic reporting included. Like the others, it requires an account, and invoicing/billable-rate features are paid.
Harvest appears in most "free time tracker" lists, but it doesn't have a permanent free plan — just a limited trial, with paid plans from about £8/seat/month. It's a genuinely good tool for agencies that invoice clients, but if "free" is your requirement, it isn't one. See our full comparison →
| Tracker | Truly free? | Account needed? | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Day Tracker | Yes, everything | No | Personal daily tracking |
| Clockify | Generous free tier | Yes | Small teams |
| Toggl Track | Limited free tier | Yes | Freelancers + integrations |
| My Hours | Basic free plan | Yes | Freelance projects |
| Harvest | No free plan | Yes | Agency invoicing |
Ask one question first: are you tracking time for yourself or for someone else? If an employer or client needs to see your hours in a shared system, pick Clockify or Toggl. If you're tracking your own day to understand and improve it — and don't want another account to manage — a no-signup tool like One Day Tracker gets you started in seconds.
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