Clockify built its name on the most generous free plan in time tracking. In April 2026 that changed: CAKE.com announced free-plan restrictions — including moving billable rates and CSV/Excel export to paid tiers. Here's an honest look at what that means for solo users.
Per the official announcement and current pricing page: the free tier is now capped (5 users, 1-month report range shown on the pricing page), and features long taken for granted — billable rates, CSV/Excel export, shared report links — require a paid plan ($3.99–$11.99/user/mo). Clockify remains a very capable product, especially for teams that grow into its paid tiers.
The sticking point for many solo users is principle, not price: exporting your own recorded hours is now a paid feature.
| Clockify | Timeabit | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Teams (free hook, paid tiers for employers) | Solo freelancers only |
| Free plan | Capped; CSV export & billable rates paid (Apr 2026) | Tracking, rates, gap ledger, current-week planning — free forever; exports with a free account |
| Your data | Cloud account; export on paid tier | Local-first on your device; syncs only to your own account |
| Automatic tracking | Desktop-only auto tracker | Mobile gap recovery (reconstruct-your-day + Recovery inbox) |
| CSV import | Paid tiers | Yes, free — Clockify exports detected automatically |
| Invoicing | Standard tier ($5.49+/user/mo) | Pro (flat, solo pricing) |
| Teams, kiosk, scheduling | Yes (paid) | No — deliberately |
| Integrations | 80+ | None — standalone by design |
| Offline | Supported, with reported sync issues on mobile | Offline-first (installable app) |
…you're a team, you rely on its integrations or kiosk/scheduling features, or your workflow lives in its reports. Its paid tiers are competitively priced for teams, and the product is mature.
…you're one person tracking your own work and you'd rather have an app that catches forgotten time than a team dashboard. Timeabit takes one free sign-in, works offline, and its free tier is the whole tracking product — not a trial. Your hours sync across your own devices, and nowhere else.
Your hours live on your device, exports are local, and there's no login between you and your data. Try it with a sample week — nothing to sign up for.
Open Timeabit free →If you're on a Clockify paid plan (or grandfathered access), export your history as CSV first. Then import it straight into Timeabit: Settings → Data → Import entries from CSV — Clockify exports are detected automatically, duplicates are skipped, and you can undo right after.