Harvest is a genuinely good product — its invoicing has been best-in-class for years. What changed is the pricing. Here's what actually happened, who should stay anyway, and when a simpler tool like Timeabit fits better.
Harvest was acquired by Bending Spoons in July 2025. Since then its pricing moved from a flat per-seat fee to per-seat plus usage-based fees — additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed based on what you use (see Harvest's pricing page). Multiple independent 2026 write-ups document users reporting steep jumps at renewal. The free plan remains limited to 1 seat and 2 projects.
None of that makes the product worse at tracking time or sending invoices. It changes predictability — for a solo freelancer, the bill now depends on how many clients, projects and invoices you touch.
| Harvest | Timeabit | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Freelancers → agencies/teams | Solo freelancers only |
| Free plan | 1 seat, 2 projects | Unlimited tracking & projects — free forever; exports with a free account |
| Paid model | Per seat + usage fees | One flat Pro tier (billing features) |
| Invoicing | Mature, with online payments (Stripe/PayPal) | Built-in: numbering, tax, terms, status, PDF — no payment collection yet |
| Forgotten-time recovery | None (manual timers) | Gap ledger + reconstruct-your-day prompts + Recovery inbox |
| CSV import | — | Yes — Harvest exports detected automatically |
| Teams & approvals | Yes | No — deliberately |
| Integrations | 50+ (Slack, Trello, QuickBooks…) | None — standalone by design |
| Account & data | Cloud account required | One free sign-in; local-first with sync only to your account |
| Offline | Partial | Fully offline (installable app) |
…you run a team, need timesheet approvals, collect payments through your invoices, or depend on its integrations. Nothing in Timeabit replaces those today, and pretending otherwise would waste your time.
…you're a solo freelancer who wants predictable costs, tracking that's free forever, invoicing without usage meters, and an app that actively catches the hours you forgot to record. Your data is local-first and syncs only to your own account — no renewal surprise can ever hold your hours hostage.
Open it, load the sample data, and see the gap ledger and invoicing for yourself. If it's not for you, close the tab — nothing to delete.
Open Timeabit free →Export your Harvest time reports as CSV before your renewal date so you keep your history. Then import it straight into Timeabit: Settings → Data → Import entries from CSV — Harvest exports are detected automatically, duplicates are skipped, and you can undo right after.