Credit first: Toggl Track set the bar for frictionless time tracking, and its public anti-surveillance stance is genuinely admirable. If you're here, it's probably about price, mobile depth, or wanting your data off the cloud.
Per Toggl's pricing page: free for up to 5 users; Starter at $9/user/mo; Premium promotional pricing renews at $18/user/mo. Its automatic tracking (rule-based autotracker, timeline) is desktop-only — on mobile you're back to remembering to tap the timer. Toggl was acquired by Bending Spoons in 2025; pricing has so far changed less dramatically than at Harvest, but ownership is worth knowing when you plan years ahead.
| Toggl Track | Timeabit | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Freelancers & knowledge-work teams | Solo freelancers only |
| Timer UX | Excellent, the benchmark | One-tap, with restart-from-recent |
| Forgotten time on mobile | Manual (auto features desktop-only) | Gap ledger + reconstruct-your-day + Recovery inbox |
| CSV import | — | Yes — Toggl exports detected automatically |
| Free plan | Yes, ≤5 users | Yes — the whole tracking product, forever |
| Paid | $9–18/user/mo | One flat Pro tier (billing features) |
| Invoicing | Lightweight, Starter+ | Built-in: numbering, tax, terms, status, PDF |
| Account & data | Cloud account, cross-device sync | Free account; local-first; your hours sync only to you |
| Integrations | 100+ | None — standalone by design |
| Apple Watch / widgets | Yes | Not yet (installable app, offline-first) |
…you need cross-device cloud sync, the browser extension and integrations, Apple Watch support, or you track as a team. Those are real strengths Timeabit doesn't attempt.
…you're solo, your tracking happens on your phone (where Toggl's automation can't help you), you want invoicing without a per-seat subscription, and you like the idea that your hours physically stay on your device. Timeabit's whole wedge is the thing Toggl doesn't do on mobile: noticing the time you forgot and helping you reconstruct it.
Toggl promises not to spy on you in the cloud. Timeabit keeps its cloud minimal: one free sign-in, then everything is local-first and offline — your hours sync to your own account and nothing else is collected. Try it with a sample week.
Open Timeabit free →Export your Toggl reports as CSV to keep your history. Then import it straight into Timeabit: Settings → Data → Import entries from CSV — Toggl exports are detected automatically, duplicates are skipped, and you can undo right after.