I have been using time tracking tools ever since I started freelancing. While I prefer to give my clients a fixed price per project, I also work on an hourly rate basis with some of my long term clients. Either way, it’s always good to know how much time you spend on a certain task. So what I need is a basic applications, where I can tasks and then start / pause a timer for each of these tasks.
Tutorial Blog came up with a round up of 10 handy tools too keep track of your time. Most of them are not free, so you have to either buy a license or purchase a monthly plan, but they usually offer a 30 day free trial too.
Here’s one more addition to the list: a free web based time tracking tool called PayMo:
First I used ClockWork Timer, a very basic web based time tracking tool (seems to be offline now) and now I’m using Google Desktop with the Task Tracker gadget installed. Well… I’m definitely switching to PayMo now.
While I do prefer a basic tool, I also feel the need to run some reports for each project or for each client. PayMo gives me just that: simplicity and reporting, in one easy to use web based application. Check some of these screenshots and rollover the green bullets to read about PayMo’s features.
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This application really looks promising. It’s free or very inexpensive and really seems to work well. I just worry about getting involved with an application like this and whether or not it will be around in a year or two. I’d prefer to purchase it and install it on my own server. I’ve been looking for something that is easy to use and simple that I can run on my site. Most applications I find are just too complicated and do more things than I could ever use.