Noko
Ridiculously easy time tracking your team will actually use
About Noko
Noko (formerly Freckle Time Tracking) is a time tracking, reporting, and invoicing app for small agencies, consultancies, and freelancers. It uses hashtags and keyboard-driven entry so people can log time in seconds, then turns that time into utilization reports, unbillable-overhead analysis, and multi-currency invoices. Noko is made by Slash7 LLC and has been running since 2008.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Very fast entry: hashtags and keyboard shortcuts let you log time for a new client in about 10 seconds
- Timers sync across web, Mac, and iPhone, so you can start on one device and stop on another
- Unbillable-time and utilization reports show client overhead without building spreadsheets
- Multi-currency invoicing, expenses, and billing-increment rounding are included from the Solo plan up
- Developer-friendly: log time from GitHub or Beanstalk commits, plus a REST API and Zapier
- Long track record (since 2008) with no long-term contracts
Cons
- No native Android or Windows app; Android users rely on the mobile web version
- Team plans start at 5 users ($49/month), which is pricier than per-seat rivals for very small teams
- Some reviewers report slow or unresponsive support and occasional integration breakage
- Focused only on time tracking and billing, with no scheduling, payroll, or resource planning
- Small review base on G2 compared to Harvest or Toggl Track
Key Features
Hashtag time entries
Tag and categorize entries inline with hashtags (for example `2h #design`) and create a new project from the keyboard without any setup.
Synced timers
Start a timer on the web or Mac app and pick it up on another device or the iPhone app without losing time.
Reporting and utilization
Fast reports on team utilization, work rhythms, budget accuracy, and client or project overhead, exportable to PDF, Excel, or CSV and shareable with clients.
Unbillable time tracking
Mark time as unbillable to measure overhead per client or project and see where non-billed hours go.
Invoicing
Generate invoices from tracked time with expenses, credits, and multi-currency support.
Billing increments
Automatically round timers and entries up to the billing increment you set.
Entry approval
Review and approve team time entries before billing; the Organization plan adds an audit log.
Weekly timesheets
Enter and review a full week of time per person in a timesheet view.
Developer integrations
Log time from GitHub and Beanstalk commit messages, sync projects from Basecamp, and use the REST API.
QuickBooks Online and Zapier
Export time entries to QuickBooks Online and connect to thousands of other apps through Zapier.
Pricing
- Starts with 1 user
- Additional users $7/user/month
- Time tracking
- Reporting
- Starts with 1 user
- Additional users $14/user/month
- Time tracking
- Reporting
- Invoicing
- Starts with 5 users
- Additional users $10/user/month
- Time tracking
- Reporting
- Invoicing
- Entry approval
- Email support
- Starts with 25 users
- Additional users $8/user/month
- Time tracking, reporting, invoicing
- Entry approval and audit log
- Priority support
- All features
- Concierge setup
- Account manager
- Custom integrations and training
Best For
Agency and consultancy billing
Track billable hours per client, apply billing increments, and generate multi-currency invoices from the logged time.
Measuring client overhead
Tag unbillable work to see which clients and projects consume time that never gets invoiced.
Team utilization reporting
Managers see who is working on what and how utilized each person is, without chasing timesheets.
Freelancer time and invoices
Solo professionals use the Essential or Solo plan to log time quickly and bill clients from one place.
Developer time logging
Engineering teams log time directly from GitHub or Beanstalk commit messages instead of a separate timesheet.
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