Timely
Automatic AI-powered time tracking that fills timesheets for you
About Timely
Timely is an automatic time tracking app that records the time you spend in every web and desktop app in the background, then uses AI to draft complete, accurate timesheets for you to review and approve. Built around a private Memory tracker (no screenshots, no mouse tracking, no bossware), it helps consultancies, agencies and teams bill for more hours with far less admin.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Truly automatic tracking captures everything in the background, so nothing gets forgotten or estimated
- AI-drafted timesheets cut timesheet admin to a couple of minutes per day
- Privacy-first Memory design with no screenshots or surveillance, easier to roll out to teams
- Users commonly report billing for ~20% more hours by capturing previously lost time
- Polished, intuitive interface across Mac, Windows, iOS and Android
Cons
- Pricier than basic manual time trackers
- Some integrations (e.g. Jira, Odoo) can be limited or finicky to set up
- Does not track time offline
- Recurring appointments and templates can be awkward to configure
- Smaller per-plan user caps on Starter and Premium tiers
Key Features
Automatic Time Tracking
Records time spent across thousands of web and desktop apps automatically, with no start/stop timers or manual input.
AI Timesheets
AI drafts complete timesheet entries with suggested project assignments, durations and labels that you approve in under two minutes.
Private Memory Tracker
A private activity log of your day with no screenshots, no mouse tracking and no surveillance, you decide what to share.
Project Dashboard
Review team activity, budgets and billable hours across all projects in real time.
Billable Rates & Budgets
Assign user-specific hourly rates and set one-off or recurring time and money budgets with milestone alerts.
Idle & Location Detection
Detects idle time away from your computer and can track GPS location via the Android and iOS apps.
Integrations
Syncs with project management and accounting tools, plus API access for custom workflows.
Capacity & Resource Planning
Plan work for teams, manage capacity, and track overtime and undertime at scale.
Cross-Platform Apps
Native apps for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android keep tracking seamless across laptop and phone.
Pricing
- Up to 5 users
- 20 projects
- Automatic time tracking
- AI timesheet categorization
- Project health monitoring
- Billable hours reporting
- API access
- In-app support
- Up to 50 users
- Unlimited projects
- All Starter features
- Project management tool sync
- Accounting integrations
- Team management
- Budget and cost management
- Team work planning
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited projects
- All Premium features
- Capacity management and reporting
- Overtime and undertime tracking
- Azure user management
- 50+ currencies
- Premium customer success
- All Unlimited features
- Tailored onboarding and setup
- Premium team training
- Monthly/quarterly reviews
- Dashboard and reporting support
- Priority customer support
Best For
Agencies & consultancies
Capture accurate billable hours across many clients and projects without staff manually logging every task.
Freelancers
Automatically build defensible timesheets and invoices from real activity instead of guesswork.
Professional services teams
Monitor project budgets, billable rates and capacity in real time across the whole team.
Remote & hybrid teams
Track time across devices and locations with a privacy-respecting tool employees actually trust.
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