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Ask HN: What do you use for time tracking

8 points by tronathan ↗ HN
As a freelancer, its important that I accurately track and bill my time. I think a lot of us end up guessing about time on projects and tend to under-bill.

What do you use for time tracking?

(I am writing an app that 'solves' time tracking in a new way and am trying to determine which services I should target for integration. Currently supporting Harvest, what else is important?)

Please post the name of your time tracking weapon of choice so we can see whats popular.

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brudgers
When I track time, I like to use half days.

A half day is the most meaningful chunk of work progress and, of course, it is flexible - I hate keeping track of quarter hours or worrying about remembering that I stopped to talk to the UPS driver.

I've even written contracts with half days as the basic billing unit - and once I explain to clients that it means I may not bill them for a quick email, they pretty much get it.

I track half days with a pencil and calendar, and write a short description of what I did.

olegious
freshbooks.com - time tracking and invoicing in one package.
MattBearman
I use Freshbooks as well, so far it's been well worth $20 / month, but if you don't have many clients/projects you can use it for free.
timgluz
I'm using Yast, cool startup from Norway. I picked this one because it works on desktop and Iphone, possible to add subprojects with different pricing model, share data with another team-members/freelancers, comprehensive reports and has very good API. URL: http://www.yast.com/