Toggl Track

Toggl Track is the time tracker that stayed a time tracker. It didn't try to become a project management suite, a billing platform, or an HR system. Twenty years of iteration on this single primitive has produced the most polished time tracking app on the market. Click start. Click stop. Optionally tag the entry. That's the experience. Desktop apps, mobile apps, browser extensions, and a Pomodoro mode that all sync to one timeline. If you've ever tried other time trackers and bounced off because they were trying to do too much, Toggl is the answer. For indie founders the use case is rarely 'I bill hourly' (though Toggl is fine for that too). It's 'how much time am I actually spending on each part of my business.' Track time for two weeks across Marketing, Coding, Customer Support, Admin. You'll discover the activity you thought took 10% of your week actually takes 40%. This is uncomfortable but useful. The data drives better delegation decisions. The Free tier is genuinely usable. Unlimited time entries, unlimited projects, up to 5 users. Most solo founders never need to upgrade. The Starter plan ($9/user/month) adds time rounding, billable rates, and project templates. Premium ($18/user/month) adds project profitability and Insights. Useful for agencies billing clients. The killer features are the integrations. The desktop app passively tracks which apps you're using (privately, locally) and prompts you to start a Toggl timer for activity it detects. The browser extension adds 'Start timer' buttons to dozens of tools (GitHub, Asana, Linear, Notion) so you can track time inside the tool you're already in. Where Toggl doesn't win: it's not a project manager. If you want time tracking inside your project tool, Linear and Jira have native time tracking (worse but integrated). And Toggl's reporting is good but visual dashboards aren't as flashy as RescueTime or Timely. For founders who want to actually understand where their time goes without it becoming a productivity-system-religion, Toggl Track is the obvious choice. The free tier alone is worth installing today.