The 6 Best Toggl Track Alternatives for Mac in 2026

Clockify is the closest swap for Toggl Track, with the same timer model and a free plan for up to 5 users. Harvest wins if you invoice from tracked time. Timing wins for automatic, billable records on a Mac. Dayflow, our free open-source app, wins if you mostly need to remember what you worked on without running timers.

People who leave Toggl (formerly Toggl Track) usually have one of three reasons. The first is cost: paid plans are priced per user, at $9 per user per month billed annually or $12 billed monthly for Starter, and billable rates need a paid plan. The second is how it tracks. Toggl is built around timers and manual entries, so a forgotten timer leaves a gap. The third is where data lives. Toggl is a cloud service that syncs across web, desktop and mobile, which some people would rather avoid for a record of their working day.

There is also a fourth, smaller reason. The vendor now presents the product simply as Toggl, combining time tracking with planning, and describes Toggl Track and Toggl Plan as legacy products for existing users. If you only wanted a plain timer, that shift can feel like a nudge to look around. Our Toggl for Mac comparison covers the direct matchup in more depth.

Disclosure: Dayflow is our product, and it is one of the six alternatives below. There is a section on where it is the wrong pick, with the tool that wins instead.

The other alternatives are Clockify, Harvest, Timing, Rize and ActivityWatch. Several have their own head-to-head pages: Clockify for Mac, Timing vs Dayflow, Rize vs Dayflow and ActivityWatch vs Dayflow. For the wider field, see our roundup of the best Mac time trackers.

Method: this is a comparison of vendor documentation and pricing pages as checked on October 4, 2026. Dayflow details reflect version 2.2.0. Prices change, so confirm on each vendor’s page before you buy.

Quick comparison

Tool	Best for	How it tracks	Price
Clockify	Teams that want Toggl-style timers for less per seat	Timer, timesheet, calendar and kiosk entry, plus a desktop auto tracker	Free for up to 5 users; paid plans from $3.99 per seat/month billed annually, or $4.99 billed monthly
Timing	Mac freelancers who bill hours	Automatic recording of apps, websites and documents on the Mac	From $9 per month billed annually, or $11 billed monthly; no free tier
Dayflow	Remembering what you actually worked on	Records the screen at one frame every 10 seconds and AI writes a timeline	$0, MIT licensed; optional Pro at $20 a month
Harvest	Freelancers and teams who invoice from tracked time	One-click timers, daily and weekly timesheets, calendar	Free for 1 seat and 2 projects; Teams $9 seat/month billed annually, or $11 billed monthly

What does Toggl Track do well?

Before switching, be honest about what you would give up. Toggl is strong in a few specific areas.

It runs everywhere. Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and browser extensions, with data synced between them. If you start a timer on your phone and stop it on your laptop, that just works.

It is built for billing and teams. Billable rates and team reports come with paid plans. Premium adds timesheet approvals, profitability reports, and Jira and Asana integrations. The newer planning side adds timelines, tasks and capacity management, which matters to agencies and professional services firms that need to know who is overbooked.

The free plan is real. The vendor describes it as free forever for up to 3 users, with timers, focus mode, calendar integrations, tasks and boards. A solo freelancer or a two-person shop can run on it.

It does not watch you. The vendor states that Toggl does not take screenshots or record keystrokes. For teams where screen capture is a nonstarter, that is a feature.

It has AI where teams use it. Toggl AI answers natural-language questions about workspace data and helps with admin tasks. There is also an MCP server and an AI Task Creator.

Paid plans come with a 30-day trial, and it does list automated background tracking and a timeline in the desktop app, so it is not purely manual.

Why do people switch from Toggl Track?

Timers depend on memory. Toggl’s core model is a timer you start and stop, or an entry you type in later. The background tracking in the desktop app helps, but the product is still organized around entries you create. If your day is full of context switches, the record ends up as your best reconstruction rather than what happened.

Per-user pricing adds up. Starter is $9 per user per month billed annually, or $12 billed monthly. Premium is $16 per user per month billed annually, or $24 billed monthly. Billable rates require a paid plan, and the free plan stops at 3 users. A five-person team that wants billable rates pays for five seats.

Your data is in the cloud. Toggl is a web service. That is what makes cross-device sync work, but anyone who wants their work record to stay on their own machine needs a different tool.

The product is getting bigger. Toggl now bundles time tracking with project planning. Teams that want planning will like that. People who just want a timer may not need the extra surface area.

You want a different kind of record. Some people do not need billing data at all. They want to know where the week went, or to write a standup without scrolling through Slack. A timer app is a heavy tool for that job.

The best Toggl Track alternatives, ranked

1. Clockify

Clockify is the closest like-for-like swap. You keep the timer and timesheet model, add calendar and kiosk entry, and get an auto tracker in the desktop app. It runs on Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and browser extensions, so Linux users gain a native option. The vendor offers data hosting in the EU (Germany), UK, USA or Australia, which helps if you have residency requirements.

Price: the free plan covers up to 5 users with unlimited tracking, timer, timesheet, auto tracker, calendar, reports and apps. Basic is $3.99 per seat/month billed annually, or $4.99 billed monthly. Standard is $5.49 annually or $6.99 monthly and adds invoicing, time off and approvals. Pro is $7.99 annually or $9.99 monthly, with scheduling, forecasting, expenses, GPS tracking and activity monitoring. Enterprise is $11.99 annually or $14.99 monthly. There is a 7-day trial of Pro features with no credit card.

The limit: it is still primarily timer and timesheet based, and no AI features are listed. Our Toggl vs Clockify breakdown goes further.

Switch to it if you like how Toggl works but want a larger free plan or lower per-seat prices.

2. Timing

Timing changes the model. Instead of starting timers, it records time automatically across apps, websites and documents on your Mac, down to specific URLs and Mail threads. You then assign that activity to projects, with AI-powered suggestions for time entries. Manual entries, iOS activity import and call tracking are also listed. The vendor states tracked times stay on your Mac unless you opt into sync, although all plans list Sync & Cloud Backup.

It is built for billing: billing status tracking, customizable reports with rounding, and a GrandTotal invoicing integration. Depending on plan, you also get two-way ClickUp, Linear and Clio sync, scripting, a Web API and Zapier. AI activity summaries and MCP integration are on all plans.

Price: Professional is $9 per month billed annually, or $11 billed monthly. Expert is $11 annually or $14 monthly. Connect, for teams, is $16 per user per month billed annually, or $20 billed monthly. The trial is 30 days with no credit card.

The limit: Mac only, no free tier, and Professional covers 1 Mac with limited web app access. See also Timing vs Rize.

Switch to it if you bill hours from a Mac and keep forgetting to start timers.

3. Dayflow

Dayflow drops timers and categories entirely. It records your screen at one frame every 10 seconds and has AI write the day into a readable timeline, so you can see what you worked on without logging anything. This is a different kind of automatic time tracking on Mac: the output is a narrative of your day, not a set of billable entries.

Full screen recordings and the timeline are stored on your Mac. You choose how screenshots get analyzed: Local AI runs a supported model through Ollama or LM Studio and keeps analysis on-device, your own provider receives selected screenshots under its own terms, or Dayflow Pro manages cloud analysis and deletes screenshots after processing under the privacy policy. The trade-offs are spelled out on local and cloud processing. You can export a date range as Markdown from Settings, which works well for standups and weekly reports.

Price: $0 and MIT licensed, with an optional Pro plan at $20 a month. Details are on the pricing page.

The limit: Mac only (macOS 14 or later). No invoicing, payroll, team reports or website blocking. AI summaries can miss or misinterpret work, so check them before sharing.

Switch to it if your problem is remembering your day, not billing it.

4. Harvest

Harvest keeps the timer model but puts invoicing at the center. You track with one-click timers, daily and weekly timesheets, or a connected calendar, then turn tracked time into invoices with online payments. Expense tracking is built in, and accounting integrations include QuickBooks and Xero. Enterprise adds profitability reporting and timesheet approvals.

The free plan is unusual: 1 seat and 2 projects, but it includes time tracking, invoicing and expense tracking. If you are a solo freelancer with two clients, that may be all you need. To see what your tracked hours earn after unbilled time, try the real hourly rate calculator.

Price: Teams is $9 seat/month ($108 per seat, billed annually), or $11 seat/month billed monthly. Enterprise is $14 seat/month ($168 per seat, billed annually), or $17.50 billed monthly. Enterprise Plus is custom. The trial is 30 days with no credit card. Note that the site footer now names Bending Spoons, and the pricing FAQ still uses older plan names.

The limit: no automatic activity capture is listed, and the free plan is small. Our Harvest alternatives guide covers the other direction.

Switch to it if invoices are the main reason you track time.

5. Rize

Rize tracks apps and websites automatically and uses AI to categorize and tag the activity. It adds AI chat and AI productivity and focus insights, and you can connect Google Calendar to capture meeting time. It runs on Mac and Windows. Pro and above add client and scheduled reports in PDF and CSV, plus an API, webhooks, Zapier and MCP server access.

Price: plans are metered in monthly AI credits. Basic is $9.99/mo billed annually, or $12.99/month billed monthly, with 500 AI credits. Pro is $23.99/mo billed annually with 1,000 credits. Max is $39.99/mo billed annually with 3,000 credits. For Pro and Max monthly billing, see the vendor’s pricing page. Team is $29.99/seat/month with annual billing, or $39.99/seat/month billed monthly. Enterprise is custom. The trial is 7 days with full features and no credit card.

The limit: no permanently free tier, data is hosted in the cloud on Amazon Web Services with encryption at rest and in transit, and Linux is not available yet.

Switch to it if you want automatic tracking with AI coaching on focus, and you work across Mac and Windows.

6. ActivityWatch

ActivityWatch is the free, open-source option for people who want automatic tracking with nothing leaving their machine. It records the active application, the window title and whether you are away from the keyboard. Browser extensions add the active tab title and URL, and editor plugins add coding activity. The vendor states all data stays on your device and is never sent to a server.

It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android, and it is extensible with custom watchers and a local API. If you are comfortable building your own reports, that is a lot of raw material.

Price: free, under the MPL-2.0 license, with no feature gates, usage limits or ads.

The limit: sync between devices is still a work in progress, there is no iOS app, and no built-in AI summaries are listed. You get accurate data about which windows were open, but turning that into “what did I accomplish on Tuesday” is up to you. None of its listed strengths cover billing or invoices.

Switch to it if you want a free, local, automatic record and do not mind doing your own analysis.

Alternatives by reason for leaving

• Toggl costs too much per seat: Clockify.
• You need invoices from tracked time: Harvest.
• You bill hours on a Mac and forget timers: Timing.
• You want to remember your day, not bill it: Dayflow.
• You want AI focus insights across Mac and Windows: Rize.
• You want free, local and open source on any desktop OS: ActivityWatch.

If you are not sure which reason applies, the where does my week go calculator is a quick way to see how much of your week a timer would actually catch.

Full comparison table

Tool	Price	Automatic capture	Where data lives	Platforms	Open source
Toggl (formerly Toggl Track)	Free for up to 3 users; Starter $9 per user/month billed annually or $12 billed monthly; Premium $16 billed annually or $24 billed monthly; Enterprise by contact	Background tracking and timeline listed in the desktop app; built around timers	Cloud, synced across apps	Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, browser extensions	No
Clockify	Free for up to 5 users; paid from $3.99 per seat/month billed annually or $4.99 billed monthly	Auto tracker in the desktop app	Cloud, with EU, UK, US or Australia hosting	Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, browser extensions	No
Harvest	Free for 1 seat and 2 projects; Teams $9 seat/month billed annually or $11 billed monthly	None listed	Cloud	Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, browser extensions	No
Timing	No free tier; from $9 per month billed annually or $11 billed monthly	Yes: apps, websites, documents	Local, with optional sync	Mac	No
Rize	No free tier; from $9.99/mo billed annually or $12.99/month billed monthly	Yes: apps and websites	Cloud (Amazon Web Services)	Mac, Windows	No
ActivityWatch	Free	Yes: active app, window title, away status	Local	Windows, Mac, Linux, Android	Yes (MPL-2.0)
Dayflow	$0; optional Pro $20 a month	Yes: one screen frame every 10 seconds, AI timeline	Recordings and timeline on your Mac; analysis local, your provider, or Pro	Mac (macOS 14+)	Yes (MIT)

When should you stay with Toggl Track?

Stay if your team bills clients and needs billable rates, approvals and profitability reports in one place. Clockify and Harvest cover parts of that, but Toggl’s combination of tracking, capacity management and Jira and Asana integrations on Premium is hard to replace one for one.

Stay if people on your team work on Windows, iPhone or Android as well as Mac. Timing and Dayflow are Mac only, and Rize does not cover phones.

Stay if screen capture is off the table. Toggl states it takes no screenshots and records no keystrokes, which some teams need in writing.

Stay if the free plan already fits. Three users with timers, calendar integrations, tasks and boards is enough for many small shops, and switching costs time too.

Where Dayflow is the wrong pick

Dayflow is good at one job: giving one person on a Mac an accurate account of their day. Outside that, other tools here do better.

• You send invoices. Dayflow has no invoicing. Harvest wins, with invoices, online payments and QuickBooks and Xero integrations.
• You manage a team. Dayflow has no team reports, approvals or payroll features. Toggl wins if you want planning and profitability data; Clockify wins if you want approvals and time off at a lower per-seat price.
• You bill hours and want automatic capture. Timing wins. It has billing status tracking, report rounding and invoicing through GrandTotal, which Dayflow does not.
• You are not on macOS 14 or later. ActivityWatch wins for free, local, automatic tracking on Windows, Linux or older setups. Clockify wins if you want timers on Linux.
• You do not want your screen recorded at all. ActivityWatch records window titles rather than the screen, and Toggl states it takes no screenshots.
• You want distracting websites blocked. Dayflow does not block anything.

Also keep in mind that AI summaries can miss or misinterpret work. Treat the timeline as a draft you check, not a record you hand to a client unread.

The bottom line

Most people leaving Toggl Track want one of two things. Some want the same timer model for less money, and Clockify is the closest fit, with Harvest as the pick if invoicing drives the decision. Others want to stop running timers altogether. On a Mac, Timing is the strongest option if you still bill hours, Rize fits if you want AI focus coaching across Mac and Windows, and ActivityWatch fits if you want free and local and will build your own reports.

Dayflow sits apart from all of them. It is not a billing tool. It is a free, open-source way to see what you actually did, written up in plain language, with recordings kept on your Mac. If that is the problem you had with Toggl, it is worth trying. If your problem is invoices or team reporting, pick one of the others. Our list of the best time trackers for Mac covers more options beyond these six.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free alternative to Toggl Track for Mac?

Yes, several. Clockify has a free plan for up to 5 users with timers, timesheets, an auto tracker and reports. ActivityWatch is completely free and open source under MPL-2.0, with data kept on your device. Dayflow is $0 and MIT licensed on macOS 14 or later. Harvest's free plan covers 1 seat and 2 projects, including invoicing and expense tracking.

Is Clockify better than Toggl Track?

It depends on what you pay for. Clockify's free plan covers up to 5 users against Toggl's 3, its paid plans start at $3.99 per seat per month billed annually, and it runs on Linux. Toggl offers project planning, capacity management, Jira and Asana integrations on Premium, and Toggl AI. Teams that mainly need cheaper timers and invoicing often lean toward Clockify.

What is the best Toggl alternative for freelancers who send invoices?

Harvest. It turns tracked time into invoices with online payments, tracks expenses and connects to accounting tools such as QuickBooks and Xero. Its free plan includes invoicing for 1 seat and 2 projects. Dayflow is the wrong choice here because it has no invoicing at all. Timing is worth a look if you want automatic capture, since it integrates with GrandTotal for invoices.

Did Toggl Track change its name?

Yes. The product is now presented simply as Toggl (formerly Toggl Track), combining time tracking with project planning, and toggl.com/track redirects to toggl.com. The vendor describes Toggl Track and Toggl Plan as legacy products that remain available to existing users. Pricing runs from a free plan for up to 3 users to an Enterprise plan with contact-the-vendor pricing.

Does Toggl Track track time automatically?

Partly. Toggl is built around manual and real-time timers, timesheets and calendar integrations, and the vendor also lists automated background tracking and a timeline in the desktop app. It states that it does not take screenshots or record keystrokes. If you want a complete automatic record of your Mac day without starting timers, Timing, Rize, ActivityWatch and Dayflow are built around that model.

Which Toggl alternative keeps my data on my Mac?

ActivityWatch stores everything on your device and the vendor says it is never sent to a server. Timing stores tracked times locally unless you opt into sync. Dayflow keeps full screen recordings and its timeline on your Mac, and Local AI keeps screenshot analysis on-device. Toggl, Clockify, Harvest and Rize are cloud services, though Clockify lets you choose EU, UK, US or Australian hosting.

Can Dayflow replace Toggl Track for a team?

No. Dayflow has no team reports, timesheet approvals, payroll features or invoicing, so a team that needs shared billing or profitability data should stay with Toggl or move to Clockify. Dayflow is a single-user Mac app that records your screen and has AI write your day into a timeline. It suits individuals who want an accurate personal record, not managers who need reporting.

Does Timing have a free plan?

No. Timing is subscription only, with a 30-day trial that needs no credit card. Professional costs $9 per month billed annually or $11 billed monthly, Expert costs $11 per month billed annually or $14 billed monthly, and Connect costs $16 per user per month billed annually or $20 billed monthly. It runs only on Mac.

How much does Toggl Track cost in 2026?

Toggl's Free plan costs $0 for up to 3 users. Starter is $9 per user per month billed annually or $12 billed monthly. Premium is $16 per user per month billed annually or $24 billed monthly. Enterprise pricing is by contact with the vendor. Paid plans come with a 30-day trial, and billable rates require a paid plan.