Clockify is built for teams — workspaces, projects, timesheets, approvals, admin. That's why its free plan is as generous as it is, and if you need any of it, you should keep using it. Hourcraft is the opposite bet: one person, one timer, nothing to administer.
Add to Chrome — it’s freeNo workspace to set up. There's no organization, no members, no roles, no project hierarchy. You add a task, give it a category if you feel like it, and press play.
It lives in Chrome's side panel. Docked beside the page you're working on, with a toolbar badge counting the minutes even when the panel is closed — not a popup you open and dismiss.
Minimal access. Hourcraft talks to hourcraft.app and nothing else. It can't read your tabs, your browsing, or any page's content.
Buy it once if you want. $59 for lifetime access, or $4/month or $29/year — instead of per-seat billing that continues as long as you track.
| Hourcraft | Clockify | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | One person | Teams and organizations |
| Workspaces, roles, admin | — | Yes |
| Timesheets & approvals | — | Yes |
| Invoicing & billable rates | — | Yes, on paid plans |
| Where it lives in Chrome | Side panel, beside your work | Browser extension |
| Site access it needs | hourcraft.app only | The sites it integrates with |
| Free tier | 3 categories, 7 days of history | More generous than ours |
| Pricing model | $4/mo · $29/yr · $59 once | Per user, per month |
| One-time purchase | Yes — $59 lifetime | Not offered |
Competitor details reflect Clockify's publicly documented plans and may change — check clockify.me for current pricing.
If anyone other than you needs to see the hours — a manager, a client, an accountant working from timesheets — stay. If you need approvals, invoicing, billable rates, kiosk mode, or scheduling, stay. If you're tracking across a team of any size, stay: Hourcraft has no team features at all, and won't grow them.
Switch only if the honest answer is that you use about three buttons in Clockify and would rather have a tool that only has three buttons.
You might not need to — Hourcraft has a free plan too, and if Clockify's free tier fits, keep it. People move for the shape of the tool, not the price: no workspaces or admin, it sits in the side panel, and Pro can be bought once for $59 rather than per seat forever.
No. No timesheet grid, no approvals, no invoicing. It records sessions and exports clean CSV. If you need those, Clockify is the right tool.
No — it's single-user by design. Cross-device sync keeps one person's timer consistent across their own devices, which is a different thing from team tracking.
Not today. Hourcraft exports CSV but has no importer yet, so switching means starting fresh.
Free plan, no credit card — just your email.
Add to Chrome — it’s free