Timely review

Timely takes a different route from timer-based tools. Its desktop and mobile apps record time spent in apps and websites in the background, then AI drafts a timesheet that the user reviews and confirms. For lawyers, accountants and consultants who forget to start timers, that can recover hours that would otherwise go unbilled. Starter costs $9 per user per month on yearly billing and is capped at five users and 20 projects, with automatic tracking, AI categorization, project health, billable hour reports and API access. Premium at $16 lifts limits to unlimited projects and 50 users and adds project management and accounting integrations, team management, budgets, costs and planning. Unlimited at $22 adds capacity management, overtime and undertime and 50+ currencies. There is no free plan, and monthly billing costs more at $11, $20 and $28. The price per seat is high, but for a small firm it can pay for itself in recovered hours.

Who it is for

Consultants and professional services teams who forget to start timers and want timesheets drafted for them.

Price

Starter from $9 per user per month billed yearly ($11 monthly), up to 5 users and 20 projects.

$9 usd/mo per user per mo. billed yearly
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 6, 2026.

Key features

• Automatic tracking of time spent in apps and websites
• AI-drafted timesheets and AI categorization of time
• Idle detection, GPS location tracking on mobile and manual timers
• Budgets, costs and team planning on Premium
• Capacity management and overtime reporting on Unlimited

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Background tracking catches hours that manual timers miss
• Strength: Starter includes billable hour reports and API access
• Strength: Mobile apps add GPS location tracking
• Weakness: No free plan
• Weakness: Starter is capped at 5 users and 20 projects
• Weakness: Higher per-user price than most trackers here

Key facts

• Free plan: No, free trial only
• Paid plans: Starter, Premium, Unlimited, Enterprise
• Premium plan: $16 per user billed yearly, up to 50 users
• Tasks add-on: From $5 per person

Where it ranks

Timely is No. 7 in our Best Time Tracking Software verdict.