Which monday.com time tracking app is best for you?

Guesstimating hours and stitching together time logs across spreadsheets or Slack? That’s a fast track to billing errors, wasted hours and overall team confusion.

If your business runs on time, you need to track it properly. monday.com time tracking improves visibility while encouraging better planning and giving you more value from every billable hour.

There’s no one-size-fits-all setup, though. Here’s a breakdown of the best time-tracking tools for monday.com, and how to pick the right one for your workflow.

Option 1: monday.com’s native time tracking

Best for: Small teams who want something simple and instant.

Can you track time in monday.com? Absolutely. The project time tracking column in your monday.com work OS is ready to roll. It’s clean, easy and mobile-friendly. You can even export per item and use formulas to compare actual vs. planned hours.

But the functionality is basic.

You can’t filter time by user. You can’t tag time entries as billable or non-billable. Reporting is limited, and if you’re managing more than a handful of projects or people, it’s going to feel clunky fast.

For freelancers or tiny teams, the time tracking features monday.com provides are more than enough. For other users, keep reading.

Boost it: Use automations to simplify time tracking

Pair inbuilt time tracking in monday.com with automations to streamline time tracking without needing a third-party app.

Want the timer to start automatically when a status changes to “In Progress” on your board? Done. Want to trigger a Slack ping if someone logs 10+ hours in a day? Easy.

Automations make it smoother, but they’re still operating inside a limited system. So if you’re looking for detailed breakdowns or client-ready reports, you’ll need something with more muscle like third-party apps.

Option 2: Third-party time tracking integrations

Best for: Teams that need serious structure, reporting and billing workflows.

This is where things get spicy. Third-party tools bring in the features that monday’s native setup just can’t handle. Here’s what’s worth checking out:

7pace

Best for teams who want detailed time tracking without the admin headache, especially useful for project-based work where budget, billing and planning insights matter.

What it does well:

• Tracks time across items and subitems with flexible timesheets and calendar views

• Offers a seamless, integrated experience inside monday.com (drag-and-drop, copy-paste, mobile tracking

• Lets you compare estimated vs. actual time right in the item view

• Supports billable vs. non-billable tracking, with dropdowns and toggles for easy categorisation

• Allows multiple users to track time on the same task simultaneously

• Export reports in one click or copy tracking data back into monday.com for deeper analysis

• Works across clients, projects, workspaces and boards—all from one app

What to watch out for:

• Built with project-heavy or team-based workflows in mind and may be more than needed for very simple time-tracking

• Advanced features like grouped reports or custom views may require a learning curve

• While the setup is quick, getting the most out of the reporting functionality can take some experimenting

In short: 7pace is ideal for businesses that want clean, flexible and scalable time tracking inside monday.com without needing to bolt on five other tools.

Tracket

Best for larger teams that need approval flows, time logs across boards, and solid admin controls.

What it does well:

• Tracks billable vs. non-billable hours

• Mirrors time data across multiple boards

• Supports timesheet approvals and role-based permissions

• Customisable workflows for recurring tasks

What to watch out for:

• Can be slow to load

• All users can see all time logs

• The setup isn’t exactly plug-and-play

• Pricing is based on your entire monday account size, not just time tracking users

In short: Tracket is powerful, but not lightweight.

Clockwork (Hero Coders)

Best for small teams who’ve outgrown the native tool but don’t want complexity.

What it does well:

• Adds timesheets and summaries to monday’s native tracker

• Lets you manage timers, filter entries, and view team workload

• Easy to install and use

What’s missing:

• No billing tags or time categories

• One-way sync only

• Exporting data can be a bit of a hassle

Clockwork is ideal if you want something smarter than the native tool but don’t need deep reporting or admin layers.

Harvest

Best for service-based businesses that need deep reporting and invoicing.

What it does well:

• Tracks time and expenses per client/project

• Generates detailed reports for budgeting and profitability

• Integrates with tools like QuickBooks and Xero for invoicing

• Has team capacity tracking and visual time charts

Heads-up:

• You’ll need Zapier or a third-party connector to sync fully with monday

• Doesn’t log time inside monday.com, it works alongside it

• Can feel like one extra step if you want a single-platform experience

Harvest is a great choice if you live and breathe billable hours, but want better financial insight than monday’s CRM alone can offer.

Everhour

Best for teams who want clean design, live timers and native budget tracking.

What it does well:

• Start timers directly from monday.com task views

• Track budgets and resource allocation per project

• View team-wide dashboards and workload

• Supports invoicing and time approval workflows

What’s limiting:

• Requires the browser extension for best experience

• Setup can be fiddly if your monday CRM structure isn’t consistent

• Some features are locked behind higher-tier plans

Everhour strikes a nice balance between usability and depth. It's ideal if you want to keep time tracking close to your monday boards without a massive learning curve.

Toggl

Best for freelancers and consultants, or teams who want time tracking without the clutter.

What it does well:

• Super simple timer UI—start, stop, done

• Great for multi-project work and task tags

• Integrates with monday via third-party tools

• Clean mobile app and browser experience

Drawbacks:

• No direct, in-app monday tracking (the data lives in Toggl)

• Less suited to complex workflows or reporting needs

• Manual syncing or Zapier required for automation

If you’re looking for a fast and flexible monday time-tracking integration, Toggl delivers. It’s great at tracking time across platforms.

So, what’s the best time-tracking app for monday.com users?

It depends on how your team works and how deep you want to go with reporting or billing.

Here are our tips on choosing the right time tracking tool in monday.com:

1. If you’re just starting out, monday.com’s native tools are a great foundation.

2. Small team with no bells and whistles needed? Pair native trackers with automations for simple yet streamlined solutions.

3. If you’re billing clients or managing large teams, go for a third-party app like the ones we mentioned above.

4. And if you’re somewhere in between, tools like Everhour or Clockwork can help you scale without overwhelm.

The wrap-up

Time tracking shouldn’t be a mess of toggled timers, duct-taped spreadsheets and guesswork. 

Start with the setup that fits your current workflow and team size. Then evolve as your needs change. Get the tracking right with smarter planning and you'll unlock better billing while gaining more control across the board.

Need help choosing the right tool or setting up workflows that make sense for your team? Book a free consult with a monday.com CRM specialist at Kick Consulting. Let’s find your fit, fast.