8 Best Time Tracking Apps for Mac and Mobile in 2026

1. Rize: Best for Mac-Native Automatic Time Tracking

Rize is the pick for agency teams whose billable work happens on Macs. It is a native macOS app built for Apple Silicon that records every app, document, and browser session in the background and assigns each one to a client, project, and task. There are no timers and no timesheets to fill in.

For agencies, tracked hours roll into per-client and per-project profitability reporting on team dashboards, and Rize generates invoices directly from tracked time or exports to QuickBooks, Xero, and FreshBooks through Zapier and CSV. Momentum Studio, a 12-person creative agency, recovered 20% more billable time and saw a 15% increase in project profitability after switching from manual tracking.

Mobile coverage is honest but limited: there is no public iOS or Android app. Off-desk time gets in through Google Calendar or Outlook events, manual entries in the browser dashboard, and the API, Zapier, or MCP server from a phone shortcut. Some accounts have access to a mobile web beta at app.rize.io/m that starts Focus, Meeting, In person, or Break blocks from a phone. Field-heavy teams should pair Rize with one of the mobile-first tools below.

Pros: Fully automatic capture, no screenshots or keystroke logging, around 95% categorization accuracy, invoicing and profitability reporting, native Apple Silicon build. Cons: No public iOS or Android app; capture is desktop only. Pricing: Basic from $9.99/mo billed annually; Team at $29.99/seat/mo billed annually. Best for: Agencies and professional-services teams on Macs.

2. Toggl Track: Best Mobile Time Tracker for Teams

Toggl Track is the strongest mobile time tracker for teams. The iOS app and Android app cover one-tap timers, offline tracking, and syncing back to shared team reports, and the Mac app matches. Reports roll up by project, client, and team member, so a mixed desk-and-field team lands in one dataset.

Pros: Polished iOS, Android, Mac, and browser apps; free tier; 100+ integrations; reliable sync across devices. Cons: Fully manual timers, so accuracy depends on team discipline; no automatic capture on Mac. Pricing: Free for basic tracking; paid plans from $9/user/mo billed annually. Best for: Teams that need a phone timer everyone will actually use.

3. Timely: Best Automatic Tracking on Mobile

Timely captures work automatically through its Memory apps and asks each person to confirm a drafted timeline before hours count. The iOS app adds location-based capture with GPS for off-site work, which makes it the closest mobile equivalent to automatic desktop tracking.

The trade is a daily review step: entries do not reach reports until confirmed, which gives control at the cost of a few minutes per person per day. For agency teams that want automatic capture and iOS coverage from one vendor, Timely is the closest fit to Rize's model.

Pros: Automatic Memory capture on desktop, iOS and Android apps with GPS, private-by-default activity data, project budgets. Cons: Entries require confirmation; the iOS app has a history of reliability complaints. Pricing: From $9/user/mo billed annually. Best for: Teams that want automatic capture on Mac and iPhone from a single tool.

4. Harvest: Best for Invoicing from Mobile Timers

Harvest pairs clean manual timers on Mac, iOS, and Android with invoicing, so tracked hours turn into client invoices without a second tool. Expense capture with receipt photos on the phone apps is the standout for teams that bill expenses alongside time.

Pros: Built-in invoicing and payments, expense capture on mobile, mature reporting, 70+ integrations. Cons: Manual timers only; per-seat pricing adds up past 10 people. Pricing: Free for 1 seat and 2 projects; Pro at $11/user/mo. Best for: Agencies that want tracking and invoicing in one tool.

5. Clockify: Best Free Option for Mac and Mobile Teams

Clockify covers Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and browser with manual timers, kiosk mode, and GPS on mobile. The iOS app supports offline tracking, and the free plan covers up to 5 users, which makes it the cheapest credible way to run shared timers across a team.

Pros: Free tier for 5 users, kiosk and GPS modes, Auto Tracker on desktop, 80+ integrations. Cons: Manual timers; billable rates and report exports require paid plans; reporting is basic next to Rize or Harvest. Pricing: Free for up to 5 users; paid tiers from $3.99/user/mo billed annually. Best for: Budget-first teams and field crews that need kiosk or GPS clock-in.

6. Timing: Best Mac-Only Automatic Tracker

Timing is the strongest automatic tracker built exclusively for the Mac. It records app and document activity, lets you keep data local or sync through Timing's cloud, and produces a draft timeline you assign to projects. There is no iOS app and no Windows support, and team reporting runs through Timing's separate Connect web plan rather than the Mac app.

Pros: True Mac-native automatic capture, local-data option, polished timeline review, one of the most accurate app-level trackers. Cons: Mac only with no mobile app; team reporting requires the Connect web plan; categorization is manual rather than AI-driven. Pricing: From $9/mo billed annually. Best for: Solo Mac users who want automatic tracking without cloud dependency.

7. Memtime: Best for Privacy-First Local Capture

Memtime captures activity automatically and keeps the raw activity data on the device; only the time entries a person chooses to create are synced. For agencies with strict client confidentiality or staff resistant to cloud tracking, it is the privacy-first alternative to Rize. There is no mobile app.

Pros: Automatic capture with on-device storage, exports to hundreds of PM and billing tools, no screenshots. Cons: No mobile app; project categorization is manual review; higher seat price. Pricing: From $18/user/mo. Best for: Legal, consulting, and privacy-first Mac teams.

8. Hours: Best Simple iOS Timer

Hours is the simplest dedicated iPhone time tracker: a color-coded timeline of timers that also runs on Apple Watch, with a Mac companion app. It suits individuals and small teams that live on iOS and want a fast timer rather than a platform.

Pros: Fast iOS and Apple Watch timers, clean timeline UI, low price. Cons: Manual only; team features are thin; no automatic capture. Pricing: Free tier; Pro at $59.99/yr or $7.99/mo per the App Store listing. Best for: Freelancers and small iOS-first teams.

How Agencies Should Split Mac and Mobile Tracking

Choose by where the billable hours happen. If everyone works from a Mac, a single automatic tracker covers the team: Rize captures desktop work and calendar meetings without timers, and no mobile app is needed because the phone hours that matter are meetings, which already sync.

If the team mixes desk staff with field or hybrid staff, split the tools. Run Rize on every Mac for automatic capture, put a mobile timer like Toggl Track or Clockify on field phones, and join the two in reporting through the Rize API, Zapier, or CSV export with matching client and project names. Field-only crews that rarely open a laptop should skip desktop tools entirely and pick a mobile-first timer.

The accuracy gap is the reason to separate capture from reporting. Manual timers systematically under-record short tasks and context switches; according to Harvard Business Review, untracked time costs US businesses billions per workday. Automatic capture on the Mac closes that gap for desk work, and a phone timer keeps the off-desk remainder from disappearing.