Free ManicTime AlternativesTop Time Tracking Tools & Pomodoro Timers like ManicTime

The best free alternative to ManicTime is ActivityWatch, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to ManicTime and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to ManicTime are Toggl Track, TimeScribe, Cattr and Clockify.

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  1. ActivityWatch icon
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    Open-source, cross-platform app tracks time on devices, providing productivity insights, anti-procrastination tools, and Pomodoro timers in a privacy-focused, no third-party data system, customizable by user extensions, making it a versatile alternative to RescueTime and ManicTime.

    123 ActivityWatch alternatives

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    • Google Chrome
    • Rust
    • Python
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  2. Toggl Track icon
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    Toggl Track is a time-tracking software that works across various environments and devices, providing detailed data on profitability and productivity. It features one-click and background tracking, and can be integrated into your workflow.

    429 Toggl Track alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Google Chrome
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  3. TimeScribe icon
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    TimeScribe lets you effortlessly start, stop, and pause your work time with just a click, ensuring a straightforward time tracking experience. The app provides an intuitive dashboard to monitor your daily activities, including breaks, and allows you to customize your weekly work...

    98 TimeScribe alternatives

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  4. Cattr icon
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    Cattr is a free open-source self-hosted time tracker with desktop clients for windows, mac, linux. The key features are built-in screenshot capture, activity detection.

    300 Cattr alternatives

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    • Open Source

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  5. Clockify icon
     52 likes

    Track time for individual and team projects, analyze productivity with advanced reports, manage tasks, export data, and collaborate in real time across web, desktop, and mobile platforms with integrations, reminders, idle detection, and Pomodoro timer.

    351 Clockify alternatives

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    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Microsoft Edge
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  6. Kimai icon
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    Kimai is a free open source time tracker. It tracks work time and prints out a summary of your activities on demand. Yearly, monthly, daily, by customer, by project, by action …

    142 Kimai alternatives

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    • Cloudron
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  7. Co-molib icon
     5 likes

    Combines detailed activity tracking, Pomodoro timer with customizable sessions, AI analysis for personalized productivity suggestions, automation via smart rules, and weekly/monthly trend reporting to support efficient workflows and distraction optimization.

    87 Co-molib alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. Project Hamster icon
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    Project Hamster is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track on how much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track.

    165 Project Hamster alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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  9. TimeCamp icon
     34 likes

    TimeCamp logs hours hands-free in the background — no timers, no chasing. Real-time margin on every client and project. Time, attendance, reporting, and capacity planning in one login. Automatic capture, not clock-watching. Stop guessing. Start knowing.

    276 TimeCamp alternatives

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    • Apple Watch
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
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  10. Tockler icon
     4 likes

    Track your time or look when and what were you doing at some point in time.

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  11. Paymo icon
     78 likes

    Streamline task management with visual boards, schedule resources, track time and expenses automatically, invoice clients, collaborate with teams and clients on one platform, monitor project profitability and performance, and manage work on mobile devices.

    360 Paymo alternatives

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  12. TimeAnt icon
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    TimeAnt helps you easily track your workday so you always know what you did and how long you did it. Whether you need to fill out your weekly timecard, review your productivity, or just stay on top of your tasks, TimeAnt makes it effortless.

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    • Free
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    • iPhone
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