Most Toggl alternatives are the same shape as Toggl Track: a workspace, a login, seats counted per license, and your hours sitting in a database a company runs. TimePrivate is a Mac time tracker that takes the other route. No account, no server, no network requests, and the database is a file on your own machine. If that is the part of Toggl you were trying to get away from, this page is the honest version of the comparison, with Toggl Track's own pricing and export pages quoted and dated below. If it is not the part you cared about, the shortlist of five other Toggl alternatives further down names the tool that fits better and quotes its price too.
TimePrivate is not released. There is no download, no trial and no purchase today. Apple Silicon Macs first, Windows on the roadmap.
A Toggl alternative is whatever you move to when Toggl Track's account model, its per license price or its cloud storage stops fitting the way you work. Most of the tools that come up in that search are the same product with a different logo. TimePrivate is the one that changes the underlying deal: it is a Mac time tracker with no account and no server, so your hours live in a database on your own machine instead of a workspace someone else administers.
Two things to be straight about before you read further. TimePrivate is not released, so there is nothing to download or buy today and no launch date is being promised. And TimePrivate has no team features whatsoever, so if you are the person who reviews other people's timesheets, Toggl Track is the better tool and this page will not change that.
Four reasons come up over and over. TimePrivate answers two of them well, one of them partly, and one of them not at all.
This is the one that surprises people leaving Toggl Track. Toggl's own export guide tells you to take time entries as CSV, then adds that "Certain export formats are only available on Paid plans", read on support.toggl.com/exporting-data on 14 September 2026. A format you cannot reimport is not a record you can work with. TimePrivate has no tiers to gate this: CSV export is part of the app, and the database is already a file on your Mac.
Toggl Track's pricing page footnotes Premium as $14 per license per month "for your first year of Premium annual, then renews at $18 per license per month". Per license, per month, every month. TimePrivate is planned at $9 a month or $79 a year for the whole app, with one license covering two Macs, and no separate tier holding your export hostage.
Toggl Track counts seats per license because it is built for teams that share a workspace. If you are one person, that whole layer is overhead you administer for no benefit. TimePrivate has no workspace, no invitations and no admin role, because there is nobody else in it. That is also its biggest limitation, covered below.
Project names, client names, the domains you visited, hours per account. Under an NDA that list is itself the sensitive thing. Any cloud tracker means that list is rows in a company's database under terms that can be revised. The TimePrivate app makes no network requests, so the list has nowhere to go. That is the same argument worked through for one trade on the TimePrivate consultant time tracker page.
Worth naming the reason TimePrivate does not answer: people also leave Toggl Track because they want better mobile tracking or a cheaper way to bill a team. TimePrivate has no mobile app and no team plan, so on those two it is a worse Toggl alternative than the tools in every roundup you will read, and the shortlist below says which of them to pick instead. What to check before you pick a work hours tracker lays out the same test without TimePrivate in the middle of it.
Every other page ranking for "toggl alternative" is a roundup written by one of the tools in it. This is the roundup written by the tool that loses most of these rows. TimePrivate is Mac only, single person only and not released yet, so in four of the five situations below the other tool is the better answer and TimePrivate will say so. Each price here was read on that vendor's own pricing page on 14 September 2026 and is quoted word for word, except where the vendor publishes no figure, which the row says plainly.
| Toggl alternative | What its own pricing page says, 14 September 2026 | Pick it over TimePrivate when |
|---|---|---|
| Clockify | Free at "$ 0 For up to 5 users". Basic "$ 3.99 per seat /month billed annually", Standard "$ 5.49 per seat /month billed annually" or "6.99 if billed monthly" | You need a shared workspace for up to five people at no cost, or timesheet approvals. TimePrivate has neither. The trade Clockify asks for is covered in the TimePrivate Clockify alternative comparison, and the two hosted tools are priced against each other in TimePrivate's Toggl vs Clockify breakdown |
| Harvest | Free at "$0 forever" with "1 seat" and "2 projects". Teams at "$9 seat/month" billed as "$108 per seat, billed annually", or "$11 seat/month" billed monthly | Invoicing and accounting integrations matter more to you than where the hours are stored. TimePrivate writes PDF invoices on the Mac instead, which is the narrower job described on the TimePrivate time tracking and invoicing page |
| My Hours | Free at "$0 USD", "Limited to 5 active users." Basic "$4 USD PER USER PER MONTH" and Pro "$8 USD PER USER PER MONTH", both billed annually | You want the cheapest paid per user tier with an approval workflow behind it. TimePrivate has no approvals and nobody to approve anything |
| Memtime | Basic listed from "€10" to "€15" per user per month depending on whether you commit two yearly, yearly or monthly | You want automatic tracking whose activity data stays on the machine and you need it today, or you are not on a Mac. Memtime runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and its pricing page says "From day 1 of installing Memtime, your automatic activity data is stored offline on your machine." That is the closest thing on this list to what TimePrivate does with automatic tracking, and you can buy it now |
| Timing | No price verified for this page. Timing's home page offers a "30-day free trial, no credit card needed", read on timingapp.com on 14 September 2026, and its pricing page did not render a figure TimePrivate could quote | You want automatic Mac tracking you can install this afternoon. Timing is macOS only and offers a download today. TimePrivate is not released, so on availability alone Timing wins |
Read that table as a shortlist, not a ranking, because a Toggl alternative is only better or worse against your own situation. The one row TimePrivate would argue for is the last column of its own comparison: none of these five drops the account and the server entirely. Clockify, Harvest and My Hours all keep your hours in a workspace on their infrastructure. Memtime keeps the automatic activity data on your device and says so in writing, while its project platform is web based. TimePrivate has no server side at all, which is the trade laid out row by row in the Toggl Track comparison below.
The Toggl Track column is quoted from Toggl's own published pages, checked 14 September 2026, or marked as not verified where TimePrivate has not confirmed it. The last column is what to actually test, so this table stays useful even if you pick neither.
| What you are comparing | TimePrivate | Toggl Track | How to check it yourself |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the record lives | |||
| Where your hours are stored | A local database on your Mac, with CSV export | A workspace on Toggl's servers | Ask where the database file is, and whether you can open it without the app |
| Account needed to use it | None. No login, no workspace, no invitations | Yes. Pricing is per license, and the free plan is "Free for a limited number of users" | See whether the app opens straight into tracking or into a signup screen |
| What the app sends over the network | Nothing. No telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting | Not verified for this page | Run it for a day behind a firewall that logs outbound connections |
| Tracking with no connection | Works the same as always. There is no online mode to lose, and nothing to sync afterwards | Supported, then reconciled. Toggl's plan comparison says "Data syncs automatically when online" | Turn the wifi off for an afternoon and see what survives |
| Getting your data back out | |||
| CSV export on the cheapest tier | Included. There are no tiers | Toggl recommends CSV for time entries, then notes "Certain export formats are only available on Paid plans" | Drop to the free plan and try to export a full year before you commit |
| How the export reaches you | A file the app writes into your own downloads folder | Workspace exports are compiled and emailed. The link "is valid for 72 hours" | Time one export end to end, including waiting for the email |
| Importing your history from the other tool | Imports Toggl, Clockify and Harvest CSV exports and calendar .ics files, with tags and billable flags | Toggl publishes a CSV import guide | Export one month, import it, and count the rows on both sides |
| What it costs | |||
| Entry paid price | Planned at $9 a month or $79 a year for TimePrivate, subscription only | Starter, "$9 per license per month" | Multiply by the number of people, then by twelve |
| What happens after the first year | No step up is planned beyond the $9 monthly or $79 annual price | Premium is "$14 per license per month" for the first year of annual, "then renews at $18 per license per month" | Read the asterisk on the pricing page before you sign |
| Free tier | None. The free thing TimePrivate publishes is the billable hours calculator on this site | Yes, "Free for a limited number of users" | Ask what happens to your history the day the free tier changes |
| Where TimePrivate is the weaker choice | |||
| Teams and approvals | None at all. No team dashboard, no approval queue, no payroll | Built for teams. Licenses are per user and there is an Enterprise tier | Count how many people need to see the hours, not just log them |
| Platforms you can track on | One. Apple Silicon Macs first, Windows on the roadmap, no phone app and none planned | Every plan including Free lists "Web, mobile, desktop apps and browser extension" | Ask whether you start and stop timers away from a desk |
| Can you use it today | No. TimePrivate is not released. The waitlist is the whole offer | Yes | Check your own deadline before you wait on anything |
Toggl Track was not tested hands on for this table. Every Toggl Track cell is either a direct quote from a Toggl page listed in the sources table or is marked as not verified, and TimePrivate would rather leave a cell empty than fill it with a guess about another company's product.
Do the export first, before you decide anything. It tells you more about a tracker than any feature list, and the file is worth keeping whichever way you go.
Toggl Track's export guide sends you to the Detailed Report page and says "We recommend you download the export as a CSV", with workspace exports compiled and emailed as a link that "is valid for 72 hours". Note the catch before you start: the same guide says "Certain export formats are only available on Paid plans", so if you are on the free plan the export may be the first bill of the migration.
Open the CSV and confirm four things are in it: the start and end timestamps, the client or project, the description you wrote, and the billable flag. Those four are what turns a pile of hours back into an invoice you can defend. Anything missing here is missing forever.
TimePrivate imports Toggl CSV exports directly, along with Clockify and Harvest exports and calendar .ics files, keeping tags and billable flags. Your reporting does not restart at zero, which is the thing that stops most people switching in the middle of a tax year.
Store the Toggl export next to your invoices, not just inside the new app. That file is your evidence if a client queries an invoice in eighteen months, and it does not care whether either subscription is still active. In TimePrivate this habit is the default, because the database is already a file you own.
Every roundup you will read for this search was written by a vendor who ranked themselves first. Here is the version where TimePrivate argues against itself.
TimePrivate is not released. No download, no trial, no purchase, no date. If your Toggl renewal is on Friday, pick something that exists from the five alternatives shortlisted above and come back to the TimePrivate waitlist later.
No team dashboard, no approvals, no shared workspace, no manager view in TimePrivate. Toggl Track sells licenses per user for exactly that reason. Once a second person is involved this comparison stops being close.
TimePrivate ships on Apple Silicon Macs first, with Windows on the roadmap and no mobile app planned. If you start timers on a job site or in a car, this is the wrong shape entirely, and no amount of privacy makes up for it.
TimePrivate has no free tier and is planned as a subscription at $9 a month or $79 a year. Toggl Track's free plan is real. The honest trade is that a free plan is funded by an account on someone's servers, and TimePrivate's price is what stands in for that.
One more limit, because it gets blurred in this category: TimePrivate does not stop other software on your Mac from watching you, and it cannot. It simply is not one of those programs. There is no screenshot capture, no keystroke logging and no manager view to switch on, which is the whole of what TimePrivate deliberately leaves out. This website is a separate thing from the app and does run Google Analytics, PostHog and Microsoft Clarity, all named on the TimePrivate privacy page.
None of the figures above come from memory. Every Toggl Track quote and every shortlist price was read on that vendor's own live page on 14 September 2026 and is reproduced here so you can check it yourself, because prices and plan limits change. Where a re-check moved a number or a wording, the table below carries what the page says now, not what TimePrivate published last month.
| Claim | Quoted text | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toggl Track Starter price | "$9 per license per month" | toggl.com/track/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| Toggl Track Premium price and renewal | "$14 per license per month" and "*$14 per license per month applies to your first year of Premium annual, then renews at $18 per license per month" | toggl.com/track/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| Toggl Track free plan | "Free for a limited number of users" | toggl.com/track/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| Toggl Track platforms and sync | "Web, mobile, desktop apps and browser extension" and "Access on web, mobile, and desktop platforms. Data syncs automatically when online", listed on every plan including Free | toggl.com/track/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| Export format limits by plan | "We recommend you download the export as a CSV" and "Certain export formats are only available on Paid plans" | support.toggl.com/exporting-data | 14 September 2026 |
| How workspace exports are delivered | "Compile file and send to my email" and "The link can be accessed while logged into Toggl Track and is valid for 72 hours" | support.toggl.com/exporting-data | 14 September 2026 |
| Clockify prices in the shortlist | "$ 0 For up to 5 users", "$ 3.99 per seat /month billed annually" and "$ 5.49 per seat /month billed annually" or "6.99 if billed monthly" | clockify.me/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| Harvest prices in the shortlist | "$0 forever" with "1 seat" and "2 projects", and Teams at "$9 seat/month", "$108 per seat, billed annually" or "$11 seat/month" | getharvest.com/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| My Hours prices in the shortlist | "$0 USD", "Limited to 5 active users.", "$4 USD PER USER PER MONTH" and "$8 USD PER USER PER MONTH" on annual billing | myhours.com/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| Memtime price and local storage | Basic from "€10" to "€15" per user per month across billing terms, and "From day 1 of installing Memtime, your automatic activity data is stored offline on your machine." | memtime.com/pricing | 14 September 2026 |
| Timing trial, price not verified | "30-day free trial, no credit card needed". No published subscription figure was readable, so no Timing price is quoted on this page | timingapp.com | 14 September 2026 |
Anything about Toggl Track or a shortlisted Toggl alternative that is not in this table is marked "not verified for this page" above, and TimePrivate has left it that way on purpose. If you find one of these quotes is out of date, that vendor's own pricing page is the one to trust, not this one. The TimePrivate side of every row is planned pricing for an unreleased app, which is a different kind of number and is labelled as planned wherever it appears.
What people ask when they are shortlisting a Toggl alternative, answered for TimePrivate specifically.
It depends on which part of Toggl Track stopped working for you, and TimePrivate is not going to claim the top slot in a list it wrote itself. If you need team timesheets or a mobile app, TimePrivate is not in the running, and the shortlist on this page points at Clockify, Harvest, My Hours, Memtime or Timing instead. If what you want is your hours out of a workspace and onto your own machine, TimePrivate is a Mac time tracker with no account and no server, planned at $9 a month or $79 a year, and it is not released yet.
TimePrivate is not the answer to this one, because TimePrivate has no free tier and is planned as a subscription at $9 a month or $79 a year. Of the tools shortlisted on this page, Clockify publishes a free plan at "$ 0 For up to 5 users", My Hours lists a free plan at "$0 USD" that is "Limited to 5 active users." and Harvest offers "$0 forever" with "1 seat" and "2 projects", all read on their own pricing pages on 14 September 2026. The thing to check before you settle on a free plan is what it does to your export, because Toggl's own guide says "Certain export formats are only available on Paid plans" and the free tiers of these tools gate formats in much the same way.
Partly. Toggl's export guide tells you to take time entries from the Detailed Report page and says "We recommend you download the export as a CSV", then adds that "Certain export formats are only available on Paid plans", checked on support.toggl.com/exporting-data on 14 September 2026. Workspace exports are compiled and emailed as a link that "is valid for 72 hours". Test your own export on your own plan before you migrate, because a format you cannot reimport is not a record you can work with.
Yes. TimePrivate imports Toggl CSV exports, along with Clockify and Harvest exports and calendar .ics files, keeping tags and billable flags. Your reporting does not restart from zero when you switch, which matters most if you move mid year.
For one person the headline numbers are close. TimePrivate is planned at $9 a month or $79 a year, subscription only, with one license covering two Macs. Toggl Track lists Starter at "$9 per license per month" and Premium at "$14 per license per month" renewing at "$18 per license per month" after the first annual year, checked on toggl.com/track/pricing on 14 September 2026. The difference shows up per person: Toggl Track is per license, so it scales with your team, and TimePrivate has no team to scale with. Cheaper again is My Hours at "$4 USD PER USER PER MONTH" on annual billing, or Clockify at "$ 3.99 per seat /month billed annually", both read on 14 September 2026, so price alone is not the reason to pick TimePrivate.
Several, and the distinction that matters is whether the offline work is queued or simply local. Toggl Track supports offline tracking and then reconciles it, since its own plan comparison says "Data syncs automatically when online", checked 14 September 2026. The TimePrivate Mac app makes no network requests at all, so there is no online mode to lose and nothing queues up waiting to sync. Tracking on a plane behaves exactly like tracking at your desk. Optional TimePrivate sync is the one part that touches a folder, and it writes end to end encrypted files into a folder you choose, so your cloud provider holds ciphertext only.
That is the specific thing TimePrivate is for. There is no login, no workspace, no invitation flow and no password reset, because there is no server to hold an account on. The trade is that everything an account buys you, shared reports, a manager view, syncing through a company's infrastructure, is absent by design.
No, and none are planned. TimePrivate has no team dashboard, no approval queue, no payroll and no way to see anyone else's hours. If you manage other people's timesheets, Toggl Track and the rest of that market are built for the job and TimePrivate is not.
The app locks and your data stays on your machine, exportable. That is the practical difference between a local database and a hosted workspace: a lapsed subscription does not close an archive that was already a file on your own Mac.
No. TimePrivate is not released, so there is nothing to download and nothing to pay for today, and no launch date is being promised. The waitlist is the whole offer: one email the day it opens. Planned pricing is $9 a month or $79 a year, subscription only, on Apple Silicon Macs first with Windows on the roadmap.
If the reason you are searching for a Toggl alternative is that you would rather your client hours were not rows in someone else's database, TimePrivate is being built for exactly that. It is not ready. The waitlist is one email the day it opens, and nothing else.
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