Comparison
Hourtick vs Asana
Asana: Work management for planning projects, goals and portfolios across teams. Hourtick: a Mac menu bar timer, tasks, timesheets, approvals and billable reports, free for your whole team.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
- Team of 10
- $0 a month
- Priced per user
- Free plan
- Unlimited people, every feature
- Personal: up to 2 users, time tracking only through integrations
Prices from each vendor's pricing page where verified (September 2026). Hourtick is free for unlimited people with 500 MB of usage a month.
The real product
See Hourtick in action
The real app, not a mock-up: timer, timesheet, tasks, chat and reports, and the Mac menu bar timer.
And the timer lives in your Mac menu bar
Start and stop without opening a browser tab. The time sits next to the clock, and every entry lands in the same timesheet as above.
- Pick the project and task, type a note, start
- Running time next to the clock, all day
- Works offline and syncs when you're back
| Criteria | Hourtick | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free for unlimited people with 500 MB of usage a month. $29/month for 5 GB. Every feature on both plans, no per-seat fees. | Per-user pricing — see their site |
| Team of 10, per month | $0 on Free · $29 on Pro (5 GB) | See their site |
| Free plan | Unlimited people, every feature, 500 MB of usage a month | Personal: up to 2 users, time tracking only through integrations |
| Task board and list | Board and list, assignees, chat, files, checklists. Every plan | Yes (list, board, calendar; timeline and Gantt on Starter and up) |
| Built-in timer | Mac menu bar and web, offline. Every plan | On Advanced and up; otherwise through integrations |
| Timesheet approvals | Included | See their site |
| Mac menu bar timer | Native menu bar timer with live time | See their site |
| Screenshots / activity monitoring | None — no screenshots or activity tracking | See their site |
| Best for | Teams that want tasks and time tracking together, simple enough to use every day, free for everyone. | Organizations planning cross-team projects and goals. |
Prices from each vendor's pricing page where verified (September 2026). “See their site” means we couldn't verify it.
Try Hourtick next to them
Sign up free, add a project and run the timer for a day. Nothing to cancel.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
Asana: strengths and trade-offs
- Clear project planning with timelines and Gantt
- Goals and portfolios on Advanced
- Large integration catalog
- Native time tracking is on the Advanced plan and up (per Asana's plan comparison)
- Priced per user, sold in seat increments
- Timesheets and budgets are a separate add-on
The verdict
Pick Asana if you need clear project planning with timelines and gantt. Pick Hourtick if you want the core of time tracking done beautifully: free for the whole team, with a price that never grows with headcount.
Frequently asked questions
Is Hourtick cheaper than Asana?
Hourtick doesn't charge per person: free with 500 MB of usage a month, $29/month for 5 GB. Asana prices per user.
Does Hourtick do everything Asana does?
No. Asana offers clear project planning with timelines and gantt, goals and portfolios on advanced, large integration catalog. Hourtick covers the everyday core instead: a task board and list with assignees, chat and files, a timer on every task, timesheets, approvals and billable reports, with nothing to configure first.
Can I track time on tasks like in Asana?
Yes, on every plan. Start the timer from a task, or pick the task in "What are you working on?"; the time shows on the task, per person, and in reports. In Asana: on Advanced and up; otherwise through integrations.
What does Asana's free plan include?
Personal: up to 2 users, time tracking only through integrations.
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