Idle detection
Idle detection that asks instead of guessing
Left a timer running and walked away? After fifteen minutes without keyboard, mouse or trackpad input, Hourtick waits for you to come back and asks: go back to your last activity and stop, go back and keep going, or continue anyway.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
The real product
This is the app you get
Timer, timesheet, tasks, chat and reports in one place, the same for the whole team. Free from the first hour.
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
How it works
- 1
Hourtick checks macOS idle time only while a timer is running.
- 2
After 15 minutes idle it remembers when you left.
- 3
When you return, the popover shows how long you were away.
- 4
Choose what to do with that time: stop the timer at the moment you left, keep it running from that moment, or keep all of it.
Try idle detection on your own work
Create a free workspace, invite your team with a link and start the timer.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
Private
Hourtick reads only the system's idle time counter. No screenshots, apps or keystrokes are recorded.
Why it asks instead of deciding
Reading a paper contract, thinking out loud on a call or sketching on paper looks idle to a computer and isn't. Tools that silently remove idle time lose real work; tools that never remove it bill clients for lunch. Hourtick tells you how long you were away and lets you choose, so the person who knows decides, and nothing is edited without you.
Part of the Mac menu bar timer
Idle detection runs in Hourtick Timer on the Mac, only while a timer is running. It never watches your screen and never reports idle time to anyone: managers see the entries you end up with, not how often you stepped away.
Frequently asked questions
How long before it asks?
After 15 minutes without keyboard, mouse or trackpad input while a timer is running.
Can I turn it off?
It only triggers after 15 idle minutes with a timer running; simply continue anyway if you were working away from the keyboard.
Does my manager see when I was idle?
No. Idle time is never reported. Managers only see the time entries you end up with.
Is it on Windows?
Idle detection is part of the Mac app.
Is it included for free?
Yes.
More features
Mac menu bar timer
The running time next to your Mac clock. Start, stop and switch without opening a browser.
Timesheets
A week grid that fills itself from your timers, with flexible input, copy-last-week and autosave.
Offline time tracking
Timers that work without signal and replay in order, with the times you actually clicked.
Team time tracking
Invite everyone free. Roles, project teams, presence and approvals, with no monitoring.
Projects and clients
A directory of clients and projects with rates, budgets, teams, notes and files.
Search and notifications
⌘K finds tasks, time, people and notes. Notifications reach you only when something is for you.
Track your first hour in a minute.
Free for your whole team, forever. Every feature included.