Hourtick for consultants
Time tracking software for consultants who bill by the hour
Consulting days are fragmented across clients, calls and travel. Hourtick is time tracking software for consultants and consulting teams: every hour lands on the right engagement at the right rate, works offline on the plane, and is locked once it's invoiced.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
Offline-proof
Start and stop without internet; Hourtick reconciles when you're back online.
Time-zone safe
A timer started in Copenhagen and stopped in New York still lands on the right day.
Billable amount
Set an hourly rate per project and see billable value in reports.
Budgets and approvals
See how much of a retainer is used, and have associates submit timesheets for approval before you bill.
The real product
What consultants get, free
Timer, timesheet, tasks, chat and reports in one place, the same for the whole team. Free from the first hour.
The problem
- Working offline on planes and trains
- Time zones scrambling which day work belongs to
- Knowing what's billed and what isn't
- Retainers and fixed budgets that quietly run over
How consultants set up Hourtick
- 1
Create a project per engagement with the client's rate and, for retainers, a budget in hours.
- 2
Track from the menu bar — it keeps working offline and syncs later.
- 3
Entries keep the day you worked, whatever time zone you're in.
- 4
Send the billable time as an invoice through your Stripe account, or bill it in your invoicing tool and mark it invoiced, so it can't change.
Start tracking your team's time in a minute
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
In practice
An independent strategy consultant tracks across three clients and two continents, and bills from one filtered report each month.
Included, free
- Mac menu bar timer
- Timesheet approvals
- Billable rates and budgets
- Reports and CSV export
- Invoiced locks
- Offline sync
Frequently asked questions
Is Hourtick free for solo consultants?
Yes, free forever, with every feature.
Does Hourtick send invoices?
No. It gives you accurate billable hours and amounts per client, exports them as CSV for your invoicing or accounting tool, and locks time once you mark it invoiced.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Commands queue locally and replay when the connection returns.
Can I bring on associates later?
Free for your whole firm with 500 MB of usage a month, or $29/month for 5 GB — never a per-seat bill when you hire.
Free tools for consultants
Billable hours calculator
Free billable hours calculator: paste time from Toggl, Harvest or Clockify, round to 6 or 15 minutes, apply rates and write-downs, see utilization.
Hourly rate calculator
Work out the hourly rate you need from your target income, expenses, time off and billable share. Free calculator, no sign-up needed.
Other teams using Hourtick
Track your first hour in a minute.
Free for your whole team, forever. Every feature included.