Hourtick for startups
Time tracking for startups (and R&D tax credits)
Startups track time for two reasons: to understand where a tiny team's hours go, and to document R&D work for grants and tax credits. Hourtick does both with zero admin and a price that doesn't grow with your headcount.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
Audit-friendly notes
Every entry carries notes and an append-only change history on the server.
Scale without repricing
Free whether you're 5 or 50: you pay for storage, not people.
CSV exports
Hand your accountant clean data per project and period.
The real product
What startups get, free
Timer, timesheet, tasks, chat and reports in one place, the same for the whole team. Free from the first hour.
The problem
- Documenting R&D hours for credits and grants
- Tools priced per seat as you scale
- No time for setup
How startups set up Hourtick
- 1
Create projects for R&D initiatives and a task type per activity.
- 2
Track from the menu bar; add notes describing the technical work.
- 3
Export a period to CSV for your accountant.
- 4
Invite new hires with a link — the price stays the same.
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
A 9-person deep-tech startup exports a year of R&D time per project for its tax credit claim in minutes.
Included, free
- Mac menu bar timer
- Timesheet approvals
- Billable rates and budgets
- Reports and CSV export
- Invoiced locks
- Offline sync
Frequently asked questions
Can I export time for R&D claims?
Yes, filter by project and period and export to CSV.
Is there a startup discount?
Every plan already includes unlimited people, and Free costs nothing.
Free to start?
Yes, the whole team is free forever with 500 MB of usage a month.
Other teams using Hourtick
Track your first hour in a minute.
Free for your whole team, forever. Every feature included.