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.
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 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
- Create projects for R&D initiatives and a task type per activity.
- Track from the menu bar; add notes describing the technical work.
- Export a period to CSV for your accountant.
- Invite new hires with a link — the price stays the same.
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 on every plan
- 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. $29/month when you need 5 GB.