FAQ
Questions, answered plainly.
What Tyme does, what it costs, what it will never do with your data, and what is still on the way.
The basics
- What is Tyme?
- Tyme is a time-tracking web app for teams. You start a timer or type hours into a week grid, projects carry budgets and rates, people submit their week for approval, and managers get reports they can export. It is built for small teams such as agencies, studios and development shops. See every feature.
- Is Tyme free?
- Yes. There is one plan, it costs nothing, and it includes every feature for any team size. No card is needed to sign up and there is no trial that runs out. Tyme is in early access; if pricing ever changes, workspace owners hear about it first and can always export their data. Pricing.
- Who is Tyme for?
- Teams of roughly 2 to 50 people who bill or budget by the hour and want time tracking that takes seconds, not willpower. Agencies, consultancies, design studios and software teams are the usual fit.
- How do I get started?
- Create a workspace at tyme.co/signup, invite your team by email or by a link, add a few projects and start a timer. Setting up a workspace takes about a minute. Create a workspace.
Tracking time
- How do I log time in Tyme?
- Four ways. Start a one-click timer that keeps running when you close the tab and stays in sync across devices. Type hours straight into the week grid. Press Cmd+K or Ctrl+K to find a project and start a timer in two keystrokes. Or type what you did as a sentence, such as “2h SEO for Acme yesterday”, and Tyme fills in the hours, project and date.
- What if I forget to stop a timer?
- Tyme warns you about timers left running and timers that ran overnight, and keeps a short list of days you have not filled in yet, so nothing slips through.
- Can a manager log time for someone else?
- Yes. Managers and team leads can add or fix time for the people they look after, and every change is recorded in the entry history.
- Does Tyme have timesheet approvals?
- Yes, and they are included for free. People submit their week, a manager approves it or sends it back with a note, approved time is locked, and admins can lock older periods so past months stay fixed.
Privacy and data
- Does Tyme track what I do on my computer?
- No. Tyme has no activity monitoring, takes no screenshots, does not record which apps or websites you use, and does not watch your keyboard or mouse. It records only the time entries you or your manager create. Privacy policy.
- What can my manager see?
- The hours you have logged, with the project, task, tags and any note you added, plus whether your week is submitted or approved. Rates and money are visible only to roles that are allowed to see them.
- Where is my data stored?
- On servers in the European Union, in the Netherlands, for every workspace. There is no separate plan or setting for EU hosting.
- Does the Tyme website use analytics or ad trackers?
- No. The site and the app load no analytics, no ad pixels and no third-party scripts. Only the cookies needed to log you in are set.
- Can I get my data out?
- Yes. Any report can be exported to CSV or Excel or printed to PDF, and you can ask for your workspace to be deleted at any time.
Tyme and other tools
- How is Tyme different from Clockify, Toggl or Harvest?
- Those tools have grown into suites with invoicing, scheduling, kiosks, native apps and, in some cases, activity monitoring and screenshots, usually across several paid tiers. Tyme does one job: fast, honest time tracking with budgets, approvals and reports, free for the whole team, hosted in the EU, with no monitoring of any kind. If you need invoicing, dozens of integrations or native apps today, one of those tools is the better choice. Tyme vs Clockify, point by point.
- Can I import data from Clockify, Toggl, Harvest or a spreadsheet?
- Not yet. Import from a CSV export is on the list but is not built. If you have a specific export you want to bring in, tell us through the contact form and we will say where it stands. Contact.
- Does Tyme have a mobile or desktop app?
- No native apps. The web app works on phones and opens on the day view, so you can start and stop timers on the move. Native apps and a browser extension may come later.
- Does Tyme integrate with calendars, Slack, Jira or GitHub?
- Not yet. Integrations are planned, and a calendar-based draft of your week is the first one on the list. None are built today.
AI and what is next
- Does Tyme use AI?
- Not today. Two AI features are being built: a plain-language weekly summary for managers written from your report data, and a drafted week from your calendar that you accept or fix in a click. Neither is on the site as a feature until it works, and both will be optional and switched on per workspace. Follow progress.
- Will my time data be sent to an AI provider?
- Only if a workspace owner turns an AI feature on, and only the data that feature needs. Before any AI feature ships, the privacy policy will say which provider is used, where the data goes and how long it is kept. Nothing is sent today.
- How often does Tyme change?
- Often, while it is in early access. Everything that ships is listed with a date on the what is new page. What is new.
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