Honest comparisons
Time tracker alternatives for freelancers
The big time trackers are built and priced for teams, then handed to freelancers as an afterthought. CronLoom flips that. It is one person's tool, at a flat $9/month, with the profitability analytics most rivals put behind a higher tier. Each comparison below is honest. It names where the other tool genuinely wins, and where CronLoom fits a solo freelancer better.
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Harvest alternative
If Harvest's post-acquisition pricing pushed you out, CronLoom is the independent, flat-$9 alternative built for one person. It isn't chasing the enterprise accounts Harvest now optimizes for.
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Toggl Track alternative
Toggl is excellent team time tracking; CronLoom is for the solo freelancer who sets a floor rate and wants it kept in view, at one flat price instead of per-seat tiers.
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Clockify alternative
Clockify wins on a free plan. CronLoom wins when you want a floor rate kept in view — flagged the moment a client or fixed bid slips below it — not just a count of the hours you logged.
Read the comparison →Not sure what to charge before you switch? Work it out with the free rate calculator, or see who CronLoom is built for on the use cases page.