Install ManicTime once and it tracks everything automatically in the background. At the end of the day or week, review what was captured, tag it to projects or clients, and generate an accurate timesheet or invoice — no timers, no manual entries.
Working on your own means there is nobody to remind you to track your time. By the time you sit down to invoice or review the week, the small tasks and quick switches have already disappeared from memory.
Starting and stopping a timer every time you switch tasks is friction you do not need. After a few interruptions, you stop bothering — and your records become unreliable.
Filling in a timesheet hours or days later means guessing. The numbers feel approximate, the report feels weak, and you usually undercount your own work.
When a client asks what those hours were spent on, you need more than a number. Without a detailed record of files, apps, and activity, the conversation gets uncomfortable.
Download and install in minutes. ManicTime starts running in the background immediately — no configuration needed to begin capturing your activity.
Every application, document, website, and meeting is recorded automatically with timestamps. No timers to start, no buttons to click, no interruptions to your flow.
At the end of the day or week, open ManicTime to review your timeline. Tag time to projects or clients, then export a timesheet or generate an invoice directly from that record.
Capture every hour without timers or manual entries. ManicTime records everything in the background.
Learn more ->See which specific files and documents you worked on, not just which application was open.
Learn more ->Review your captured timeline and assign blocks to the right project or client with a simple workflow.
Learn more ->Generate a client invoice directly from your reviewed timesheet — no re-entry into a separate tool.
Learn more ->Define when tracking runs and what stays private. Personal time on a work machine stays yours.
Learn more ->Export clean timesheet reports in multiple formats for billing, planning, or your own records.
Learn more ->ManicTime has been tracking time since 2008. Over 1 million downloads, 13,000+ customers, and 200,000+ licenses — the majority of early adopters were individual professionals who needed accurate billing records without the overhead of an enterprise tool.
For individual users, the free version covers everything you need: full automatic tracking, timeline history, tagging, and timesheet export — on a single machine, with no account required.