Time tracking built for freelance designers
Track billable design hours, keep client projects on budget, and turn approved time into polished invoices so you can focus on the work.
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Where freelance designers lose billable hours
- Revisions and feedback rounds go untracked
- Fixed-fee projects quietly slip past their scope
- Invoices are pieced together from memory
- Real project profit is a mystery until the end
Every revision, budget, and invoice lives in one place, so your design time is captured and your margins stay visible.
See how it works →From first brief to final invoice
TimeTracker follows your design work end to end, from scoping a client brief to collecting payment on approved hours.
Scope the brief
Set up the client, define deliverables, and set hourly or fixed-fee rates for the project.
Track design hours
Log time on concepts, revisions, and calls with a one-click timer or quick manual entries.
Watch the budget
Monitor hours against the agreed scope so revision rounds never quietly erode your margin.
Invoice & get paid
Turn approved hours into a clean, itemized invoice and send it to the client in a click.
Engineered to keep your design business profitable
Capture every revision and concept hour
From first sketches to final polish, TimeTracker records design work as it happens across your browser, desktop, and mobile, so no billable minute goes missing.
Learn more about time tracking→Keep fixed-fee design projects profitable
Track hours against the scope you agreed with the client in real time, so you can flag extra revision rounds before they eat into your margin.
Learn more about budget tracking→Turn approved hours into design invoices
Skip the end-of-month spreadsheet. Convert logged design time into itemized invoices with exact totals and tax that clients trust and pay without back-and-forth.
Learn more about invoicing→Handle retainers, fixed-fee, and hourly design work
Whether you run a monthly design retainer, price a project as a fixed fee, or bill hourly, TimeTracker tracks each model correctly so you always know a client's remaining hours, milestones, or spend.
Learn more about billing models→Built for how designers actually work
The Maker
Track billable design time without breaking your creative flow. Start and stop timers from your browser, desktop, or phone.
The Planner
See which clients and project types are actually profitable, and spot the revision rounds that quietly drain your time.
The Biller
Turn tracked hours into itemized invoices and export clean records to QuickBooks or Xero without re-keying anything.
The Client Lead
Share transparent progress and hours with clients to set expectations and justify every line on the invoice.
Tailored to your design practice
1. Retainer Design Work
Track monthly hours against ongoing design retainers, monitor caps, and manage recurring brand or product design contracts with ease.
2. Fixed-Fee Projects
Break a design scope into milestones, log hours against each, and measure your real effective rate to keep projects profitable.
3. Hourly Engagements
Log ad-hoc design, consulting, or art-direction sessions with detailed timestamps for clean, defensible client billing.
Fits the design stack you already use
TimeTracker connects to the tools designers rely on, so you can import tasks, sync client calls, automate invoicing, and stay in flow without switching how you work.
Design & PM Tools
Import tasks from Figma, Asana, Trello, or Jira and start tracking design time against them immediately.
Accounting & Tax
Push finalized invoices and time records to QuickBooks, Xero, or Zoho Books for tidy freelance bookkeeping.
Calendar Sync
Turn Google Calendar or Outlook client meetings into tracked time so design calls are never billed from memory.
Chat & Notifications
Start timers with quick chat commands and get budget or invoice alerts inside Slack or Microsoft Teams.
Payment Gateways
Connect Stripe or PayPal so invoices flip to Paid automatically the moment a client settles up.
Ready to start designing?
Spend less time on admin and more time on the work you love. Ready to track billable design hours and invoice clients without the spreadsheet?
Start tracking free