What Is Clockify and What Does It Do?
Clockify is a time tracking and timesheet app for individuals and teams. It records work hours across projects, then turns that data into reports, billable rates, invoices, and attendance records. If you need to know where working time goes — or bill clients for it — Clockify is built for that job. The site describes it as "the most popular time tracker for teams," used by millions, with a free plan available to start.
What Clockify actually does
At its core, Clockify answers one question: how was working time spent? It captures time in several ways and organizes it by project, so the same data can serve payroll, client billing, budgeting, and planning.
The site groups its features into two areas:
Timekeeping
- Timer — track work hours in real time
- Timesheet — enter time manually in a weekly grid
- Calendar — visually block out and manage time
- Auto tracker — records the apps and websites you use
- Kiosk — clock in from a shared device
Management
- Scheduling — assign work, shifts, and resources
- Time off — manage leaves and holidays
- Approval — submit and approve timesheets
- Invoicing — create invoices from billable time
- Expenses — record project expenses and fees
- Team — manage members and roles
Reporting and analysis
- Reports — analyze and export tracked time
- Activity — see who works on what
- Rates — see earnings, cost, and profit
- Projects — track estimates and budget
- Location — see visited sites and routes
Who it's for
Clockify fits two broad situations:
| If you are… | You would use it to… |
|---|---|
| A freelancer or contractor | Track billable hours per client and generate invoices |
| A team lead or manager | See project budgets, approve timesheets, schedule shifts |
| An operations or HR role | Track attendance, overtime, and time off |
| Anyone curious about their own time | Run a timer or auto tracker and review reports |
The site lists common use cases as time clock, work hours tracker, employee time tracker, attendance tracker, task timer, and time card calculator — which shows the product is positioned for both hourly work and salaried-team monitoring.
Why teams track time with it
Clockify's own framing of the value is a list of outcomes: timekeeping, budgeting, planning, activity monitoring, attendance, reporting, and payroll. In practice that means the same tracked hours feed several decisions — whether a project is over budget, who has capacity next week, and what a client owes.
The site also reports a 4.8 rating from 9,000+ reviews and 95% customer satisfaction, and says it is trusted by 7M+ users in companies worldwide. Treat those as the vendor's own figures rather than independent verification.
How to get started
- Go to clockify.me and choose the free option to create an account.
- Create a project (or a few) so time can be categorized.
- Start a timer, or enter hours in the weekly timesheet.
- Open Reports to see totals by project, and set Rates if you bill clients.
- If you manage others, add team members and turn on Approval for timesheets.
The expected result after step 4 is a per-project view of hours and cost; after step 5, a review flow where submitted timesheets are approved before they reach payroll or invoicing.
What to check before committing
- Plan limits. The site links to a Free plan, a Pro plan, and a pricing comparison page. Feature availability differs across plans, so check the comparison before assuming a specific feature is included.
- Which tracking method fits. Auto tracker and Location record activity and visited sites — useful for monitoring, but worth confirming with your team before enabling.
- Whether you need billing or just tracking. Invoicing, Rates, and Expenses matter for client work; if you only need attendance, a narrower setup may be enough.
Clockify is worth a closer look if you want one place to record hours and reuse them for reporting, billing, or attendance. Start with the free tier, run it for a week on real projects, and judge from your own reports whether the paid features are needed.