Harvest vs TradesTimer
What Harvest is
A manual time-tracking and invoicing platform designed for agencies and professional-service teams that bill clients by the hour.
Best for: Agencies and professional-service teams who need integrated invoicing, detailed project reporting, and manual time entry for desk-based or client-facing work.
Pricing at a glance
$11 Free and paid plans
Free for 1 seat / limited projects; Pro roughly $11/seat/mo billed annually. Pricing changes — verify.
Verified 2026-06-08
$0 Free — full app
Harvest strengths
- Integrated invoicing and project reporting
- Robust manual time tracking for professional service billing
Considerations for self-employed tradespeople
- Requires manual timer starts and stops for every task, which is difficult when moving between active jobsites
- Requires manual entry for travel, as it lacks automatic GPS-based mileage logging for trips between locations
Why I built a Harvest alternative
Harvest is polished agency software — timers, projects, invoices — built for people whose work happens in a browser. The trades version of 'billable hours' is different: it's physical presence at addresses, and the record of it shouldn't depend on remembering software while you're on a roof.
I lost paper-notebook hours the same way desk workers lose timer hours: by being busy with the actual work. The fix in the trades isn't a better timer, it's capturing presence automatically — which is the entire product here, free.
What TradesTimer does differently
- Automatic detection of jobsites and driving trips via background GPS without manual input
- Automatic mileage log generation for tax purposes without needing to track trips manually
Which app fits your needs?
Harvest is a powerful tool for agencies needing integrated invoicing and manual time tracking. However, for solo tradespeople moving between physical locations, TradesTimer offers an automated alternative that tracks jobsites and mileage via GPS without the need for manual timers.
Page last verified 2026-06-08. If Harvest has changed pricing or features since then contact us at [email protected] to request a correction.
Free time tracking
Record stops and trips, review your hours, and export reports without a subscription.
- Automatic stop and trip recording
- Unlimited stops, drives, and days
- Review and edit stops and trips
- Rounded billable hours, exported as text or CSV
- Travel log with estimated distances
- 7-day summary view
- History stored on your phone
Control your location history
TradesTimer stores your history on your phone. Address lookups send coordinates to an address provider. You choose where to share your hours and travel exports.
See the privacy policy for details about address lookups, exports, and other data use.