Time tracker
Tockly vs TMetric
TMetric is a budget time-tracking suite for SMBs and freelancers: timers, budgets, invoicing, and a monitoring layer with screenshots and activity levels in its Business tier at $7.50 per seat.
Tockly is work tracking that reads AI activity: every minute scored as hands-on, agent running, steering, or idle. Here is how the two compare, line by line.
At a glance
| Capability | Tockly | TMetric |
|---|---|---|
| Classifies human vs AI-agent minutes | Every minute: hands-on, agent running, steering, or idle | No |
| Credits time supervising an AI agent | Reads agent activity directly and credits it as work | Agent hours score as low activity |
| Screenshots | Every 10 minutes, tied to the minute they capture | Business tier, 6-month storage |
| Activity tracking | Input event counts only, never keys or content | Keyboard and mouse activity levels per user |
| App and site usage | Active app and window titles | Business tier and up |
| Invoicing from tracked time | Free for up to 3 clients, unlimited on Pro | Professional tier and up |
| Free tier | Full capture, unlimited activity history | 2 seats, 7-day activity retention |
| Entry price (annual) | Free. Pro $12, Team $16 per seat/mo | $5.83/seat/mo |
TMetric details verified against its public pricing and documentation as of July 2026. Products change; check TMetric's site for current numbers.
The minute TMetric can't see
TMetric's monitoring is the classic model: activity levels from keyboard and mouse, app usage, screenshots. An hour where Claude Code writes code while you watch and steer scores as low activity, the same signal a client or manager reads as slacking. TMetric ships no AI features at all, so it cannot even narrate the work it mismeasures.
Agent minutes score as nothing happening.
Hands-on, steering, and agent time, each credited for what it is.
Pricing
Tockly
- Personal: free. Full capture, invoicing for 3 clients, screenshots from this month and last.
- Pro: $12/seat/mo annual ($15 monthly). Unlimited clients, 12 months of screenshot receipts.
- Team: $16/seat/mo annual ($20 monthly). Org rollups, roles, per-person AI adoption.
TMetric
- Free: 2 seats, 7-day activity data retention.
- Professional: $5.83/seat/mo annual. Invoicing, budgets, activity levels.
- Business: $7.50/seat/mo annual. Screenshots (6-month storage), app usage reports, client portal, payroll.
Which should you pick?
Pick TMetric if price is the constraint: it bundles invoicing, client portals, payroll, and monitoring for less than almost anyone. For a small agency that just needs the classic stack, it is honest value.
Pick Tockly if the activity-level score TMetric leans on would misread your work. Any hour with an AI agent in it reads as near-idle on TMetric's monitor. Tockly was built to score exactly those hours correctly.
Frequently asked
Is TMetric's monitoring accurate for developers who use AI tools?
No. TMetric scores engagement by keyboard and mouse activity levels. A developer supervising a coding agent generates little input, so their activity level reads low for exactly the hours where the most work got done. If you are monitored on TMetric while using AI tools, the report undersells you. Tockly classifies those minutes as agent running or steering and credits them as work.
TMetric is cheaper than Tockly. What does the difference buy?
TMetric Business at $7.50 per seat per month is one of the cheapest full monitoring plus invoicing bundles anywhere, and if its activity model fits your work it is a fair deal. Tockly Pro at $12 buys a record TMetric cannot produce at any price: per-minute human versus agent classification, agent analytics like tools and tokens, and screenshots tied to classified time. You are paying for fidelity, not features per dollar.
Can I invoice clients from both?
Yes. TMetric has solid invoicing from its Professional tier, with client logins for report access one tier up on Business. Tockly invoices from classified time on every tier, free for up to 3 clients. The difference is what backs the invoice: TMetric bills undifferentiated hours; Tockly bills hours with a per-minute record of how they happened, screenshots included.
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