Best Timely alternative for agencies — Rinkta | Rinkta [Rinkta](https://rinkta.com/) Products Agencies Resources [Customers](https://rinkta.com/case-studies) [Pricing](https://rinkta.com/pricing) [Log in](https://app.rinkta.com/session/new) [Sign up for free](https://app.rinkta.com/registration/new) 1. [Home](https://rinkta.com/)/ 3. [Alternatives](https://rinkta.com/alternatives)/ 5. Timely alternative # The Timely alternative built for agencies that bill by the hour Timely auto-tracks time by watching the apps and sites your team uses all day. Rinkta captures billable work from completed tasks in the tools you already use — no activity monitoring — and turns it into one-click invoices with real profitability. [Start free trial](https://app.rinkta.com/registration/new) [See pricing](https://rinkta.com/pricing) Timely auto-tracks time by recording the apps, sites, and documents each person uses. Rinkta takes a different route: it plugs into Asana, GitHub, Linear, and Slack, captures completed work, estimates hours with AI, and invoices in one click — no desktop tracker watching your team all day. ## What is Timely? Timely is an automatic time-tracking app — its Memory tracker runs on each person’s machine and records the apps, websites, and documents they use, then drafts timesheets from that activity. It’s genuinely hands-off for timesheets: if you want a detailed automatic record of how time was spent, Timely captures it without anyone starting a timer. ## Why agencies look for a Timely alternative - It works by monitoring activity on every machine — a level of surveillance many teams reject. - Capture comes from app and desktop usage, not from completed work in your project tools. - Invoicing and profitability are light compared with a billing-first tool. - Per-seat pricing, and every team member must install the desktop tracker. ## What to look for in a Timely alternative - Automatic capture — the best alternative pulls billable work from the tools you already use, with no manual timers or end-of-month reconstruction. - One-click invoicing — invoices should generate straight from completed work, with your per-client rates, currencies, and taxes already applied. - Real profitability — you want margins per client, project, and team member in real time, not just a report of the hours that were logged. - Works with your stack — it should connect to Asana, GitHub, Linear, Slack, and the rest, not force your team into a brand-new system. - Predictable pricing — flat, transparent pricing beats a per-seat bill that climbs every time you hire someone new. ## Rinkta: the Timely alternative built for agencies Timely auto-tracks time by watching the apps and sites your team uses all day. Rinkta captures billable work from completed tasks in the tools you already use — no activity monitoring — and turns it into one-click invoices with real profitability. ### Track the work, not your team’s every keystroke. Timely auto-tracks by recording the apps, sites, and files each person touches — and many teams find that surveillance uncomfortable. Rinkta captures completed work straight from your PM tools instead. No desktop tracker, no record of what anyone did all day, just billable work. ### One-click invoices from real completed work. Timely turns tracked activity into timesheets. Rinkta turns completed work into client-ready invoices with your rates, currencies, and taxes applied — review, adjust, send in minutes. ### Know which clients actually pay off. Rinkta shows real-time profitability per client, project, and team member, plus revenue-leak alerts. Timely shows you logged hours and capacity; Rinkta shows you whether those hours made money. ## Rinkta vs Timely, point by point #### Capturing billable work - Capture source. Rinkta: Completed tasks in your work tools. Timely: Apps, sites & docs each person uses. - Automatic, no manual timers. Rinkta: Yes — From completed work. Timely: Yes — From tracked desktop activity. - No activity / screen monitoring. Rinkta: Yes. Timely: No — Memory tracker records app usage. - AI hour estimation from task complexity. Rinkta: Yes. Timely: Partial — Drafts entries from activity. #### Billing & profitability - One-click invoicing from completed work. Rinkta: Yes. Timely: Partial — Basic invoicing from time. - Per-client rates, currencies & tax. Rinkta: Yes. Timely: Partial — Rates & basic invoices. - Real-time profitability by client/project. Rinkta: Yes. Timely: Partial — Project budgets & capacity. - Revenue leak detection. Rinkta: Yes. Timely: No. #### Setup & integrations - No desktop app to install. Rinkta: Yes — Cloud — connects to your tools. Timely: No — Memory desktop app required. - Native PM integrations. Rinkta: 10+ (Asana, GitHub, Linear, Slack, ClickUp, Basecamp, Notion). Timely: Calendar & PM links for time entries. - No team training. Rinkta: Yes — Team keeps existing tools. Timely: Partial — Each person installs the tracker. #### Pricing & fit - Pricing model. Rinkta: Flat per workspace ($99–$399/mo). Timely: Per seat ($11–$28/user/mo). - Free trial. Rinkta: Yes — 7 days, no card, full refund week one. Timely: Partial — Trial available. - Best for. Rinkta: Agencies billing by time/project. Timely: Teams wanting automatic timesheets. _Pricing accurate as of June 2026. Timely pricing from timelyapp.com/pricing._ ## When to choose Rinkta - You want billable hours captured without monitoring your team’s screens - Your team already lives in Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, or Basecamp - Your priority is invoicing and profitability, not detailed timesheets - You don’t want a desktop tracker installed on every machine - You want flat pricing as the team grows ## When Timely is the better choice - You want detailed automatic timesheets of all computer activity - A full record of how each person spends their day is the goal - Capacity and time-allocation reporting matters more than invoicing - Your team is comfortable running an activity tracker on their machines > "Rinkta has removed much of the busywork when working with multiple clients. It was especially helpful in managing my team output. An elegant solution for small agencies." — Simas Gradeckas, Founder, Bloom Labs ## Other Timely alternatives worth knowing Rinkta isn’t the only option. Here are other tools agencies weigh up, and where each fits. ### Toggl Simple, popular manual time tracker. Great timers, lighter on invoicing and profitability. Read the full comparison: [Rinkta vs Toggl](https://rinkta.com/alternatives/toggl) ### Harvest Well-loved time tracker with solid invoicing — still built around manual timers. Read the full comparison: [Rinkta vs Harvest](https://rinkta.com/alternatives/harvest) ### Clockify Free, simple timer. Good on a tight budget; manual tracking, basic billing. Read the full comparison: [Rinkta vs Clockify](https://rinkta.com/alternatives/clockify) ## Frequently asked questions ### How is Rinkta different from Timely? Both capture time automatically, but from different places. Timely runs a desktop tracker (Memory) that records the apps, websites, and documents each person uses, then drafts timesheets from that activity. Rinkta connects to the tools your team already uses (Asana, GitHub, Linear, Slack), captures completed work, estimates hours with AI, and invoices in one click — with profitability per client. No activity monitoring, and billing is the core, not an add-on. ### Does Rinkta monitor what my team does on their computers? No. That’s the core difference. Timely’s automatic tracking works by recording app and website usage on each person’s machine. Rinkta never does that — it only looks at completed tasks in your work tools. Your team installs nothing and is never monitored; only the person doing billing logs in. ### Is Rinkta cheaper than Timely for an agency? Often, and the gap grows as you hire. Timely is priced per seat ($11–$28/user/month), so the bill scales with headcount. Rinkta is flat per workspace — $99/mo Team, $199/mo Studio, $399/mo Agency — regardless of team size. ### What is Timely better at? If your goal is genuinely complete, hands-off timesheets — an automatic record of exactly how everyone spent their day across every app — Timely’s activity tracking captures more granular detail than Rinkta intends to. Rinkta focuses on billable work and invoicing, not full time-and-motion data. ### Who shouldn’t use Rinkta? Teams that specifically want detailed automatic timesheets of all computer activity are better served by Timely. Solo freelancers and 2–4 person teams may find the $99/mo entry point more than their admin pain justifies. ## Ready to leave Timely behind? Connect the tools your team already uses, capture billable work automatically, and send your next invoice in one click. [Start your 7-day free trial](https://app.rinkta.com/registration/new) No credit card required, and a full refund in the first week if it doesn’t save you time. ## Try it risk-free for a week Here's the deal. Use it free for 7 days. 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