EARLY

AI features

Automatic tracking fills timesheets from the apps, documents, websites and meetings worked on, and suggests entries from previous activity and connected calendars

Automatic time tracking for freelancers and teams, with an optional eight-sided desk tracker.

Starting price: From €7.50
Free trial: Free trial on Personal, Personal Pro and Team; no permanent free tier
API: Yes, a public API and webhooks

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Overview

EARLY, formerly Timeular and now part of TimeTac, records working time in the background instead of asking for a timer to be started. It watches the apps, documents, websites and meetings and turns them into proposed time entries, which are confirmed rather than typed, and it also offers an optional eight-sided physical tracker that starts an entry when flipped onto a side. On top of the entries sit billable rates and project budgets. New sign-ups are routed to TimeTac, while existing customers keep the same app and plan.

Our take

The pitch here is that the tracking happens whether or not anyone remembers it, which is the failure mode of every timer-based tool and the reason timesheets get reconstructed on Friday from memory. That suits people whose day fragments across many short pieces of work, and it asks in return that a background recorder watch the desktop, which is a trade some teams and works councils will not make. The physical tracker is the part that gets the attention and the least essential part of the product: it is a nice habit device, not the reason to buy. The bigger caveat is availability: with new sign-ups going to TimeTac, EARLY is today mainly a question for teams already using it, deciding whether to stay, rather than a tool a newcomer can start on.

Key Facts

Category	Time Tracking
Starting price	From €7.50 The four plans are Personal, Personal Pro, Team (up to 20 members) and Enterprise (20+ members, custom pricing). Annual and monthly billing are both offered, prices exclude VAT, and the vendor's pricing page states that this pricing no longer applies to new users, who sign up at TimeTac.
Free trial	Free trial on Personal, Personal Pro and Team; no permanent free tier
API	Yes, a public API and webhooks
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS), with desktop apps for Windows and Mac and mobile apps for iOS and Android

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Features

Time tracking: Yes, automatic background tracking of apps, documents, websites and meetings, plus a Quicktrack keyboard shortcut, a manual timer and timesheet, calendar sync and an optional eight-sided physical tracker
Invoicing: No, EARLY aggregates billable time into reports ready for invoicing and exports them as CSV, Excel or PDF, but does not issue invoices itself
Reporting and controlling: Yes, analytics and reports, shared team dashboards, project budgets with alerts, billable rates, time rounding, and time-off and overtime tracking
Integrations and API: Yes, a public API and webhooks, with native Google and Microsoft calendar and Jira integrations and around 3,000 apps through Zapier

Integrations

Google Calendar
Microsoft Outlook Calendar
Jira
Zapier

Deployment and Support

Deployment: Cloud (SaaS)
Browser-based
Support: Email helpdesk
Onboarding: Documentation and knowledge base
Guided onboarding
Company size: Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Pros and Cons

Strengths

Automatic background tracking fills timesheets from real activity instead of remembered hours
Four ways to capture time: automatic, Quicktrack shortcut, manual timer and a physical tracker
Public API and webhooks included from the entry plan

Limitations

Does not issue invoices; billable time is exported for another tool to bill
No permanent free tier, only a trial
Billable rates, custom exports, time off and overtime require Personal Pro

Pricing

Personal

Not stated

Unlimited time tracking, automatic tracking, productivity insights, one project budget, and full access to the API and webhooks.
Personal Pro

Not stated

Adds billable rates and reports, time rounding, custom exports as CSV, Excel and PDF, time-off and overtime tracking, automatic tracking suggestions and unlimited project budgets.
Team

Not stated

Up to 20 members. Adds shared reports and team analytics, automatic team reminders, permission and seat management, a dedicated success manager and bespoke onboarding.
Enterprise

Not stated

For 20+ members, custom pricing. Adds migration support, priority technical support, multiple workspaces, a custom API, custom integrations and SSO.

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