Time tracking, October 2026: 1 open gap — 0 closed, 1 opened.

What was read

6 companies placed; 0 read during October 2026.

• Toggl TrackSep 30, 2026
• ClockifySep 30, 2026
• HarvestSep 30, 2026
• Forgetting to start the timerSep 30, 2026
• Agencies billing by the hourSep 30, 2026
• TimelySep 30, 2026

Gaps closed and opened

2 themes were raised about two or more of 6 read companies; 1 shares no word with anything a company declares. Against the previous month: 1 gap opened and 0 closed (0 now share a word with a declared capability, 0 no longer raised about two companies). Themes are compared by their words, so a theme the reading reworded counts as one closed and one opened.

Opened · 1

Complexity, setup and learning curve

Now answered in the declared names · 0

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No longer raised about two companies · 0

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• ◌ Complexity, setup and learning curveraised about 2 of 6 · no declared match
• ● Manual work and automationraised about 2 of 6

Who entered

0 companies placed; 3 products sighted by a search and not yet read (Toggl Time Intelligence, TimeBee, MinuteShark).

• Toggl Time Intelligence — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• TimeBee — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• MinuteShark — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source

Pricing moves

5 of 6 read companies have a pricing entry on record; none recorded a pricing change this month.

• Clockify [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Clockify's Free plan was reduced from unlimited users to a cap of 5 active users starting April 2026, with kiosk, billable rates, shared reports, project time estimates, CSV/Excel export, and reduced webhook/API limits moved to paid plans. source
• Toggl Track [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Toggl Track's pricing has four tiers: Free (up to 5 users, unlimited projects/clients), Starter (~$9/user/month billed annually, ~$10-12/month billed monthly) adding billable rates and saved reports, Premium (~$18/user/month billed annually, ~$20-24/month billed monthly) adding profitability tracking, forecasting, and timesheet approvals, and custom-quoted Enterprise adding SSO and dedicated support. source
• Harvest [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Harvest's public pricing page (getharvest.com/pricing) currently lists Free, Teams, and Enterprise tiers. Free includes 1 seat, 2 projects, time tracking, invoicing, expense tracking, and Mac/iOS apps. Teams offers unlimited seats, team reporting, invoicing, and accounting/payment integrations (Stripe, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Deel). Enterprise is listed at $17.50/seat/month and adds items like SAML SSO and Forecast integration. source
• Agencies billing by the hour [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Harvest's starting price is cited at $11-13.75/user/month depending on source, with a free plan limited to 1 user and 2 projects. source
• Timely [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Timely's own pricing page lists three tiers: Starter $11 usd/mo per user (max 5 users, 20 projects, API access), Premium $20 usd/mo per user (max 50 users, unlimited projects, PM/accounting sync, team/budget management), and Unlimited $28 usd/mo per user (unlimited users, capacity management, overtime tracking, Azure user management, 50+ currencies, premium customer success), billed monthly with yearly billing saving up to 22%. source

What users raised

26 themes raised by users; the most raised: Complexity, setup and learning curve (2 of 6), Manual work and automation (2 of 6), Accuracy and output quality (1 of 6).

• Complexity, setup and learning curve 2/6
• Manual work and automation 2/6
• Accuracy and output quality 1/6
• Analytics and reporting 1/6
• Billing, fees and cancellation 1/6
• Bugs and reliability 1/6
• Customer support 1/6
• disconnected stack (tracker separate from invoicing) 1/6
• features spread across too many paid tiers 1/6
• forgetting to start the timer 1/6
• forgetting to stop the timer 1/6
• Free tier, trial and paywalled features 1/6
• idle detection and reminders 1/6
• lacks built-in activity monitoring 1/6
• lacks native leave management at lower tiers 1/6
• memory gaps on timesheets 1/6
• Mobile apps 1/6
• No GPS/location tracking or shift scheduling 1/6
• Price increases 1/6
• Price level 1/6
• Privacy and security 1/6
• Relatively expensive vs. competitors 1/6
• rounding down partial hours 1/6
• screenshot/keystroke surveillance features 1/6
• Sync and offline 1/6
• Usage limits and caps 1/6

Funding by quarter

Withheld: something was read in 1 of the last 8 quarters. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.

The ledger this month

0 observed claims recorded this month.