Clockify
Key Info:
Clockify is a cloud time tracker and timesheet platform for recording work, reviewing attendance and analysing project time. It supports individual timers and manual entries as well as team approvals, scheduling, expenses, invoicing, reporting and optional activity controls across web, desktop, mobile and browser-extension applications.
Details
Timer and timesheet workflow
Users can start a timer against a project and task, add descriptions and tags, or enter a week of hours directly in a timesheet. A calendar view helps people review the day and connect scheduled events with tracked work. Kiosk mode supports shared-device clocking, while reminders, idle detection and required fields can reduce omissions without forcing every team into the same capture method.
Approvals and workforce records
Submitted timesheets can pass through manager approval before they are locked or exported. Attendance views compare capacity, scheduled work, time off and recorded hours. Optional location and screenshot functions are materially different from ordinary project tracking and should be enabled only with a documented purpose, appropriate notice and access controls. Teams should test how corrections work after approval.
Projects, costs and reports
Projects can carry estimates, rates, budgets, assignments and billable status. Reports group or filter recorded time by project, client, user, task, tag and other available dimensions, with exports for further analysis. Scheduling, expenses and invoicing extend the workflow beyond a basic tracker. Dashboards are useful only when project structure and rate ownership are maintained consistently.
Who should evaluate it
Clockify can suit freelancers, agencies, consultancies, distributed teams and organisations that want a broad time-data toolkit with a free entry point. Its range also creates configuration choices: a small team may need only timer, projects and reports, while a field or payroll-oriented operation may evaluate kiosk, location, approvals and attendance separately.
Evaluation notes
Build one real project with billable and non-billable tasks, two rates and an approval chain. Enter the same work from web, desktop and mobile, then correct an approved error. Verify screenshots or location remain disabled unless explicitly required. Compare report totals with a known sample and check exports, rounding, time zones, integrations, API limits, permissions, audit evidence, retention, SSO and the exact plan containing each required control.
Decision evidence
Record the tested workflows, measured data gaps, plan-specific dependencies, policy decisions and named operational owner in the selection file. This turns a short demonstration into evidence that can be revisited during implementation and renewal.