The Intuitive Alternative to Everhour

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Everhour vs. timeBuzzer

Software

Everhour is a time tracking, budgeting and documenting tool that integrates via a browser extension to different project management tools like Asana, Trello or Jira.

Best for: Freelancers and teams that mainly work in their browser and want to add time tracking to their project management tool.

Feature highlights:

Time tracking via browser extension, project budget and expense tracking, invoicing, planning, document creation and management

Everhour offers a desktop app for macOS and Windows. For Linux there is currently no app available.

The desktop app provides a simple timer and shows time entries in a list view, which can be edited directly through input fields.

It includes notifications and reminders, as well as idle detection to automatically clock-in and clock-out users.

Additionally, the app can randomly take screenshots and log all computer activities and send them to the Everhour web app for productivity analytics and employee monitoring from managers.

For on the go, Everhour offers a mobile app for iOS and Android.

While the iOS app offers similar features like the desktop app and offers the timer feature, as well as editing and creating new time entries. The Android app is more focused on Shift planning and is also called “Shift by Everhour”. The Android app focuses more on clocking in and out and helps with employee scheduling.

timeBuzzer is a time tracking software with optional hardware that focuses on accurate project-based time tracking by making it effortless, intuitive, and hard to forget.

Best for: Freelancers, agencies and small to medium-sized service businesses that want to track and bill their projects.

Feature highlights:

Effortless project time tracking, customizable layer system, clear reports, easy-to-use team & role management & member assignments

Unlike Everhour, timeBuzzer offers a desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Like Everhour, it provides a simple timer, but instead of a list view, time entries are displayed in a user-friendly horizontal timeline, giving users a clearer overview of their day. In addition, time entries can be easily edited using drag & drop, or additional time entries can be added by clicking and dragging.

The desktop app also includes notifications and reminders, as well as an idle detection feature, which helps users easily adjust time entries if they forget to stop the timer.

A key difference is that timeBuzzer deliberately avoids features such as screenshot capture or other tools that are used exclusively for monitoring, as we believe that effective time tracking should be based on trust and user-friendliness, not surveillance.

For on the go, timeBuzzer also offers a mobile app for iOS and Android.

Like the desktop app, it provides a simple timer that lets users easily start and stop tracking time, as well as manage recorded time entries. The app is focused solely on time tracking, with advanced reporting and management features intentionally kept in the web app to maintain simplicity and avoid distractions. Its functionality matches that of the desktop app, ensuring a consistent and seamless user experience across both apps.

Hardware

Everhour is entirely software-based and does not support dedicated hardware for time tracking.

Users must manually start and stop timers in the app to log time on specific tasks. When organizations enable screenshots as a requirement, users need to grant Security and Privacy permissions on their operating system, including access to screen and audio recording.

timeBuzzer offers a unique physical buzzer device as an optional add-on to its software that is designed to make time tracking effortless and fun.

Learn more about physical desktop buzzer

Integrations

Everhour offers an open API and various integrations, making it easy to connect with your existing tool stack.

timeBuzzer offers an open API and various integrations, making it easy to connect with your existing tool stack.

Pricing

Everhour’s software subscription plans cost up to $10 per seat per month with a minimum of 5 seats, and a 15% discount is available for annual billing.

A 14-day free trial of all paid features is offered without requiring credit card details.

Cancellation: You can cancel your subscription at any time; it will run until the end of the billing cycle. According to Everhour, all data is safely stored even after cancellation, and you will regain access if you resubscribe.

timeBuzzer’s software subscription plans cost up to $10 per user per month, with a 20% discount for annual billing. The optional hardware buzzer device costs $59 and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, allowing you to try it risk-free.

A free 15-day trial of all the paid software features is available, and no credit card details are required. If you order atleast one desktop buzzer hardware for testing, your software trial even extends to 30 days!

Cancellation: You can cancel your subscription at any time; it will run until the end of the billing cycle, after which you will be downgraded to the limited free version. All your data is securely stored even after cancellation, and you will regain full access upon resubscribing.

Support

Everhour, based in Belarus, offers support in English via email and chat widget within 24 business hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm CET. There is no phone support.

A Help Center is available in English, offering detailed documentation, FAQs, and video tutorials for self-service.

According to Everhour, support is available to all users regardless of their plan.

timeBuzzer, based in Germany, EU, offers support in English and German via email and scheduled calls within 24 hours, during business hours from Monday to Friday, 9 am–6 pm CET you usually can expect much faster response times.

A Help Center is available in English and German, offering detailed documentation, FAQs, and video tutorials for self-service.

All users receive equal, personalized assistance, and user feedback is actively incorporated into product development.

Conclusion

Everhour is a strong choice if you need a web-based time tracking solution that integrates browser extensions with employee monitoring features – such as screenshot capture and application tracking. It can also be good choice, if you want to organize and manage documents within the same platform as Everhour offers a combination of time tracking and built-in document management.

timeBuzzer is ideal if you want the most intuitive way to track time across projects. Built with a focus on simplicity and accuracy, it makes project-based time tracking easy and precise. Unlike tools with surveillance-style features, timeBuzzer protects your team’s privacy, helping you build trust and prevent privacy concerns.

Real people. Real results.

See how timeBuzzer makes a difference.

“Roughly speaking, we save about 3–4 hours per employee per week. We also tend to bill more — around 10% — because we can now record activities more accurately”

Christian Euler
HOCH3 GmbH

“We used to track our time with spreadsheets, which was a pain and often forgotten. With timeBuzzer, our time tracking is now more flexible and yet easier to use. Especially the billing of projects has never been so easy and reliable.”

Katrin Schuler
KP PressConsulting

“We save around 30–60 minutes per employee per day. Billing has also become significantly more precise – we can clearly show which services were delivered and avoid any uncertainties.”

Marc Lübbers
beeNoord Marketing