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What do you like best about Timely?

I like that it continuously captures and categorizes activity and that it automatically suggests what tasks and projects it's linked to (once set up). Compared to other time-trackers, the automation is absolutely useful for someone like myself that forgets to track. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

I think the reporting could be more robust, particularly as you can't really create a standing report template (I find myself having to manually export, then make a pivot table, then enter that into our timesheets). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

Timely is helping me solve my own tracking of time as a consultant (so we can accurately bill our clients) and is also helping me understand better where my time is going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Timely Overview

What is Timely?

The world’s first automatic time tracking app, developed by Vikings in Norway. Timely helps 5,000 companies across 160 countries stay connected with their workforce and report accurately on their business – covering payroll, project management, team management and capacity planning. By automating timesheet admin, Timely frees teams for the important work that matters. Offering strict user-level privacy by design, it's a tracking tool that employees actually trust.

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Timely is an AI-powered time tracking solution available on web, Mac, Windows, Android and iOS — favored by enterprises and small teams seeking organizational transparency with minimal effort.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Culture-friendly

· Tracked activities stay completely private to each user
· Users control what data goes public on their timesheet
· Absolutely no creepy screenshots or covert monitoring

Low-effort

· Timely automates time tracking and timesheet creation
· Everyone can access a private timeline of their daily activity
· Real-time dashboards communicate team, project and budget performance

Accurate

· Capture all billable hours (not just the ones you remember)
· Access a complete, objective record of all business time
· Remove assumption, oversight and manual error from reporting


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Timely
Company Website
Year Founded
2013
HQ Location
Oslo, Norway
Twitter
@timelyapp
1,640 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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42 employees on LinkedIn®

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Raphael H.
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Raphael H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Absolutely recommendable"
I often work on different topics. Thanks to the view in Timely, I can easily see in the evening how long I have been working on each topic. This el...
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4.0 out of 5
"Quality tracking software with some minor issues"
It provides management with clear data about software and website usage. It was installed easily to my device and able to be used daily with minima...
Hannes D.
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Hannes D.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Very good time tracker with great usability."
Great usability. Easy, flexible and a lot of options to track time, projects, budgets, ...
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Timely Demo - Automatic time tracking
Track time spent in every web and desktop app, no integrations required.
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Review team hours, overtime, capacity and activity from one intelligent space.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Timely?

Ease of use — interface is intiutive and user friendly, makes it easy to log hours and track work without knowing the software too well.

Automatic tracking - you can integrate Timely so that it records time spent on specific apps/tasks which you can then add quickly once you're going through your day.

Tagging - the tagging system means you can log hours for granular things which is very helpful from a management perspective so you can see who has spent time on specific projects. Very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

I'd like to see a feature where it automatically fills in all the tasks you've completed in a day (e.g. adds all tasks/calendar inputs to your logged day after a prompt, then you could take out any as needed). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

We work remotely, so it helps to get a view of how people are spending their time. As an agency this is critical for measuring profitability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paige C.
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Web Marketing Director
Marketing and Advertising
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Timely?

In my role, I log agency time. However, my brain does not like stopping to log time when I'm jumping from task to task or project to project. ADHD is great for getting things done, but the monotony of tracking time is such a vibe killer. When I track time manually in real time, I get less done and have less-than-chill time. The monotony is heavy. I use Timely daily.

In comes Timely and the single feature that has me on a paid plan, Memories.

I installed the desktop app quickly, and Timely has had my back ever since.

Now I just work and do my thing, and when I want to log my time, it is on my time, based on my energy, and it's even more accurate than just remembering and guessing later.

I'm sure the rest of the features are great, and I've never needed customer support since there have been no issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

There is nothing I have come across so far, that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

Timely allows me to track accurate time. We're tracking billable and nonbillable hours, so accuracy is important, not to mention having receipts of actual worktime as a remote employee. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simen A. W. O.
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What do you like best about Timely?

Before, I loved everything. Now I love the usability of the application, and that's about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

Timely memorizes what you do on multiple devices, such as what window you have opened on your machine and what location your phone is in. Their AI technology also automatically adds these memories to each project.

I love the sound of that; I want that. I think we all like that. What I thought Timely would mean for us isn't possible; it's sort of a lie. We used Timely for many years and were huge fans of the software. But after a while, we understood the effects it had on our organization, so we chose to cancel it and go back to manual timesheets.

Timely does have access to a lot of data that it can use to create a timesheet, but it doesn't really understand what you do. The concept fools you into believing that you have more accuracy and consistency; that you get to leave the "driving" to Timely, and all you need to do is give it some guidelines from time to time.

We saw, in a systematic (larger) way, that our timesheets became, in fact, less accurate. Some people in our organization started slacking on writing the timesheets because they felt they had all the historical data in Timely and could do it whenever, even months later. What we observed is that when using Timely, you end up leaving it up to an AI model that doesn't really know what you did to create your timesheets. At some level, it becomes random. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am solving time tracking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Olivia Malaure of Timely

Hi Simen,

Thanks for being such a long-time user of Timely, and for sharing your honest feedback with us. It sounds like Timely used to be a great fit for you, so I’m really sorry to hear that your recent experience didn’t meet those same expectations.

I completely get where you’re coming from. AI can’t replace all the nuances of human input, and it’s true that it works best when paired with regular habits and clear expectations for your team. Timely’s goal is to take care of time tracking so your team can focus on the work that really matters, but it does need some engagement—whether that’s reviewing Memories or confirming time entries to keep everything accurate.

We’ve put a lot of effort into making that process even smoother with features like the Timesheet Assistant, which lets you confirm or tweak entries with just a click. You can try this out as part of the new timeline, currently in beta, which gives teams even more control and flexibility in managing their time entries. We’d be happy to add your team to the beta so you can explore the next-gen AI when it’s released in a couple of weeks.

We’d love to help you find the right balance with these new features. If you’re interested or would like to discuss how to make Timely work better for your team, feel free to reach out to us anytime at care@timelyapp.com.

Raphael H.
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What do you like best about Timely?

I often work on different topics. Thanks to the view in Timely, I can easily see in the evening how long I have been working on each topic. This eliminates the need to constantly switch the stopwatch on and off. With Timely, I can easily fill in my reports at the end of the day and devote the rest of the time to my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

The AI sometimes makes interesting project assignments, so a small amount of manual work remains. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me to concentrate fully on my work and not on time recording. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rosangela M.
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Marketing Operations Manager
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What do you like best about Timely?

I've been using Timely for about 8 years now. I absolutley love its function. I use it on a daily basis. It integrates with all my tools. I do contract work and am constantly multi-tasking and switching between projects. It tough for me to fully track the exact hours that are needed. With Timely the time tracking is quick and clean. I love it too that I can go backwards in time and review all my past time entries for better invoicing to the client. It such a time saver ;) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

Nothing really. I haven't had a problem with it's use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

It tracks my time wonderfully and doesn't skip a beat. I love it too that it tracks my location for when I am doing on-site work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting
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What do you like best about Timely?

The memory app works wonders. Auto-track everything you do on your computer and you can easily add the work in timetables at the end of the day, tag client work, and make notes about the work you just did.

The UI itself is clean and elegant, no tutorial is needed to achieve what you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

Some features shouldn't be under a paywall or a greater tier, like if a certain task was already billed to a client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

Putting value into my hours that I work with client work. I needed a tool that could auto track the work I was doing during the day, and then I could just drag whatever I was working for a certain client without using multiple apps just to achieve one thing. Timely does everything that I needed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hannes D.
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What do you like best about Timely?

Great usability. Easy, flexible and a lot of options to track time, projects, budgets, ... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

Difficult to think of downsides. Maybe that Timely is not automatically linked to our booking system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

Timely is always solving problems that occur in a very timely manner. With the chat function, Timely is easily reachable.

Timely makes time and budget trakcing a lot easier and also gives you a nice overview of the hours that you performed which is useful for own use too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FI
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What do you like best about Timely?

1. easy to use

2. value for money

3. funtionality - servers its purpose

4. made my time usage transparent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

Not much to dislike - unless you want a complex solution to solve a simple issue (as I have seen on D365 or Salesforce). Timely is continuously improving and many suggestions have been made available. Personally I do not have errors with the Memory app and I think the 'AI' does its best to guess - with as few data as possible (GDPR) where to place my drafts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a consultant, by the end of the week, I used to "miss" or have "lost" time used on customers to invoice. With Timely this seldom happens. The activities (or memories as called in Timely) captured can be easily associated to a project.

As a team member, you get constantly interrupted by colleagues from the local or foreign offices, now I can see in Timely the time used for that.

I don't think individuals can multitask, but multithread, yes. And I do this a lot at work, jumping from task to task. Timely made my time used in different activities transparent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sarah Roberts of Timely

Hey Frederik! Thanks a bunch for sharing your thoughts! Making sure Timely is easy and valuable to you is our top goal. 🤩 We're all about giving you that clear picture and insights into your productivity groove. That's a good insight about the Memory email subject... I'll report back and see if there's a better way!

Let us know if you have any other queries. We're all ears and super keen to make your Timely experience better! 🚀

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What do you like best about Timely?

Timely is very easy to use and has a very clear and fun, modern interface. Timely offers everything you need for time registration: you can register time second by second with a few clicks and per file, you can register in files together with colleagues, you can print handy monthly overviews where you can indicatie yourself what is visible and what is not, you can insert as much text as you deem necessary or use tags, you can make changes easily and replace files, ... I can't see any disadvantages with Timely and I recommend it to my colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

I have no complaints about Timely. I use it every day to track time by file and at the end of the month I get an overall picture. I have never had a problem with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

Timely helps me to record my time per client, so that I can justify each service to both the client and myself as a company, accurately and in detail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Timely?

It provides management with clear data about software and website usage. It was installed easily to my device and able to be used daily with minimal disruptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Timely?

For some websites or programs, it chunks your usage into one big block. My specific gripe is with Salesforce. I am usually working multiple cases or accounts, and it struggles to chop them up into their own block. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Timely solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is allowing me to see where I spend the majority of my day and how each program is contributing to my overall workflow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.