Choose the capture and review boundary
| Product | Most relevant job | Buying question |
|---|---|---|
| Timely | Reconstruct and categorize a working day | Can people correct the suggested project allocation before it is relied on? |
| Memtime | Keep private activity history locally | Which approved entries leave the device, and where do they go? |
| TrackingTime | Run agency time, retainers and approvals | Does the required plan cover the whole period-close process? |
| Friday Falcon | Review contractor sources and remaining amounts | Is this an unresolved payable decision after capture? |
Timely
Timely is the strongest starting point here when forgotten context is the bottleneck. Its current product describes a private Memory tracker, automated time capture, project budgets and reports; it also now lists invoices from logged time. That makes an old description of Timely as only a passive stopwatch incomplete. The practical attraction is a route from a fragmented working day to a project record someone can use. Timely product overview.
For a consultancy, the important evaluation is allocation quality. Give a tester a morning split between two client documents, a shared research session and a personal interruption. Ask the tester to reconstruct that morning, correct the assignment and explain what a manager receives. A remembered window title is useful context, but it does not establish that every minute was chargeable under the engagement. This is a proposed buyer test, not a trial we performed.
Timely Starter is USD 11 per user monthly or USD 9 per user per month billed yearly, with a maximum of five users and twenty projects. Premium is USD 20 monthly or USD 16 on annual billing and allows up to fifty users. Its listed additions include integrations and team budget management. Do not price a larger consultancy using Starter or treat the annual monthly equivalent as a month-to-month commitment. Timely pricing.
Prefer Timely if better recall and project allocation would resolve the problem without another review system. Consider Friday Falcon alongside it only if a distinct contractor payable still lacks reviewed sources or a clear payment balance. There is no promised Timely-to-Friday-Falcon import. Before running both, decide which entries are final, who copies or checks them and how a later correction reaches the payable reviewer. A useful capture improvement can be lost if the handoff creates two competing versions of the same work.
Memtime
Memtime takes a specifically different approach to the raw record: it says activity is captured in the background and stored on the person's device. The person then creates project time entries and can export reports or send entries to connected project software. That local activity boundary is the reason to investigate it, especially when the team wants help remembering work without treating raw application history as a shared management report. Memtime product overview.
Separate three questions in a demonstration. What remains local? What becomes a time entry? What information is transferred once an integration is enabled? Those are not interchangeable questions. A consultant may be comfortable sharing two hours assigned to a client while wanting unrelated document names to remain private. Have the person select and amend the entry, then have the reviewer inspect only the destination record. The destination's approval and correction behavior matters as much as capture.
Memtime's pricing distinguishes Basic, for people not using connected project software, from Connect and higher plans that export to connected software. Its pricing page presents quarterly, annual and two-year terms and multiple currencies. We have not verified a month-to-month USD quote; the price needs to match the selected term and currency. Ask for the exact user count, commitment and required integration. Memtime pricing.
Memtime is a plausible complement to an existing project system, not proof that a Company needs to replace that system with Friday Falcon. The decision to pay a contractor can depend on expenses and matching invoice evidence as well as recorded hours. If that decision remains unresolved, demonstrate it separately. Friday Falcon does not promise a Memtime connection or passive capture replacement. A small independent professional who already has dependable manual time records may reasonably avoid paying for automatic recall at all.
TrackingTime
TrackingTime deserves evaluation as an agency operations system. Its current site describes time capture, project profitability, retainers, expenses, invoicing, time off, approvals and client reporting in one workspace. It describes AutoTrack as suggesting logs while the team member controls raw activity. The relevant question is therefore whether its existing close process already covers your need, not whether you can add a second approval tool. TrackingTime product overview.
For a retainer agency, test the difficult boundary between recorded work and the contract allowance. Create a monthly allowance, log an overrun, correct an entry and inspect what the client report and invoice show after approval. Also inspect the contractor side: an overrun that is not billable to the client might still be payable to the specialist who performed authorized work. The agency must be able to explain those different decisions without silently changing the original hours.
The current Free plan lists unlimited users, tasks and projects. Starter costs USD 6 per user monthly or USD 4.50 per user per month billed annually. Pro lists rates, invoicing, retainers, expenses and approval rules at USD 8.50 monthly or USD 6.50 on annual billing. Business adds external client access and further controls. Those are different purchasing scopes; a free capture plan is not the full Pro close workflow. TrackingTime pricing.
Keep TrackingTime if its reviewed agency dataset and billing workflow provide the necessary clarity. Friday Falcon has not been shown to replace its retainer controls or client reporting. A complementary Friday Falcon Company is justified only by a demonstrated gap in contractor source review and external-payment evidence. Budget the ongoing reconciliation work as part of that decision. No automatic import or synchronization between these products is promised, and an integration elsewhere in TrackingTime's catalog is not evidence of a Friday Falcon connection.
A fictional research studio closes a mixed day
Cedar Research reconstructs six hours from application activity. Four hours belong to a client interview project, one is internal preparation and one is personal. The contractor agreement supports five hours at USD 64, so the candidate payable is USD 320; the client bill contains only the four chargeable hours at the separately agreed client rate.
The reviewer must verify the assignment and source state before treating USD 320 as owed. A contractor invoice for the same work is supporting evidence, not another USD 320. After a USD 200 bank payment, a payment record should explain the remaining USD 120. Neither the client's payment nor a captured application session proves that the contractor received money.
This scenario is fabricated. Use it to inspect each product's actual behavior; we have not run it in a competitor account.
Follow the amount in Friday Falcon
Watch the Company amount-review walkthrough to follow time and an approved expense through Finance preparation and Owner confirmation. See the written instructions for prerequisites and missing records. Pay through your usual bank or service, then record the payment or a correction to keep the balance up to date.
Friday Falcon Company is USD 59 per month or USD 590 paid annually per Company, with no seat or contractor fees. This is paid Company access, not a free Company trial. See Company pricing if the review solves your problem. An independent professional needing their own time, manually composed client invoices, PDFs and external-payment records can choose the separate free personal tools path with signup and no Company subscription. Personal time is not automatically converted into an invoice.
Research method
Official product and pricing pages linked above were checked October 22, 2026. Recommendations and the fictional scenario are our analysis; competitor capabilities are documentary claims, not hands-on findings. We have not measured migration effort or productivity gains. Confirm the required plan, tax and final terms before purchase.