Is there a good app for track billable hours for clients?
Too Expensive: 12 apps already serve this, and 8 data points mined from real user reviews across 3 sources show where they fall short. The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
Data refreshed June 15, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to track billable hours for clients, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| reporting/export for billing not straightforward | ux | 2 | extracting the time for billing and reporting is not straight forward |
| now requires payment to track hours | price | 1 | all of sudden you have to pay just to keep track of your hours that's insane |
| prepaid client hour quota with low-balance alert | missing-feature | 1 | si l'on pouvait attribuer un nombre d'heures à chaque client qui seraient décomptées avec avertissement lorsque l'on s'approche du zéro |
| no precise realtime drive-time tracking for billing | missing-feature | 1 | need improvement on precise tracking realtime |
| no way to view employees' hours | missing-feature | 1 | is there anyway that I can view my employees hours on it |
| no PTO hours tracker | missing-feature | 1 | Maybe add a PTO hours tracker |
| cannot set custom tracking period (biweekly/monthly hours) | missing-feature | 1 | being able to set the time period that is being tracked... it only shows me how many hours I worked per week |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours Tracker: Time Calculator | 4.7 | 77,389 | Free |
| Hours Tracker: Time Tracking | 4.8 | 54,988 | Free |
| Timesheet - Time Tracking Pro | 4.7 | 677 | $36.99 |
| Bill Tracker Pro | 4.6 | 4,678 | Free |
| Timesheet - Time Tracker | 3.6 | 13,914 | Free |
| Halo - Budget & Bills Tracker | 5.0 | 1 | $1.99 |
| Timecard Pro - Hours & Work Schedule Tracking | 3.6 | 82 | $6.99 |
| Bills Monitor Pro | 4.6 | 1,692 | $0.99 |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 22 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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