Honest Day vs Toggl Track
Looking for a Toggl Track alternative? Toggl is a strong tracker with no screenshots either. Here is what differs once the hours are logged.
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The short version
Toggl Track is a polished time tracker with native apps, calendar and tool integrations, approvals, profitability reports and its own AI. Like Honest Day, it says it has no screenshots, keystroke logging, webcam monitoring or location tracking.
The difference is the loop after tracking. Toggl Track's invoicing generates a PDF from a report, and its pages describe no built-in sending or online payment. Honest Day carries on: invoice, client portal, card payment, and a pay statement for each contractor.
Who each is best for
Toggl Track
Teams that want native mobile and desktop apps, Google and Outlook calendar integrations, and a mature tracker with capacity planning.
- Integrations with Jira, Asana and GitHub.
- Single sign-on on its Premium plan.
Honest Day
Small businesses and agencies that bill clients for tracked time and pay contractors from it, without stitching three tools together.
- Invoices, estimates, a client portal and card payments in the same app.
- One flat price per workspace.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Toggl Track | Honest Day |
|---|---|---|
| Timer, calendar view and tags | Yes | Yes |
| Timesheet approvals | YesListed on its Premium plan. | YesPart of Premium. |
| Profitability reports | YesListed on its Premium plan. | YesRevenue, cost and margin. Part of Premium. |
| Invoicing | PartialIts support docs describe generating an invoice as a PDF from a report. They describe no built-in sending, online payment, or way to mark an invoice paid. | YesDrafted from unbilled time and expenses, sent by email, with a client portal and card payments on Premium. |
| Expense tracking | Not in TrackToggl's expense tools are a separate product, Toggl Work. | YesReceipt photos flow onto invoices. |
| Contractor pay from tracked hours | Not foundIts pricing page describes labor costs, not contractor statements. | YesStatements at each person's cost rate, with a shareable link and a paid status. Honest Day does not send the money. |
| AI assistant | YesToggl AI answers reporting questions, logs time and creates projects from chat. | YesAsk Honest Day answers questions, logs time and starts timers. |
| MCP server for Claude, Cursor and others | YesIts features page lists an MCP server and a CLI. | YesAn MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Part of Premium. |
| Screenshots or activity monitoring | NoneToggl states no device screenshots, keystroke logging, webcam monitoring or location tracking. | NoneSame stance. |
| Idle time | YesPrompts you when the timer runs while your device is idle. | YesAsks when you're back whether to remove the time. |
| Mobile and desktop apps | YesiOS and Android, plus Windows and macOS. | PartialA web app you can add to your home screen, and a Chrome extension. |
| Calendar integrations | YesGoogle and Outlook calendars. | No |
| CSV import | YesAdmins can import time entries from CSV. | YesImports Toggl, Harvest or any time CSV, with a preview. |
| Free plan | YesFree for a limited number of users. | YesUp to 5 members, with unlimited projects, clients and invoices. |
| Pricing model | Per userStarter is $9 per user a month billed annually, or $12 billed monthly. Premium is $16 annually or $24 monthly. | Per workspace$9 a month or $90 a year at launch for the first 1,000 workspaces, then $19 a month or $190 a year, with unlimited seats and no usage fees. |
What a team of 10 pays
Honest Day Premium is $9 per workspace per month, or $90 per year (two months free), for the first 1,000 workspaces. After that it is $19 a month or $190 a year, with unlimited seats and no usage fees. Your price stays the same for as long as your subscription stays active, and a team of 10 pays the same $90 a year as a team of 2. Per-seat tools scale with your headcount.
- Toggl Track, StarterBillable rates and team reports. No approvals or profitability reports$120per month
- Toggl Track, PremiumWhere approvals and profitability reports are listed$240per month
- Honest Day, PremiumApprovals and profitability reports included. $9 launch price, then $19 flat. Yearly is $90 total for the whole team$9per month
List prices with monthly billing, as shown on Toggl's pricing page in October 2026. Toggl bills less on annual plans: $9 and $16 per user a month. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide. Even at $19 flat, or $190 a year, Honest Day is far under per-seat totals.
Switching from Toggl Track
Switch in minutes. Import from Harvest, Toggl or any time CSV: people, clients, projects, tasks and every hour. Any other tracker's CSV works too.
- Export from Toggl Track. Download a detailed time report as a CSV.
- Open Import in Honest Day. Sign in, go to Import, and choose Toggl Track. If you'd rather start from a different tracker's CSV, choose Other tracker (CSV).
- Preview it. You see what will be created, and you choose whether to bring rates across and whether to skip time you have already invoiced.
- Import. Missing clients, projects, tasks and people are created for you. Nobody is emailed, and running it again won't duplicate anything.
The importer brings time entries, with the clients, projects, tasks and people they refer to. If anything looks off, email hello@honestday.app and we'll help.
Where Honest Day is different
Toggl Track is a better pick if you live in your calendar, want native apps, or plan capacity across a large team. Honest Day is the better pick if your week ends with an invoice and a payment to a contractor, and you would like both to come from the same hours.
Both of us have an AI assistant and an MCP server. Ours is part of a flat per-workspace price.
Questions
Does Honest Day monitor people differently from Toggl Track?
No. Toggl Track says it has no screenshots, keystroke logging, webcam monitoring or location tracking, and Honest Day has none either. The difference is what comes after tracking: invoices, a client portal and contractor pay.
Can I import my history from Toggl Track?
Yes. Switch in minutes. Export a detailed time report as a CSV from Toggl and import it from the Import page in Honest Day, which also reads Harvest and any other tracker's CSV. You get a preview first, and nobody is emailed.
What does Toggl Track have that Honest Day doesn't?
Native mobile and desktop apps, Google and Outlook calendar integrations, Jira, Asana and GitHub integrations, capacity planning and single sign-on. Honest Day has a Chrome extension, a web app you can add to your home screen, an API and an MCP server.
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