Time tracking your team won’t resent
Hubstaff is built around monitoring — screenshots, activity percentages, app and URL tracking, GPS. TRCR takes the opposite approach: accurate, low-friction time tracking your team actually opts into, plus invoicing, project management, and team chat in one app. Flat price, no seat minimum.
Free for everyone until Dec 31, 2026 · No credit card · No limits
Monitoring software has a cost you can’t see on the invoice
Hubstaff’s core is employee monitoring: screenshots, activity levels from keyboard and mouse, app and website logging, and GPS on higher plans. For some operations that’s the point — but for most agencies, consultancies, and product teams it quietly erodes trust, hurts morale, and turns time tracking into something people work around instead of with.
If you want to know where time goes — not to surveil your team, but to bill accurately and run projects profitably — you don’t need a monitoring tool. You need a tracker your team trusts.
TRCR vs Hubstaff, side by side
| TRCR | Hubstaff | |
|---|---|---|
| Core philosophy | Trust-first time tracking | Activity monitoring & surveillance |
| Screenshots / activity % / GPS | ❌ None | ✅ Central to the product |
| Time tracking | ✅ Real-time, one-click | ✅ With monitoring attached |
| Invoicing | ✅ Built in | ⚠️ On higher tiers |
| Project management | ✅ Boards, tasks, milestones | ⚠️ Limited |
| Team chat | ✅ Built in | ❌ None |
| Profitability reporting | ✅ Real-time | ⚠️ Reporting focused on activity |
| Seat minimum | None | 2-seat minimum on paid plans |
| Pricing model | Flat per seat, all-inclusive | Tiered per seat; features gated by tier |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of June 2026. Competitor features and pricing change — check each vendor’s site for current details.
Accurate without watching over shoulders
TRCR’s one-click, real-time timer captures time as it happens — no screenshots, no activity scores, no GPS. You get clean, billable records; your team keeps its autonomy.
Everything around the timer, included
Where Hubstaff focuses on monitoring and payroll, TRCR gives you invoicing, full project boards, client CRM, and built-in chat in the same app — so you run the work, not just clock it.
No seat minimum, one flat price
Start with one person or one hundred. No two-seat floor, no climbing tiers to unlock invoicing.
If your actual requirement is employee surveillance — mandatory screenshots, activity scoring, or GPS for a field workforce — Hubstaff is purpose-built for that and TRCR is not. TRCR is for teams that want accurate tracking and billing without monitoring.
Track time without the trust tax
Move your clients and projects over in minutes. One flat-priced, real-time workspace — tracking, invoicing, projects, and chat — with no surveillance.
Start free — no credit card →Free for everyone until Dec 31, 2026 · No limits.
Hubstaff vs. TRCR — common questions
Is there a Hubstaff alternative without screenshots and monitoring?
Yes. TRCR is a time tracker built on trust — it has no screenshots, activity scoring, app/URL logging, or GPS. You get accurate, real-time time tracking for billing and project management without monitoring your team.
What does TRCR offer that Hubstaff doesn't?
Built-in team chat, full project management (boards, dependencies, custom workflows), real-time profitability reporting, and a client CRM — all in one app, with no employee-monitoring features. Hubstaff centers on activity monitoring and payroll.
How does pricing compare?
Hubstaff uses tiered per-seat pricing with a two-seat minimum on paid plans, and gates features by tier. TRCR is one flat per-seat price ($12/user/mo) with every feature included and no seat minimum — and it's free for everyone until December 31, 2026.
Can I still track billable hours accurately without monitoring?
Yes. TRCR's one-click persistent timer and manual entry capture time as work happens, tie it to tasks and clients, and flow it straight into invoices — accuracy without surveillance.