A Toggl Alternative That Also Invoices & Chats
Toggl tracks time beautifully — then leaves you to invoice, chat, and plan somewhere else. TRCR keeps the fast timer and adds real invoicing, built-in team chat, and full task boards in one app. Free until 2026.
Where Toggl leaves you reaching for another tool
Toggl Track is a great stopwatch with excellent reports. But the moment you need to bill that time, you export it into an invoicing tool. The moment you need to discuss the work, you open Slack. The moment you need a real task board, you reach for Toggl Plan or another app. The tracking is tidy; everything around it is scattered.
TRCR keeps the quick, click-to-start timer you like about Toggl and folds the rest back in: generate invoices straight from tracked hours, talk in built-in channels and task threads, and run work on full Kanban boards — all in one real-time app, at one flat price.
| TRCR | Toggl Track | |
|---|---|---|
| One-click time tracking | Persistent timer, synced across devices | Yes — a core strength |
| Invoicing from tracked time | Full invoices: PDF, multi-currency, tax, payments | Billable amounts only — no invoice generation |
| Built-in team chat | Channels, threads, DMs, task-linked | Not included |
| Kanban task boards | Priorities, dependencies, custom workflows | Thin — planning is a separate product |
| Reporting | 7 reports incl. profitability & utilization | Strong time & profit reports |
| Real-time sync | WebSocket-first — instant, no refresh | Standard refresh |
| Free plan | Everything free until 2026; then 1 user free | Up to 5 users, limited features |
| APIs | REST, GraphQL, WebSocket & MCP | REST API |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of June 2026. Competitor features and pricing change — check each vendor’s site for current details.
Real invoices, not just billable totals
Toggl can tell you how much a block of time is worth; TRCR turns it into an invoice you can send. Pick a client and date range and get a detailed invoice pre-filled with entries, rates, and totals — multi-currency, tax-aware, with recorded payments and PDF export. No spreadsheet, no second tool.
The same fast timer you switched to Toggl for
Switching away from Toggl shouldn’t mean giving up a quick timer. TRCR’s timer is one click to start, persistent, and synced across every device in real time — start it on your phone and it is already running on your laptop.
Chat that lives on the work
Instead of discussing a task in Slack and tracking it in Toggl, TRCR puts a chat channel right on the task. Channels, threads, DMs, and reactions are built in and delivered over WebSocket in milliseconds — one less subscription, zero context switching.
Boards and dependencies, not just project labels
TRCR includes a real project layer: Kanban boards with priorities, task dependencies, complexity estimates, and custom workflow statuses your team can shape. You plan, track, and bill the same work without leaving the app.
One flat price for everything
$12 per user per month unlocks every feature — tracking, invoicing, chat, boards, and all seven reports — with no per-feature tiers. And during early access it is all free until December 31, 2026, with no card and no automatic charge.
Keep the timer. Lose the tool sprawl.
Move your clients and projects over in minutes, or bulk-import them through the API. Free until 2026 — every feature, no credit card, no automatic charge.
Try TRCR Free →Toggl vs. TRCR — common questions
Is TRCR a good alternative to Toggl?
Yes. TRCR does everything teams rely on Toggl Track for — fast one-click time tracking, billable rates, and detailed reporting — and adds the things Toggl makes you handle elsewhere: real invoicing generated from tracked hours, built-in team chat, and full Kanban task boards with dependencies. It is one workspace instead of a tracker plus three other subscriptions.
Does TRCR include invoicing? Toggl doesn't really.
Yes. Toggl Track shows billable amounts but stops short of producing a finished invoice — you export the numbers and bill elsewhere. TRCR generates a complete invoice directly from your time entries: line items, descriptions, rates, totals, multi-currency, tax, recorded payments, and PDF export. The track-to-invoice flow lives in one place.
How many users does the free plan support?
During early access, every TRCR feature is free until December 31, 2026 with unlimited users — no credit card and no automatic charge when the offer ends. After that, the Free plan covers 1 user, and Pro is a flat $12 per user per month for unlimited users, projects, invoicing, chat, and reporting.
Does TRCR have team chat?
Yes — built in. Channels, threads, direct messages, and task-linked discussions all live next to your work and sync in real time over WebSocket. Toggl has no messaging, so teams bolt on Slack or Teams; with TRCR the conversation about a task sits right on the task.
What about project and task management?
Toggl Track keeps projects thin and pushes planning into a separate product. TRCR includes full Kanban task boards with priorities, dependencies, complexity estimates, and custom workflow statuses — the project layer is part of the same app as your timer and invoices.
Can I move over from Toggl easily?
Yes. Recreate your clients and projects in minutes, or use TRCR's REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket API (plus the MCP server) to bulk-import clients, projects, and historical time entries from a Toggl export. Most teams switch in an afternoon.