Harvest vs TradesTimer
What Harvest is
A manual time-tracking and invoicing platform designed for agencies and professional-service teams that bill clients by the hour.
Best for: Agencies and professional-service teams who need integrated invoicing, detailed project reporting, and manual time entry for desk-based or client-facing work.
Pricing at a glance
$11 Free and paid plans
Free for 1 seat / limited projects; Pro roughly $11/seat/mo billed annually. Pricing changes — verify.
Verified 2026-06-08
$0 for five days Five-day app trial
Pro (US$6.99/month or US$49.99/year) provides continued tracking, timeline review, and encrypted cloud backup. Local store prices vary.
Harvest strengths
- Integrated invoicing and project reporting
- Robust manual time tracking for professional service billing
Considerations for self-employed tradespeople
- Requires manual timer starts and stops for every task, which is difficult when moving between active jobsites
- Requires manual entry for travel, as it lacks automatic GPS-based mileage logging for trips between locations
Why I built a Harvest alternative
Harvest is polished agency software — timers, projects, invoices — built for people whose work happens in a browser. The trades version of 'billable hours' is different: it's physical presence at addresses, and the record of it shouldn't depend on remembering software while you're on a roof.
I lost paper-notebook hours the same way desk workers lose timer hours: by being busy with the actual work. The fix in the trades isn't a better timer, it's capturing presence automatically — which is the tracking workflow here, available in a five-day trial and with Pro.
What TradesTimer does differently
- Automatic detection of jobsites and driving trips via background GPS without manual input
- Automatic mileage log generation for tax purposes without needing to track trips manually
Which app fits your needs?
Harvest is a powerful tool for agencies needing integrated invoicing and manual time tracking. However, for solo tradespeople moving between physical locations, TradesTimer offers an automated alternative that tracks jobsites and mileage via GPS without the need for manual timers.
Page last verified 2026-06-08. If Harvest has changed pricing or features since then contact us at support@tradestimer.com to request a correction.
Five days to try it. Pro to keep tracking.
The upcoming paid release includes five days of tracking without payment details or automatic charges. Continue with Pro, including encrypted backup. Exports remain available after the trial.
- Automatic stop and trip recording
- Unlimited stops, drives, and days
- Review and edit stops and trips
- Rounded billable hours, exported as text or CSV
- Travel log with estimated distances
- 7-day summary view
- History stored on your phone
Canada: CA$9.99/month or CA$69.99/year. Both plans include the same features.
- Continued automatic tracking and timeline review
- End-to-end encrypted cloud backup
- Restore your full history on a new phone
- A backup stored separately from your phone
US prices are shown in USD; Canadian prices are shown in CAD. Your local App Store or Google Play price may differ. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled through the store where you purchased.
Control your location history
TradesTimer stores your history on your phone. Address lookups send coordinates to an address provider. You choose where to share your hours and travel exports.
If you enable Pro backup, TradesTimer encrypts your history before uploading it. Your recovery code unlocks the backup. See the privacy policy for details about address lookups, exports, and other data use.