My Guys Time vs Clockify
Clockify vs My Guys Time: Per-Seat Timer or One Flat Price for the Crew
Clockify has a free plan. Once your crew grows, or when you need crew features like approvals, kiosk clock-in, or adding time for someone else, you pay per seat, and every active or invited user takes a seat, the owner included. My Guys Time is $12/month flat for the whole company, however many guys you run.
Clockify is a popular time tracker with a real free plan. Freelancers, agencies and office teams use it to time projects, and it does that well.
The difference for a crew is how the bill works. Once you're past the free plan, or you want the features a foreman leans on, Clockify counts seats. We don't count anybody. Here's what crew time apps cost if you want the bigger picture.
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$12/mo flat for the whole company · 7-day free trial · Cancel anytime
Where a per-seat timer gets awkward for a crew
None of this makes Clockify a bad tool. It's built for a different kind of work.
Growing past the free plan means paying per seat.
Clockify has a free plan, but once you're on a paid plan every active or invited user takes a seat, the owner included. Every guy you hire adds to the bill.
The crew features sit on paid plans.
Adding time for someone else, which is what a foreman does all day, is on Basic. Approval and locking time are on Standard. On My Guys Time, foreman approval is just how the week works.
It's built around a timer and projects.
Start and stop timers, projects, invoicing. Great for office and agency work. A crew mostly needs each guy's hours for the day and a sign-off at the end of the week.
Seasonal hiring moves the bill.
Every active or invited user on a paid plan is a seat. You can deactivate guys to free one up, but now you're managing seats. With us you send the new guy an invite and the price stays $12/month flat.
Clockify vs My Guys Time, side by side
Clockify details from clockify.me/pricing, checked October 20, 2026. Plans change, so check their page for today's details.
A week on My Guys Time
Monday
Each guy joins his crew's team from his own phone with the invite link. He or the foreman logs the day's hours.
During the week
The hours land on the crew's weekly board as they're logged. A missing day shows up as an empty day.
Friday
The foreman looks over the week and approves it.
The office
Sees weekly hours, hours past 40, and a simple gross pay estimate, and hands the week to whoever runs payroll.
When Clockify fits
- You time projects for office or remote work, you want a start and stop timer, invoicing or detailed reports, or your team is small enough that the free plan covers you.
When we fit
- Small crews (masonry, roofing, landscaping crews, painting) who want one flat price, daily hours from each guy's phone, foreman sign-off, receipt photos, and W-2 and 1099 guys on the same board. Running more than one crew? Same price.
$12/month flat for the whole crew. Try it for 7 days, no card. Guides and templates for crew hours.
Jeff Mohler, founder
I built this after a Thursday night rebuilding a week of hours from scraps of paper, one of them a note on a 2x6. I didn't need a timer. I needed every guy's day on one card and a price that didn't go up every time I hired somebody. That's still the whole idea.
Clockify vs My Guys Time: common questions
Is Clockify free?+
Clockify has a free plan. Crew features like approvals and adding time for others are on its paid per-seat plans. See clockify.me/pricing for the current plans.
Does the owner count as a Clockify seat?+
Yes, on paid plans. Clockify's pricing page says every active or invited user on your Team page takes a paid seat, including the owner, admins, managers and members.
Is there a free alternative to Clockify for a crew?+
There are free plans out there, Clockify's included. My Guys Time isn't free. It's $12/month flat for the whole company, with a 7-day trial and no card to start.
Does My Guys Time have a timer like Clockify?+
No. The crew logs the day's hours, each guy from his own phone or the foreman for him, and the foreman approves the week.
Do I pay per user with My Guys Time?+
No. $12/month flat for the whole company, every crew, every guy.
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$12/month flat for the whole crew. Try it for 7 days, no card.