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joshuab99012226
Participant
June 12, 2018
Question

Time Tracker Per Sequence/Per Project

  • June 12, 2018
  • 6 replies
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Hi all, I am looking for some sort of time tracker extension that can register my time automatically and label it per sequence or at least per project. My goal is to get data to reference when I am trying to get an idea of how long different types of projects take. Any thoughts? If there is one that works in After Effects, that would be cool too.

6 replies

Participant
July 25, 2025

The app my team and I are using is https://trackabi.com/ It can track time automatically, and you can have a breakdown by project or even per task. If you hire somebody to help you, there are screenshots, user activity tracking, and other stuff for employee monitoring. Pretty cool app.

Participating Frequently
April 25, 2025

7 years since the OP posted but we finally have a third-party AI app. Only downside - it's a subscription model, sigh.

 

Timing App for video editors

 

Exactly what I need as I'm hiring in-house editors for our company and they rely heavily on time tracking data to meet KPI's and see where we're stretch for resourcing.

 

Would love this feature to be built in!

Kyle Kramb
Inspiring
June 22, 2022

Poor man time tracker is your Autosave folder. Set the Autosave to an interval you like and set the max saves to something super high, I think you can do 999. Just make sure to close your project when you walk away.

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Lilly Pinon
Participating Frequently
July 23, 2019

First Party time tracking apps are considered the best in this regard. For Windows, I would suggest you to go with TimeDoctor because I have used it and yes, you can easily add projects here. On the other hand, for Mac users, I would suggest the FreelanceStation Time Tracker to use. However, if you are looking the ones that are good for both Mac and Windows then see the following suggestions:

Timely - https://timelyapp.com/
HubStaff - Hubstaff | Time Tracking Software for Productive Teams
Klok - Home - Free Time Tracking Software - Klok Free and Klok Pro

You can also go with https://toggl.com/​. It is free to use.

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Priyanshu0101
Participant
June 22, 2022

Thank you Lilly!! 🙂

Grigor Poghosyan
Participating Frequently
June 12, 2018

Did you try to use 3rd party time logg apps?

R Neil Haugen
Legend
June 12, 2018

This has been asked regularly at around 6 month periods for several years, kinda interesting that. However, there isn't any time-logging capability in PrPro or AfterEffects. For that, you need to say create a small spreadsheet or use time-logging apps on your phone or found online for your computer.

Neil

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