Comparison · TriggerFlo vs Clockify
Clockify is built for administering a workforce — timesheets, approvals, GPS, kiosks. TriggerFlo is built for the person tracking their own day: a Kanban board and a floating timer in one native app, no per-seat meter, no surveillance features.
Free forever up to 3 projects. Pro $45.99/yr, or $119 once. Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.
Per seat
Clockify bills $3.99–$11.99 per user per month. TriggerFlo Pro is a flat $45.99 a year, or $119 once.
2 apps
Clockify for time, Plaky for boards, wired together by an integration. TriggerFlo is one app.
No GPS
No location trail, no screenshots, no idle policing. If you are choosing for yourself, that absence is the point.
Clockify’s price is per person per month, so it scales with headcount. TriggerFlo Pro is one price for your account. Here is Clockify’s annual-billing ladder, per user per month.
Clockify Free
$0.00 /user/mo
Up to 5 users
Clockify Basic
$3.99 /user/mo
Billed annually
Clockify Standard
$5.49 /user/mo
Billed annually
Clockify Pro
$7.99 /user/mo
Billed annually
TriggerFlo Pro
$45.99 /yr
Or $119 once, forever
The best-known free time tracker, aimed at teams that need timesheets, approvals, and workforce reporting — part of the CAKE.com suite alongside Plaky and Pumble.
| Feature | TriggerFlo | Clockify |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one person, year one | Yes. $45.99/yr, or $119 once for lifetime | Partly. $47.88/yr on Basic, $65.88/yr on Standard (annual) |
| Free plan | Yes. Free forever, up to 3 projects | Yes. Free, up to 5 users |
| One-time purchase option | Yes. Lifetime license, $119 | No. Subscription only |
| Kanban board in the same app | Yes. Board and timer are one product | No. Boards live in Plaky, a separate CAKE.com product |
| Always-on-top floating timer | Yes. Four layouts, stays above other windows | Partly. Desktop app with a compact timer window |
| Native Linux desktop app | Yes. .deb and .tar.gz, x86_64 and ARM64 | Yes. Linux desktop app available |
| Invoicing | Yes. Included with Pro at $5.99/mo | Partly. Paid plans only |
| CSV / Excel export | Yes. Free plan included | Partly. Moved behind paid plans in 2026 |
| Smartwatch app | Yes. Apple Watch and Wear OS | Partly. Mobile and kiosk apps |
| Timesheet approvals, time off, expenses | No. Not built — TriggerFlo is not a workforce tool | Yes. Core strength, on paid plans |
| GPS tracking and employee monitoring | No. Deliberately not built | Yes. Available on paid plans |
Price for one person, year one
Free plan
One-time purchase option
Kanban board in the same app
Always-on-top floating timer
Native Linux desktop app
Invoicing
CSV / Excel export
Smartwatch app
Timesheet approvals, time off, expenses
GPS tracking and employee monitoring
Difference 1
Clockify tracks time. Kanban boards live in Plaky — a separate CAKE.com app, a separate subscription, joined to Clockify by an integration you configure. TriggerFlo puts them in the same window: drag a card, hit start, and the time lands on the card. Nothing to connect, nothing to keep in sync.
Difference 2
Clockify keeps invoicing on paid plans, and in 2026 moved CSV and Excel export, billable rates and bulk edit off the free plan too. TriggerFlo includes export on the free plan and invoicing on Pro at $5.99 a month — pick a project, a client and a rate, and the line items come from hours you actually tracked.
Clockify is a good product. Here is the honest split — the cases where it is the right call, and the cases where TriggerFlo is.
You are running a workforce, not your own day
Timesheet approvals, time-off requests, expenses, scheduling, forecasting, GPS and kiosk mode — Clockify covers the administrative surface of employing people who track hours. TriggerFlo builds none of that and is not trying to.
You need to onboard a lot of people cheaply
At $3.99 per user per month on annual billing, Clockify Basic is inexpensive at scale and everyone gets the same interface. TriggerFlo’s dedicated team plans are still in progress.
You already use Plaky and Pumble
The CAKE.com bundle puts project boards, chat and tracking on one bill at $12.99 per user per month. If you want that whole suite, buying it as a suite makes sense.
One app instead of two
Clockify tracks time; the Kanban board is Plaky, a separate product with a separate subscription, wired together by an integration. TriggerFlo puts the board and the timer in the same window — every card shows its estimate against its tracked time without an integration in between.
The free plan keeps its exports
Clockify moved CSV and Excel export, billable rates and bulk edit behind paid plans in 2026. TriggerFlo’s free plan still exports your data, because your data is yours whether or not you pay us.
No surveillance features
There is no GPS trail, no screenshot capture, no idle-time policing in TriggerFlo. If you are choosing a tracker for yourself rather than for someone else, that absence is a feature.
Buy it once
$119 for a lifetime license, updates included. Clockify has no equivalent — the meter runs as long as you use it.
You may not need to — TriggerFlo’s free plan covers unlimited time tracking on up to 3 projects, with reports and export included. Pay when you want unlimited projects, invoices, or public boards. The more interesting comparison is what the free plans include: Clockify moved CSV/Excel export and billable rates to paid tiers in 2026, and its free plan now caps at 5 users.
No. Approvals, time-off tracking, expenses and scheduling are Clockify’s territory and we have not built them. TriggerFlo is aimed at the person doing the work rather than the person auditing it.
Export your time entries from Clockify as CSV and email [email protected] — we will help with the import. There is no automatic migration tool yet.
Clockify Basic is $47.88 a year and Standard is $65.88 a year, both billed annually. TriggerFlo Pro is $45.99 a year, or $119 once for the lifetime license — about twenty-one months of Clockify Standard, after which it stops costing anything.
Clockify pricing and features on this page were checked on August 24, 2026 against Clockify pricing , Plaky + Clockify integration . Plans change; check their site for today's numbers. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it. TriggerFlo is not affiliated with or endorsed by Clockify.
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