Comparison · TriggerFlo vs Toggl Track
Toggl Track is an excellent timer. TriggerFlo is a timer and a Kanban board in one native app, at a flat price instead of a per-seat one — with a lifetime license if you would rather stop renting software.
Free forever up to 3 projects. Pro $45.99/yr, or $119 once. Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.
$108
Toggl Track Starter, one person, one year ($9/user/mo, billed annually). TriggerFlo Pro is $45.99 — or $119 once, forever.
2 apps
Toggl Track for time, Toggl Plan for planning — billed separately. TriggerFlo is one app with the board and the timer in the same window.
Linux
Toggl retired its Linux desktop app. TriggerFlo ships .deb and .tar.gz builds for x86_64 and ARM64, Raspberry Pi included.
A mature, well-liked time tracker built around one-click timers, a big integration ecosystem, and reporting for agencies and consultancies that bill by the hour.
| Feature | TriggerFlo | Toggl Track |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one person, year one | Yes. $45.99/yr, or $119 once for lifetime | Partly. $108/yr on Starter ($9/user/mo, annual) |
| Free plan | Yes. Free forever, up to 3 projects, unlimited tracking | Yes. Free forever, up to 5 users, unlimited tracking |
| One-time purchase option Pay once, own it | Yes. Lifetime license, $119 | No. Subscription only |
| Kanban board in the same app Tasks, columns, drag and drop | Yes. Board and timer are one product | No. Planning lives in Toggl Plan, billed separately |
| Always-on-top floating timer | Yes. Four layouts, stays above other windows | Partly. Mini timer widget in the desktop app |
| Native Linux desktop app | Yes. .deb and .tar.gz, x86_64 and ARM64 | No. Linux desktop app was retired; web app only |
| Invoices from tracked time | Yes. Built in on Pro, PDF and CSV | Partly. Billable rates and reports; invoicing via integrations |
| Smartwatch app | Yes. Apple Watch and Wear OS | Partly. Mobile apps; no first-party watch app |
| Music that starts with your timer | Yes. Spotify playback tied to the timer | No. Not a feature |
| Integration catalogue Jira, Asana, GitHub, and the rest | Partly. REST API, Google Calendar, Spotify | Yes. 100+ tools via the browser extension |
| Team administration SSO, audit trails, org-wide policy | Partly. Roles and invitations; dedicated team plans in progress | Yes. SSO and admin controls on Premium and Enterprise |
Price for one person, year one
Free plan
One-time purchase option
Pay once, own it
Kanban board in the same app
Tasks, columns, drag and drop
Always-on-top floating timer
Native Linux desktop app
Invoices from tracked time
Smartwatch app
Music that starts with your timer
Integration catalogue
Jira, Asana, GitHub, and the rest
Team administration
SSO, audit trails, org-wide policy
Difference 1
Toggl Track times your work. Toggl Plan schedules it. They are separate purchases with separate subscriptions, and the connection between "what I planned" and "what it actually took" is a report you assemble yourself. TriggerFlo has one board where each card carries its estimate and its tracked time side by side — the variance is just visible.
Difference 2
Toggl Track’s desktop app gives you a mini timer window. TriggerFlo’s floating timer is a always-on-top window with four layouts — Small, Island, Compressed and Expanded — that sits over whatever you are working in, shows the task you are on, and takes a click to switch. The reason people forget to track is that the tracker is behind three other windows.
Toggl Track is a good product. Here is the honest split — the cases where it is the right call, and the cases where TriggerFlo is.
You live inside other tools all day
Toggl Track’s browser extension puts a start button inside Jira, Asana, GitHub, Notion and roughly a hundred other apps. If your work already has a home and you just want a timer bolted onto it, that catalogue is the single strongest reason to pick Toggl — TriggerFlo has a REST API and a handful of first-party integrations, not an ecosystem.
You are buying for a real team with real IT requirements
SSO, granular admin controls, and a decade of enterprise deployments behind them. TriggerFlo has project roles and email invitations today, and dedicated team plans are still in progress. If procurement is involved, Toggl is the safer answer.
Your free team is under five people
Toggl’s free plan covers five users with unlimited tracking. TriggerFlo’s free plan is generous per person but caps you at three projects. For a tiny team that tracks a lot of projects and needs nothing else, Toggl free may simply go further.
The board and the timer are the same app
In the Toggl world, tracking is Toggl Track and planning is Toggl Plan — two products, two subscriptions. In TriggerFlo, every card on the Kanban board carries its own estimate and its own tracked time, because the tracker and the board were built as one thing.
A flat price instead of a per-seat meter
TriggerFlo Pro is $5.99 a month, $45.99 a year, or $119 once. Toggl Starter is $9 per user per month — $108 a year for one person, and it multiplies from there.
You can stop renting it
The lifetime license is a one-time payment that includes future updates. There is no equivalent anywhere in Toggl’s pricing.
Linux is a first-class platform
Toggl retired its Linux desktop app; Linux users get the web app or a community-built client. TriggerFlo ships signed .deb and .tar.gz builds for x86_64 and ARM64, including Raspberry Pi.
For solo work and small teams, yes — timers, projects, tags, reports, billable rates and CSV export all have equivalents. Where it is not a drop-in: Toggl’s browser extension puts start buttons inside 100+ other tools, and TriggerFlo does not have that catalogue. If your tracking habit depends on starting timers from inside Jira or Asana, check the API docs before you switch.
Export your time entries from Toggl as CSV, then email [email protected] and we will help you get them in. There is no one-click importer yet.
For one person: $45.99 a year against $108 a year on Toggl Starter. The lifetime license at $119 costs about thirteen months of Toggl Starter, and then never bills again.
Yes — native .deb and .tar.gz builds for both x86_64 and ARM64, plus the web app. Toggl’s Linux desktop app is no longer maintained.
Toggl Track pricing and features on this page were checked on August 24, 2026 against Toggl Track pricing , Toggl Track apps . 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 Toggl Track.
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