I don’t bill by the hour very much anymore, but I still like to keep rough track of time spent on individual client projects, for my own purposes. I currently use a simple spreadsheet, with tabs for each project/client. Yesterday I asked on Twitter what tools people were using for this purpose:

https://twitter.com/boone/status/432902188932038656

Here are some responses I got. I can’t personally endorse anything on this list, but it might be a helpful starting point for others.

https://twitter.com/jboy/status/432902558873821184
https://twitter.com/JJJ/status/432903616114868224

@boone After trying online tools, I still stick w/ good ol' pen & paper.

— Jess Sand (@sDesignLabs) February 10, 2014

https://twitter.com/wp_site_manager/status/432908033752956928
https://twitter.com/danbpfr/status/432918031686066177

@boone I’ve been using Paymo: http://t.co/493T3nzaKD It’s free for small-timers.

— David Cavins (@daveycavey) February 10, 2014

@boone Hello Boone, you should give us a try, it combines time tracking with project management & it’s cloud based http://t.co/XFycSchEHi

— Paymo (@Paymo) February 11, 2014