Organise clients and their jobs
Keep every client, job, and note in one clean view. Your whole business — organised, searchable, and always at hand.
Track time. Get paid. No spreadsheet required.
auftakt is the time tracking and invoicing tool built for freelancers who bill by the hour. Start a timer in one click, let it calculate the cost, and invoice when you're done.
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Website Redesign
Acme Corp
€95/h
€ 246.92
72% of daily goal
3.2× faster billing
1,200+ freelancers
Invoice ready
4.8 App Store
Works with your favorite tools
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Less guesswork. More clarity over your time.
Stop paying for features you never use.
Most tools start simple, then drown you in a sea of sub-menus, team-chat integrations, and complex project hierarchies. They become the very distraction they were meant to solve. auftakt is the antidote.
Join hundreds of freelancers and agencies who've left the chaos behind.
4.8
1,000+ happy users on the App Store
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Start a timer on your iPhone
Everything you need to track time, bill clients, and grow your freelance business — in a single, beautiful interface.
Less setup. Less admin. More time doing actual work.
Time tracking in one click
Start your focus with a single click and capture every second. The minimal interface keeps you in flow — not in menus.
Finished invoices in seconds
Turn tracked hours directly into professional invoices — with the right line items and amounts already filled in. Send in minutes, not hours.
Win your team over with a tool that makes sense from day one.
Track time, write invoices and manage clients — without unnecessary friction, in a clear workflow.
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Free 30-day trial for all features
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Why auftakt
Built around how you actually work
One-click timer
02:34:17
Website Redesign
Acme Corp
€95/h
One-click timer
Start tracking instantly. No forms, no friction.
Instant invoices
From tracked hours to paid invoice in seconds.
Client management
All your clients, jobs, and rates in one clean view.
Works everywhere
Timers survive tab switches, refreshes, and browser restarts.
12,400+
Hours tracked
3.2×
Faster billing
1-click
Timer start
4.8
App Store rating
Pricing
Choose the plan that works best for you.
Free
Get started for free.
- Up to 3 clients
- Up to 50 time entries
- Basic reporting
- Community support
- Invoices branded with auftakt
$0.00Get started
Basic
For freelancers getting started.
- Up to 10 clients
- Up to 500 time entries
- Basic reporting
- Email support
- White-label invoices
7 days free trial
$4.99/monthGet started
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Pro
Unlimited time tracking for professionals.
- Unlimited clients
- Unlimited time entries
- Advanced reporting & exports
- Priority support
- Up to 5 team members
- Custom logo on invoices
7 days free trial
$7.99/monthGet started
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