- Misc work14 h???
- Website stuff€1,100?
- Calls (probably)3 h
- Email & small things€ —
Sec. 01 / 09 · time tracking that ends in an invoice
Send invoices
your clients
can’t argue with.
Temporal.ist tracks your work automatically — folders, files, URLs — then turns it into itemized invoices where every line is backed by real sessions: dates, hours, projects. Generated in seconds, not on Sunday evenings.
Free with unlimited folders·No credit card·3-minute setup
Demo: an invoice assembling itself line by line from tracked sessions, totalling €3,762, then being stamped PAID.
Sec. 02 / 09 · exhibits A & B
One of these gets paid. The other gets “quick questions.”
Freelancers who reconstruct timesheets from memory under-bill by roughly 20%. And the damage compounds: vague line items invite disputes. Itemized, session-backed line items end them.
- Checkout flow — 21.5 h€1,548
- Design retainer — 20.0 h€1,440
- Code review — 6.5 h€468
- Calls & email — 4.25 h€306
Sec. 03 / 09 · the process
From file save to line item in three steps.
- 01
Point it at your work
Pick the folders and URL patterns that mean “working.” Sessions start on the first file save or matched tab — no timers to remember, nothing to start or stop.
~/clients/acme — watching14:02:11 · checkout.ts saved → session running - 02
Review sessions per client
Every session lands under its project and client, with start, end and what was touched. Skim the week, merge or discard anything, and the record is bill-ready.
Acme · Jun 2–621.5 h across 14 sessions · all reviewed - 03
Generate the invoice
Choose a client and a date range. Temporal.ist applies their rate, writes one line item per project and numbers it automatically — ORG-YYYYMM-XXXX, every time.
ACME-202606-00424 line items · €3,762 · drafted in 11 s
Sec. 04 / 09 · invoicing, built in
Everything between “work is done” and “money is in.”
- ORG-YYYYMM-XXXX
Automatic numbering
One clean sequence per organisation — no duplicates, no gaps to explain to an auditor.
- €72 / h · per client
Per-client hourly rates
Set a rate once per client; every invoice applies it automatically. Override any line when you need to.
- PDF · CSV · JSON
Export anywhere
PDF for the client, CSV or JSON for accounting — or paste the line items into the invoicing tool you already use.
- never lose one
Status tracking
Know where the money is at a glance: draft→sent→paid→overdue
- Team plan
Client portal
On Team, clients get a portal to view invoices and the sessions behind them — transparency that pre-empts the email thread.
- session-backed
Evidence per line item
Every line traces back to its sessions — dates, hours, projects. When a client asks “what’s this?”, the answer is attached.
Sec. 05 / 09 · the arithmetic
16 hforgotten each month — the ~20% you never write down
× €72an ordinary freelance hourly rate
= €1,152recovered, every single month
Temporal.ist Pro €8 / month
That’s a ~144× return. Halve every assumption and it’s still 36×.
Recover it — start freeSec. 06 / 09 · signed statements
From people who used to guess.
I discovered I was undercharging by 20% because I kept forgetting small tasks. First month on Temporal.ist paid for a decade of Pro.
Invoicing used to eat the first Sunday of every month. Now it’s: pick the client, check the lines, send. Four hours of admin became ten minutes.
Sec. 07 / 09 · rates
Priced like a line item. No surprises.
Solo
Track everything, free forever.
€0forever
- Unlimited folders & URL patterns
- Basic dashboard
- 30-day history
- Weekly email reports
Pro
For freelancers who bill by the hour.
€8/ month
or €80/yr — two months free
Invoice generation Any client + date range → a numbered, itemized, session-backed invoice in seconds.
- Everything in Solo
- Per-client hourly rates
- Status tracking: draft → sent → paid → overdue
- Export PDF / CSV / JSON
- Unlimited history & all reports
Try it free first — no credit card.
Team
For studios and agencies.
€6/ user / month
Minimum 4 seats
- Everything in Pro
- Team dashboard & manager reports
- Billable rates per member
- Client portal
- DPA for your client contracts
Sec. 08 / 09 · the fine print
Fair questions, straight answers.
They tend to prefer them. Every line item carries its evidence — dates, session counts, hours per project — so the invoice reads like a receipt, not an estimate. Itemized invoices get fewer questions and faster payment; vague ones start negotiations.
Paid
The next invoice you send could be your most accurate ever.
Set it up in three minutes today; generate the invoice at the end of the month and see what you’ve been leaving off.
Start invoicing freeFree with unlimited folders·No credit card·Cancel anytime
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