Your editing hours, tracked automatically.
Cut Time is a free menu bar app for video editors. Open Resolve, Premiere, After Effects or Final Cut and it quietly logs your real hours, per project. No timers. No setup. No reason not to.
Free forever · No credit card · Mac & Windows
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Built for editors, not for the people watching them
Auto-tracks every project
Detects what you're working on. You don't have to start a timer.
Shows what's actually profitable
See which clients enable you, and see the ones draining you.
Lives in your task bar
Always there when you need it. Never in your way when you don't.
Why editors install it
No catch.
No downside.
Free forever, a few megabytes in your menu bar, and a work history that builds itself while you edit.
It costs nothing
The tracker and your personal stats are free for life, no expiry date. New accounts also get every Pro feature free for 30 days.
It weighs nothing
A tiny menu bar app. No windows to manage, no timers to babysit, no plugins inside your editing software. You will forget it's running.
It asks nothing
No screen recording, no keystrokes, no surveillance. It only knows which project is open and how long you actually worked on it.
It compounds
Every project becomes data you own: real hours, real rates, real proof for your next quote. You'll want last year's numbers someday. Start the archive now.
The only thing you can't get back is the untracked hours.
See it in action
Poke around a real dashboard.
No signup, no download. Open the live editor view and see exactly what Cut Time shows you.
Reviews
From a few loyal editors
Cut Time has genuinely changed the way I look at my editing work. For the first time, I can actually see how much time I’m putting into each project in Premiere, which has been huge as a freelancer. It gives me a much better sense of whether I’m meeting a client’s needs, going above and beyond, or giving more time to a project than I realized. Having that visibility makes me feel a lot more in control of my workload and the value of the work I’m doing.
Freelance editor · Premiere Pro · 440+ hours tracked
I’ve really been loving Cut Time. It makes tracking how many hours I’m actually putting into each project incredibly easy, which has been super helpful for understanding where my time goes. My favorite part, though, is the social aspect. Being able to see how many hours my friends are putting in, keep up with their stats, and compare them to my own makes editing feel surprisingly motivating. It turns something as simple as tracking your time into a fun way to stay productive and push each other.
Editor · DaVinci Resolve · 110+ hours tracked
Honestly, I didn't even realize a time tracker was something I needed. Cut Time knows when I switch on Davinci, and at the end of a project I have real numbers to quote to clients instead of me guessing based off a vibe. As a freelancer that's changed how I charge for my work because now I know what an edit actually costs me now. It's seamless, it doesn't spy on you, and it's free?? Hard to ask for more 🤩
Editor · DaVinci Resolve · 160+ hours tracked