Best time trackers for video editors (2026)

Full disclosure, this one's mine. I built it because nothing else fit. Cut Time sits in your menu bar and just picks up which project you're working on in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Final Cut. No timer to start, no plugin to install, nothing changes about how you edit. It splits real editing time from idle time so your billable hours are actually real, and it stacks everything up per project so you can quote from data instead of vibes.

It's the only one here built for editors first, and the only one that reads your project name across all four of the big editing apps. Free if you're an individual editor. Studios can track a whole team from one dashboard. Works on Mac and Windows.

Not for you if you bill across a ton of non-editing apps too. Then a general tracker might catch more of your day.

Timing automatically tracks how long you're in every app on your Mac, Resolve included, no plugins. It's great for seeing where your whole day actually went. The catch for editors: it tracks time in the app but doesn't break it down by which project you had open. So you get "5 hours in Resolve" instead of "3 on the Nike cut, 2 on the wedding."

Mac only. Solid if you want the full picture of your computer time and don't need it split out per project.

Clockk runs in the background and helps you build timesheets after the fact, sorted by project and client. It works with Resolve and a bunch of other creative apps. It's less a live timer and more "rebuild my day without one," which is great if you hate timers but still want to eyeball your hours before you send the invoice.

Good if you're juggling a lot of clients and want a human gut-check on the numbers before you bill.

Chronoid's a Mac app that auto-tracks your time in Resolve and other creative tools across edit, color, and audio, no timer needed. Simple and focused, same automatic-detection idea as Cut Time, but it's Mac-only and built around the solo creative more than studios running a few editors.

Good minimal pick if you're flying solo on a Mac.

Toggl's the cleanest manual tracker out there. Great free plan, one-click timers, reporting that stays out of your way. It's general-purpose though, so it's got no idea what a Resolve project even is. But if you've actually got the discipline to hit start and stop every time, nothing beats it on polish.

Pick it if you trust yourself to run a timer and want the nicest manual experience.

Clockify gives you unlimited projects, users, and entries for free, which is honestly generous. Capable manual tracker, solid reports, even a heatmap of your productive hours. Same trade as Toggl: general-purpose and timer-based, so it doesn't know you're in After Effects versus Premiere.

Best if budget's the deciding factor and manual timers don't bug you.

Harvest is time tracking plus invoicing in one spot. Track your hours, turn them into an invoice, get paid, all without leaving the app. It's built for freelance businesses in general rather than editors, and tracking's manual, but if you want everything from logged hour to paid invoice living in one tool, it's the most complete option on this list.

Worth it if billing matters to you as much as the tracking does.