Timing and Cut Time both track your time without a timer. Timing is a Mac productivity tracker that logs every app you use. Cut Time is built only for editing apps, runs on Mac and Windows, and is free for individual editors.
What Timing gets right
Timing tracks your whole Mac, including email, browsers and meetings, and can read Premiere project names. If you want one tracker for every kind of work on a Mac, it covers more ground than Cut Time does.
Why Cut Time fits editors better
Cut Time only watches DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Final Cut Pro, so every hour lands on a named edit project with no rules to set up. It runs on Windows too, and studios get a team dashboard at $8 per editor.
The features that actually matter when your day job is editing video.
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Do both need Screen Recording permission on a Mac?
+Yes, for some apps. macOS only shares an app's window title with Screen Recording access. Cut Time uses it to read project names in Premiere Pro, After Effects and Final Cut Pro. Cut Time doesn't record your screen.
Can I move from Timing to Cut Time?
+Cut Time starts tracking from the moment you install it. Past Timing data stays in Timing. You can run both side by side to compare.
Is Cut Time cheaper than Timing?
+For individual editors, yes. Cut Time is free, and Pro is $60 a year. Timing starts at $10 a month. For studios, Cut Time is $8 per editor per month.
Free forever for individual editors. Studios get 30 days free with unlimited editors and no card, then $8 per editor per month.
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