Monday Time Tracking: Best Tools & Setup Guide

Tracking time is essential for managing productivity, keeping projects on budget, and improving accountability—especially when you’re working inside a project management system like Monday.com.

The good news? Monday Time Tracking isn’t just possible—it’s powerful. Whether you’re using Monday’s native time tracking widget or integrations like Everhour, you’ll find plenty of options to help you stay on top of time, tasks, and team performance.

In this updated guide for 2025, we’ll cover how to enable time tracking in Monday, compare the best time tracking apps for Monday.com, and help you choose the tool that fits your workflow.

⏱️ What Is Monday.com Time Tracking?

Monday.com includes a native Time Tracking Widget that allows users to track the duration of time spent on tasks—right inside your boards.

But if you’re looking for advanced features like billable hours, detailed reports, budget tracking, or invoicing, you’ll want to integrate a dedicated time tracking tool like Everhour, TMetric, or Timely.

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🔧 How to Enable Native Time Tracking on Monday

Setting up time tracking is simple. Here’s how to activate Monday.com’s built-in widget:

✅ Steps to Enable Monday Time Tracking:

1. Open your Monday.com board.
2. Click the “+ Add Column” button.
3. Select “Time Tracking” from the column options.
4. (Optional) Add the Time Tracking Widget to your dashboard for reporting.

Once enabled, users can:

• Start/stop timers or enter time manually
• View total time spent per task or person
• Compare estimated vs. actual hours
• Export time reports for further analysis

💡 Want better reports, budgeting, or payroll? Integrate a third-party time tracker like Everhour for advanced functionality.

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🛠️ 6 Best Time Tracking Tools for Monday.com (2025)

Here’s a comparison of the best Monday.com-compatible time tracking apps based on ease of integration, features, and value for teams.

Tool	Best For	Native in Monday?	Top Features
Everhour	Seamless integration & budget tracking	✅ Yes	Billable hours, budgets, reports, invoicing
Timely	Remote/distributed teams	🔁 Integration	Automated time logs, location sync, team analytics
TMetric	Data-driven teams	🔁 Integration	Time logs, budget control, screenshots, timesheets
Time Reporting Solution	Simple time entry	✅ Yes	Timesheet templates, team approval, automation
Tracket	Granular tracking on subitems	✅ Yes	Item-level tracking, weekly reports, categories
Bottlenecks	Workflow optimization	✅ Yes	Completion time stats, team benchmarks, visuals

💡 Tool #1: Everhour – Best for Seamless Integration

Key Features:

• Start/stop timers or enter time manually
• Track billable & non-billable hours
• See real-time project budgets
• Visual reports & client-ready timesheets
• Set cost/hour rates for accurate payroll

🧠 Bonus: Everhour syncs with Monday subitems, making time tracking more granular and accurate.

Features:

• Automatic & manual time tracking for tasks
• Billable & non-billable hours tracking
• Real-time budget tracking & reports
• Team-wide tracking with productivity insights

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🌎 Tool #2: Timely – Best for Remote Teams

Timely offers automated time tracking—ideal for distributed teams. It captures what apps and files you’ve worked on and auto-logs your day.

Best for:

• Async teams across multiple time zones
• Managers needing daily or weekly activity overviews

Standout Features:

• No manual entry needed
• Tracks software usage
• Team productivity insights
• Integrates via browser extension + dashboard view

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📊 Tool #3: TMetric – Best for Data-Driven Time Control

TMetric blends time tracking with workforce analytics. It tracks time, measures idle time, takes screenshots, and even logs attendance.

Features at a glance:

• Timer-based + manual time entry
• Screenshots for accountability
• Attendance & break tracking
• Budgeting for tasks & clients
• Project cost calculation

Perfect for teams needing high visibility, approvals, and advanced reporting.

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📅 Tool #4: Time Reporting Solution – Best for Timesheet Simplicity

Time Reporting Solution gives you clean, customizable timesheet views embedded in your Monday.com dashboard.

Why Use It?

• Minimal setup
• Weekly/monthly submission templates
• Manager approvals trigger workflows
• Fully integrated within Monday’s UI

⚡ Great for small teams needing simple tracking without leaving the platform.

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📘 Tool #5: Tracket – Best for Item-Level Insights

Tracket integrates tightly with Monday boards and lets multiple users log time on the same task or subitem.

Features You’ll Love:

• Assign tracking to specific people or tasks
• Categorize hours (admin, dev, design, etc.)
• Timesheet approval workflows
• Team overview dashboards

🛠️ Ideal for teams that split work on tasks and need detailed breakdowns.

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⚠️ Tool #6: Bottlenecks – Best for Workflow Optimization

While not a time tracker in the traditional sense, Bottlenecks identifies where your team loses time—and why.

Core Functionality:

• Measure task completion time
• Identify delays or blockers
• Rank team members based on completion speed
• Use visuals to resolve productivity gaps

A game-changer for performance coaching, sprint retros, and agile workflows.

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🧩 Final Thoughts: Choosing the Best Monday Time Tracker

If you’re using Monday.com as your main work OS, adding the right time tracking tool will boost your productivity, transparency, and efficiency.

✅ Best Overall: 

Everhour

Works natively in Monday.com, offers full reporting, budgeting, and timesheets.

🧠 Best for Remote Teams: 

Timely

Auto-track time and stay productive without micromanaging.

📈 Best for Data & Reporting: 

TMetric

Full control over logs, screenshots, budgets, and performance.

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Ready to Supercharge Your Monday Workflow?

Use Everhour to:

• Track billable hours inside Monday
• Stay on budget and avoid overwork
• Export detailed reports for clients
• Automate payroll and cost insights

🚀 Try Everhour FREE and take your time tracking to the next level—without leaving Monday.com.