Toggl Track is one of the most polished time trackers around, with deep team features, billing integrations, and reporting. That breadth is exactly the difference: Toggl is built for teams and billables, Tymar is built for one person who wants their day accounted for without managing another workspace.
Tymar strips time tracking down to the loop that matters: pick a task, start the timer from the tray, take breaks without thinking, and read your history at the end of the day. There's no workspace to set up, no plan to pick, and the source is fully open.
Use Tymar if you want
You track your own focus time, want it out of the way in the system tray, and prefer a free, open-source app over a hosted platform.
Keep Toggl Track if you want
You need team timesheets, client billing, rich reports, or integrations with project-management tools — Toggl's platform features are genuinely worth paying for.
| Capability | Tymar | Toggl Track |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, MIT | Free tier; paid plans for features |
| Source code | Open source (MIT) | Proprietary |
| Data storage | Local-first with account sync | Cloud-hosted |
| Tray-first tracking | Yes — core design | Supported via apps and extensions |
| Team timesheets & billing | No | Yes |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, web |