Tick
Tick is a team time-tracking tool that connects hours to project and task budgets, helping teams monitor project costs and billing.
What Tick is
Tick is a team time-tracking tool that connects hours to project and task budgets, helping teams monitor project costs and billing. People choose a project and task, enter time, add notes, and see remaining budget feedback or reports. Its timers can track one or several activities, and a timer can be created from a completed time entry. Reports organized by client or timekeeper support project review and client billing. Tick lists integrations with Asana, Trello, Zapier, Metric.ai, QuickBooks Online, and Basecamp, and says it connects to 750+ web apps. It offers iOS and Android apps, an Apple Watch app, a Mac app, and a Chrome extension, as well as an API for integrations. Pricing is based on active projects; archived projects do not count toward a plan’s limit. A 30-day trial is available, and Tick says plans include unlimited people.
Good
- Shows remaining project and task budgets after time entry.
- Reports can be grouped by client or timekeeper.
- Timers can track one or multiple activities.
- Lists integrations including Basecamp and QuickBooks Online.
- Offers apps for mobile, Mac, Apple Watch, and Chrome.
Watch out
- Free plan is limited to one project.
- Paid plans are priced by active project count.
- Tick says it has not undergone a SOC audit.
Who it suits
Tick suits freelancers and teams that need to track billable time against project budgets. Its one-project free plan may suit a team whose active work fits within that limit; larger project allowances are available on paid plans.
Verdict
Tick combines time entry, timers, budget feedback, and billing-oriented reports, with project limits determining which plan fits. Its free tier covers one project, while paid options expand the active-project allowance.
Plans and prices
From Tick's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Project Free | Free | 1 project · Unlimited people · Unlimited archived projects · Unlimited clients · Unlimited tasks |
| 10 Projects | $19 a month | Unlimited people · Basecamp integration · Unlimited archived projects · $19 / month |
| 30 Projects | $49 a month | Unlimited people · Basecamp integration · Recurring projects · Unlimited archived projects · $49 / month |
| 60 Projects | $79 a month | Unlimited people · Basecamp integration · Recurring projects · Unlimited archived projects · $79 / month |
| Unlimited Projects | $149 a month | Unlimited people · Basecamp integration · Recurring projects · Unlimited archived projects · $149 / month |
| 1 Project | Free | Unlimited people · Basecamp integration · Unlimited archived projects |
The facts
Each one read from Tick's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Tick API v2 is intended for third parties integrating applications with Tick’s time tracking services and uses REST concepts with JSON serialization.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Tick describes itself as suitable for freelancers or teams with hundreds of employees, and says plans include unlimited people.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Basecamp
- Tick says it integrates with every version of Basecamp and can import projects, create tasks from to-dos, and track time inside Basecamp 2 or 3.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Billable time
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Budget feedback
- After time is entered, Tick displays remaining project and task budgets to team members.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data center
- Tick says its primary data and servers are hosted at a Rails Machine data center in Atlanta, Georgia, and that Tick itself has not undergone a SOC audit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data export
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Data protection
- Higher Pixels says it relies on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and its UK and Swiss extensions for applicable international data transfers, and has no current plans to add EU servers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Tick lists Asana, Trello, Zapier, Metric.ai, QuickBooks Online, and Basecamp integrations; it says it connects to 750+ web apps.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Pricing limit
- Pricing is based on active projects; archived projects do not count against the plan project limit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Project tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Tick tracks team time against project and task budgets to help teams run more profitable projects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Tick offers reports by client or timekeeper for reviewing projects and billing clients.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Tick says its support is provided by the people who built it and that email responses usually arrive within a couple of hours.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Timecard
- Users select a project and task, enter time, and can add notes and view budget feedback or reports.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Timers
- Tick’s in-app timers can track one timer or multiple timers and can be created from completed time entries.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Apps
- Tick offers iOS and Android apps, an Apple Watch app, a Mac app, and a Chrome extension.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Desktop app
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mobile apps
- bothchecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Jacksonville, Florida, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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