Abletech: time tracking with Xero
Former customer Abletech chose MinuteDock over building its own tracker for simple time tracking and Xero billing.
Read Abletech's storyFor freelance developers and small teams
Time tracking software for developers
Track development hours, spot scope creep, and turn client work into invoices.
- 14-day free trial
- Unlimited clients and projects
- Cancel any time
Send tracked hours to your accounting software
Track code reviews, calls and quick fixes
Keep track of both jobs when a support call interrupts a code review.
- Keep time with the project
- Use the Timer or add time by client, project and task.
- Switch when the plan changes
- Pause one job and log the urgent fix separately.
- Remember what the fix involved
- Note what you fixed so you can explain the work at billing time.
From development hours to client billing
Springtimesoft: project hours in view
Springtimesoft used projects and Goals to track client and internal hours, with Xero for billing.
Read the developer team examples
Catch scope creep before the budget goes
Spot extra reviews and deployment fixes eating into your budget.
- Check hours against the budget
- Compare tracked hours with your estimate or fixed-fee allowance.
- Find the task that ran long
- See which debugging, review or support tasks ran over.
- Have the scope conversation sooner
- Show clients the extra hours before agreeing to more work.
Base your next estimate on real work
Use past build, testing and deployment hours to quote your next project.
- Compare the estimate with reality
- Compare project and task hours with their budgets.
- Find your repeat offenders
- Find the phases you regularly underestimate.
- Back fixed fees with evidence
- Base fixed fees on the hours similar projects took.
Turn developer timesheets into invoices
Turn hours, notes and rates into invoices without re-entering them.
- Show clients what you delivered
- Group detailed entries into clear invoice lines.
- Use the rate that fits the work
- Set rates by person, client, project or task.
- Send the bill where it belongs
- Invoice in MinuteDock or send drafts to Xero, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, MYOB or Wave.
Keep the whole development team in view
See everyone's hours in one place as your team grows.
- Keep the tracker out of the way
- Track hours and billing alongside your existing issue tracker.
- Bring in the people doing the work
- Invite employees and contractors, and set their access permissions.
- See the whole project
- Check team budgets, unbilled hours and their billable value.
- Log time through your AI assistant
- Connect Cursor or Claude to log code reviews and check project hours. Explore AI time tracking.
How much of last week's “quick fix” made it onto the invoice?
Try MinuteDock free for 14 days. Pricing starts from $19 per month.
Send the bill on without entering everything twice
Wave
Turn tracked hours into Wave invoices for client billing.
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Xero
Send hours to Xero as draft invoices, using your branding and settings.
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QuickBooks
Use tracked time for invoicing and payroll in QuickBooks.
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MYOB
Create MYOB invoices from your hours, with your branding and settings.
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Freshbooks
Send time tracked on web or mobile to FreshBooks for billing.
Sage Business Cloud
Planned support for sending timesheets to Sage for billing and payroll.
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Developer time tracking questions
- Can I use MinuteDock without connecting accounting software?
Absolutely. Track time and invoice in MinuteDock on its own, or connect your accounting software when you need it.
- Can I track development time from my phone?
Log calls and on-site fixes with the iPhone or Android app. Both sync with your account and are included in your subscription.
- Can I import time from another tracker or spreadsheet?
Email your CSV file to team@minutedock.com and we'll help import your time records.
- What is the best time tracking software for developers?
MinuteDock suits freelance developers and small agencies that need quick time tracking, project budgets and client invoicing.
- How does MinuteDock organise development time?
Group hours by client and project, with tasks for builds, debugging, reviews and support. Filter reports by person, billable status or date.
- Can I separate billable and non-billable development time?
Track client work separately from estimates, internal tooling and training. Report on both to see how much of your week is billable.
- Does MinuteDock watch my apps or take screenshots?
You log time with the Timer, manual entries or a connected AI assistant. MinuteDock doesn't take screenshots, log keystrokes or monitor apps.
- Can past time records help with software estimates?
Review past project and task hours against your budgets to spot what you underestimated and price similar work more accurately.
- Can I turn tracked developer time into an invoice?
Create invoices from your hours, notes and rates. Send them from MinuteDock or send drafts to your accounting software.