The fastest way to lose your billable hours is to keep them in someone else's cloud.
DockTodo vs Clockify
A local-first alternative for freelancers who bill by the hour — your timer, timesheet and invoices on your own machine, free forever.
If you're here, the free plan probably just got smaller
Clockify built its name on "free forever," then in 2026 moved billable rates and CSV export out of the free plan — its own community forum called it the death of the free plan. For a freelancer, billable rates aren't a nice-to-have; they're the one number that turns a tracked hour into an invoice. When the deal changes on the feature you bill with, it's worth asking who controls that switch.
Clockify is genuinely good — at something else
Let's be fair: Clockify has a generous free team plan and works great for agencies coordinating many people across shared projects, with dashboards and approvals built for a manager's view. If that's you, it's a strong tool and you should keep it. DockTodo isn't trying to be a team console. It's built for one person who bills by the hour and wants the hours-to-invoice path to be a single, private, offline record.
Where DockTodo wins for a solo hourly biller
| What matters to a freelancer | DockTodo | Clockify |
|---|---|---|
| Your data lives on… | your own device | their cloud |
| Works fully offline | Yes | No |
| Account required | None | Yes |
| Per-seat fees | Never | Paid tiers |
| Timer → invoice | One tool, one click | Export to invoice elsewhere |
| Billable rates on the free plan | Free forever | Trimmed in 2026 |
| Anything uploaded | Nothing | Everything |
This table only lists what a solo hourly freelancer cares about. Clockify does more on team coordination and integrations — if you need those, it's the better fit, honestly.
The right question isn't "which does more today?"
It's "who owns your data and your hours a year from now?" A cloud plan can add a seat fee, move a feature behind a wall, or get acquired — and the answer changes without you. A local-first app can't: the free tier never shrinks because there's no server bill that could ever force it to, and your records are a plain JSON file you can read and take anywhere.
Bring your Clockify history in one click
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Export a detailed report from Clockify.
In Clockify, export your detailed time report as CSV — the format with one row per time entry.
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Import it into DockTodo.
Open DockTodo, click Import, and choose the file. It detects the Clockify format and maps clients, projects, durations and billable rates automatically. Some project mappings may need a quick review — you'll see a preview before anything is added.
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Confirm, and you're tracking locally.
Review the preview, confirm, and your history is in — on your device, ready to invoice. One click undoes it if you change your mind.
Choose the one that fits how you actually work
Choose DockTodo if you bill by the hour and want your data on your own machine. Choose Clockify if you run a multi-seat agency that needs shared dashboards and approvals. No hard feelings either way — this is an honest fork, not a takedown.
The free local app is live today and its feature list never shrinks — a published commitment, not a promotion.