StintComparison
A Toggl alternative when the invoice is the point
Toggl Track is a serious timer. Keep it if the reports, the mobile apps, or a team workspace are why you use it. If you are one person who bills hours, the gap is the invoice. Toggl's own documentation says it does not have built-in invoicing: you export the billable hours and write the bill somewhere else.
Stint starts from the same idea, a timer per client, and stops one step later. Unbilled entries become the invoice. You send a link. You mark it paid when the money shows up.
| Toggl Track | Stint | |
|---|---|---|
| Best at | Tracking time across web, desktop, mobile, and a browser extension, with reports built for teams | One freelancer turning tracked hours into an invoice |
| Timer | The product. Clients, projects, billable rates, and exports are mature | A web timer saved with the client, an optional project, and the rate |
| Invoice from those hours | No built-in invoicing. Toggl's docs say you export CSV, PDF, or XLSX and finish the bill in another tool | One click from unbilled entries to line items, a share link, and a PDF |
| What the client opens | Whatever you attach from your other tool | A page with the hours, the rate, and the total |
| Getting paid | You collect the money yourself | You collect the money yourself. Stint does not take card payments |
| Teams | Built for them: roles, shared reports, and workspace admin | Not built for a team. One person, one desk |
| Price | Free tracking. Paid plans add team and reporting features | Free to try (2 clients, 3 invoices a month), then $7 a month or $49 once. No per-seat price |
Where Toggl is the better tool
- You already track on your phone, the desktop app, or inside another tool. Stint is a website.
- You need team reports, roles, or a workspace more than one person uses.
- Your invoice already lives in an accounting app, and all you wanted from Toggl was a clean export.
Where Stint is the shorter path
You stop the timer and the hours are already line items. There is no export, no second login, and no per-seat plan between the clock and the link you send. The price stays $7 a month or $49 once, whether you have two clients or twenty.
Sources checked October 2026: Toggl's help page "Does Toggl support invoicing?" and the time-tracking-for-invoicing feature page, both of which describe export rather than a client invoice.