Choose your project
Start from Home. Your latest completed session stays in view.
Your work. Your pace. Your Mac.
Track your time.
Remember what you did.
Choose a project and start the timer. Add a brief note when you finish, revisit your achievements and turn selected notes into a weekly or status update. Your record stays on your Mac, without an account.
€4.99 at launch · One-time purchase · No subscription
Preparing for macOS launch · Not yet available
One project. One timer.You decide when to pause.
Start without an account
Choose a project and start the timer.
Track the work
Start, pause and finish. Notes are optional.
Prepare a work update
Choose achievements. Copy or save your update.
A straightforward workflow
Choose. Track. Review.
For independent work: writing, designing, coding, researching. Keep a record as you work, then use it when you need to recall or report what you did.
Track your work
Start and stop the timer yourself. When you finish, note what you got done—or skip the note.
See what you accomplished
Browse earlier days, weeks, months or years. Read your session notes alongside the recorded time.
Screens from the current development build, with example projects.
When it’s time for a weekly or status update
Your work, ready
to report back.
Browse a day, week, month or year, including earlier periods. Switch from recorded time to achievements and read your notes grouped by project.
- Select the notes you want in your update
- Preview your own wording; include recorded time if useful
- Copy the text or save it as Markdown
Work update
1 October 2026
Website
- Revised the homepage.
One note selected from the two projects shown. Recorded time is off by default. Your original wording is preserved.
Download this Markdown updateFrom recorded time to a useful history
More than a number
at the end of the day.
See completed time by project for a day, week, month or year, including earlier periods. Open a project to read the sessions and notes behind the total.
- Export the selected period as CSV, Markdown or JSON
- Export all projects or a single project
- Keep sessions without notes in the full record
Create and restore local database backups separately from reports.
Tempo — Focus log
Period: 1 October 2026
Project: Website
Recorded time: 1 h 30 min · 1 completed session
Sessions — Website
- 09:00:00 – 10:30:00 · 1 h 30 min
Revised the homepage.
One project from the two shown above. Start–end times are local (UTC+02:00); each session belongs to its end date.
Download this Markdown recordWhen the day changes plans
Track the interruption.
Return to your session.
Pause your current session and start another project. Tempo records that interruption separately. When it ends, your original session returns paused, ready for you to resume.
Explore the work record
When a recorded entry needs correcting
Keep your
time record accurate.
Forgot to stop the timer or spotted an incorrect entry? Correct the latest completed session’s worked duration, start and finish dates and times.
Worked duration can be adjusted independently of the start and finish timestamps. You can also edit notes on completed sessions.
A timer you control
Start, pause, resume and end. Returning to Home pauses the session; time spent paused is excluded.
Projects that stay manageable
Rename projects, archive finished work and restore it later. Archived projects retain their recorded sessions.
Close at hand on your Mac
A compact app designed for responsive everyday use. Control sessions from the menu bar. Use application-menu shortcuts. Tempo follows your system’s light or dark appearance.
A personal work record
On your computer.
Under your control.
Tempo stores projects, sessions and notes locally. Core tracking and review work offline, without an account or a cloud service. You choose when to export a report or create a backup.
Choose the right tool for your work
Is Tempo a good fit?
For independent work on one Mac, especially when you need to recall achievements or prepare a weekly or status update. You run the timer yourself; notes are optional.
Tempo
From your work to your update.
Track a project, note what you got done and revisit your achievements. Select the notes you want in an update, then copy or save it. No account to create.
Automatic capture
Reconstruct work from device activity.
If you want apps and websites recorded automatically, explore Timing, Timemator or ActivityWatch.
Connected tracking
Connect devices and shared workflows.
For sync, team timesheets or billing, explore Toggl Track and Clockify. Timery offers Toggl-based tracking on Apple devices and requires a Toggl account.
Before you get started
Can I download Tempo now?
Not yet. Desktop tests still need to be completed and Mac App Store submission is being prepared. This page will link to the listing when it is live. There is no confirmed release date.
Do I need an account?
No. Tempo keeps your record locally on your Mac. Create a project and start the timer. Notes are optional, and core tracking and review work offline.
Does Tempo track my activity automatically?
No. You start and stop sessions yourself. Tempo does not record which apps or websites you use. It currently has no idle detection, reminders or Pomodoro countdown.
Can I sync across devices or use Tempo with a team?
Tempo currently keeps a personal record on one computer. Cloud sync, shared workspaces, invoicing and mobile apps are not part of the current product.
How far back can I browse, and what can I correct?
Browse current and earlier days, weeks, months or years, with project totals, session lists and achievement notes. Custom date ranges are not currently available. You can edit notes on completed sessions and correct the worked duration, start and finish dates and times of the latest completed session. Worked duration can be adjusted independently of the timestamps.
How does Tempo create a work update?
Open Achievements for the period you want and choose Create update. Select individual notes or all notes in a project, then preview the result. Tempo groups your selected notes by project and keeps your wording. Recorded time is optional and off by default. Copy the text or save Markdown; Tempo does not send or publish it. Sessions without notes still appear in Time and the full-session export.
Why choose Tempo when other trackers have free plans?
Toggl Track and Clockify offer capable free plans. WorkingHours also offers free basic tracking without an account, and Tim is a local Mac tracker. Tempo is an option if its session-note, achievement-review and selected-update workflow fits your work. No account and no subscription are benefits shared with other tools.
What will Tempo cost?
Tempo will cost €4.99 at launch as a one-time purchase. No subscription.
Which languages does it support?
Tempo uses German with a German system language and English otherwise. It follows your system appearance automatically.
Help shape Tempo before launch
Would Tempo fit your work?
Tell us what you need from a personal time tracker. You can also ask to hear when Tempo launches or express interest in early testing.
macOS first · In preparation
Straightforward time tracking.
Coming to your Mac.
Testing and release preparation are underway. Mac App Store submission is the next distribution step. Tempo is not yet available to download.
Request a launch update- 01
Testing
Desktop checks and release validation still need to be completed.
- 02
Store preparation
The Mac App Store submission still needs to be initiated.
- 03
Launch
The download link will appear here once the listing is approved and live.
Windows and Linux are planned for later. Release dates are still to be confirmed.