The best time recording systems from Germany
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:49 am
Time tracking software enables companies in a wide range of industries to track how much time and resources employees spend on work, projects, work locations, shifts and customers. Time tracking systems provide an overview of the workload and work practices of each employee and make the impact on budgets and revenue visible. With this information, companies can more successfully plan projects, assign tasks, balance workloads and increase productivity.
Since the obligation to use electronic time recording was enshrined in law by the Federal Labor Court, time recording has become particularly important for companies in Germany. It is not only important for SMEs that want to reduce labor costs and save unnecessary resources, but has also become indispensable for the legal compliance of all companies. Transparency, a fair salary, regular breaks, reasonable working hours and recognition of work performance are fortunately the norm in Germany today - and time recording systems make some of these things possible in the first place.
In this article, you'll find five of the top-rated free time tracking systems on Capterra Germany , listed in alphabetical order. For this list, we considered software developed by companies headquartered in Germany that received an overall rating of at least 4.5 out of 5 stars on Capterra. You can find more information about our selection methodology at the end of the article.
Here you can find an overview of all 5 best time tracking tools from Germany:
1st The time recording system MeisterTask
Task card with integrated stopwatch in MeisterTask
Task view in MeisterTask [Source: Capterra Germany ]
Overall rating: 4.7/5
The first tool on our list of the best time tracking systems is MeisterTask. MeisterTask offers various project management tools including Kanban boards for task management. The time tracking tool offers timeline views and built-in notifications for activity tracking. There are also reports with tables and charts that can be grouped by projects, tasks or teams.
The basic version of MeisterTask is completely free. It offers customizable project boards and up to five shared notes for unlimited members in up to three projects. The paid version offers unlimited projects, integrations, automations and reports. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and educational institutions receive a discount and free trials are available upon request.
2nd Memtime from Germany
Recording active programs with the time recording software memtime
Display of the applications used in memtime [Source: Capterra Germany ]
memtime is a web-based time tracking system that runs in the poland telegram data background and tracks which applications a person is using. For example, when a team member uses an email program or participates in an online meeting, memtime recognizes this activity and logs its duration. All activities are displayed in a private timeline and users can transfer the entries directly to their timesheets, which they send to their supervisors at the end of the workday.
The software can be tested free of charge for 14 days without registration or providing payment details. memtime is available in four paid versions: Basic, Connect, Premium and Enterprise. The Basic version offers fully automated recording of all computer activities and synchronization with a calendar. Timesheets can only be exported as an Excel file in this version. Upgrading to one of the other three versions enables export to your own project management software.
The time tracking tool OpenProject is used by project managers and teams in both conventional and agile environments. Users can use Gantt charts to show dependencies and access cross-project views. Teams can create wiki-like websites for information sharing and documentation. When it comes to time and task management, they can prioritize tasks and move them to Kanban boards using drag and drop. The costs and time spent on each task can also be individually tracked, entered and edited.
Since the obligation to use electronic time recording was enshrined in law by the Federal Labor Court, time recording has become particularly important for companies in Germany. It is not only important for SMEs that want to reduce labor costs and save unnecessary resources, but has also become indispensable for the legal compliance of all companies. Transparency, a fair salary, regular breaks, reasonable working hours and recognition of work performance are fortunately the norm in Germany today - and time recording systems make some of these things possible in the first place.
In this article, you'll find five of the top-rated free time tracking systems on Capterra Germany , listed in alphabetical order. For this list, we considered software developed by companies headquartered in Germany that received an overall rating of at least 4.5 out of 5 stars on Capterra. You can find more information about our selection methodology at the end of the article.
Here you can find an overview of all 5 best time tracking tools from Germany:
1st The time recording system MeisterTask
Task card with integrated stopwatch in MeisterTask
Task view in MeisterTask [Source: Capterra Germany ]
Overall rating: 4.7/5
The first tool on our list of the best time tracking systems is MeisterTask. MeisterTask offers various project management tools including Kanban boards for task management. The time tracking tool offers timeline views and built-in notifications for activity tracking. There are also reports with tables and charts that can be grouped by projects, tasks or teams.
The basic version of MeisterTask is completely free. It offers customizable project boards and up to five shared notes for unlimited members in up to three projects. The paid version offers unlimited projects, integrations, automations and reports. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and educational institutions receive a discount and free trials are available upon request.
2nd Memtime from Germany
Recording active programs with the time recording software memtime
Display of the applications used in memtime [Source: Capterra Germany ]
memtime is a web-based time tracking system that runs in the poland telegram data background and tracks which applications a person is using. For example, when a team member uses an email program or participates in an online meeting, memtime recognizes this activity and logs its duration. All activities are displayed in a private timeline and users can transfer the entries directly to their timesheets, which they send to their supervisors at the end of the workday.
The software can be tested free of charge for 14 days without registration or providing payment details. memtime is available in four paid versions: Basic, Connect, Premium and Enterprise. The Basic version offers fully automated recording of all computer activities and synchronization with a calendar. Timesheets can only be exported as an Excel file in this version. Upgrading to one of the other three versions enables export to your own project management software.
The time tracking tool OpenProject is used by project managers and teams in both conventional and agile environments. Users can use Gantt charts to show dependencies and access cross-project views. Teams can create wiki-like websites for information sharing and documentation. When it comes to time and task management, they can prioritize tasks and move them to Kanban boards using drag and drop. The costs and time spent on each task can also be individually tracked, entered and edited.