Timely uses AI to automatically track what apps, documents, and websites you use throughout the day, then lets you review and assign that 'memory' to projects. It's impressive passive tracking. ClockMe takes a different approach: your AI coding assistant explicitly controls the timer via MCP — it's not guessing based on activity, it knows exactly what you're working on because it's the tool doing the work.
Timely's passive activity tracking is good for people who work across many different apps and need a comprehensive activity log. ClockMe is purpose-built for developers using AI coding tools — the MCP integration means the timer is always accurate because it's controlled by the tool that knows what you're doing.
No. ClockMe never captures your screen, app usage, or browser history. Timers are started and stopped explicitly — by you, your AI tool, or via the Chrome extension. This is a deliberate privacy-first design.
ClockMe works for any billing scenario. You can start/stop timers manually from the web app or Chrome extension for calls, design work, or admin time — MCP auto-tracking is an add-on, not a requirement.
MCP tracking is deterministic — the timer starts exactly when your Claude Code or Cursor session opens and stops when it closes. Timely's activity tracking is probabilistic — it captures what apps you used and asks you to confirm. For coding work, MCP is more accurate. For meetings and email, Timely's passive approach has an edge.
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