No. Memtime has no free plan, only a 14-day free trial with no credit card. After that its cheapest tier, Basic, is $18 per user per month on annual billing, checked September 5, 2026. The trial gives full access, but there is no permanent zero-cost option the way Clockify and Toggl keep one.

Does Memtime work on Linux?

Yes, but on X11 only. Memtime ships a native Linux desktop app as an AppImage and says it has been tested on GNOME, Plasma/KDE and XFCE. Its Linux page makes no Wayland claim, so Memtime does not support Wayland, and ARM support is still an open question in its own FAQ.

Does Memtime take screenshots?

Memtime does not advertise a screenshot feature. Its own site says the tool cannot be used for monitoring processes and that all activity data is stored on the user device, visible only to you. What it records is which programs, files and tabs you used, not pictures of your screen.

Does Memtime do invoicing?

No. Memtime captures time and exports or syncs it to project and billing software, but it does not create invoices or collect payment. If billing clients from your tracked hours matters, you need a second tool for that step, or a tracker like BillNotch that includes it.

How much is Memtime per user?

On annual billing the headline rates are Basic $18, Connect $26 and Premium $35 per user per month, with Enterprise custom for 50-plus seats, checked September 5, 2026. Billing runs quarterly, annually or two-yearly, so there is no month-to-month option and no free tier underneath it.

Memtime or BillNotch?

Pick Memtime if offline, on-device capture is the whole requirement and you already invoice elsewhere. Pick BillNotch if you want automatic capture that also categorizes the work, catches unbilled hours and produces the invoice, on flat pricing from $9 a month. Both run on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Memtime review: automatic time tracking that stops before the invoice

Memtime is a genuinely good automatic time tracker if passive, private capture is the whole job. It records what you work on in the background, and Memtime says that data stays on your device. It runs on Linux too. The catch is where it stops: no invoicing, no billing, annual-first pricing, and no free plan.

One disclosure up front. We have not run Memtime ourselves, so this is not a hands-on test. This Memtime review is built from Memtime’s own documentation, pricing page and Linux page, plus public reviews, chiefly GetApp’s 4.4 out of 5 from 125 reviews. Every quote below carries its source.

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What this Memtime review covers

Memtime, from memtime GmbH in Germany, is the tool formerly sold as timeBro. It is a fully automatic tracker for Windows, macOS and Linux that runs in the background and records the time you spend in every program, file, browser tab, email and calendar entry, down to the second.

The captured day is shown as a minute-accurate timeline, a “Memory Aid” you use to reconstruct what you did and log hours against projects quickly, rather than a stopwatch you remember to start. The central promise is privacy through locality: Memtime says activity data is stored only on your machine, and that it cannot be used for monitoring processes. From there you export time entries, or on the Connect tier sync them two ways, into whatever project or billing software you already run. It is desktop only, with no mobile app.

What Memtime costs

Memtime sells three self-serve tiers plus Enterprise, priced per user per month but billed quarterly at the shortest, with annual (around 20% off) and two-year (around 33% off) terms. There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and no free plan underneath it. Prices are quoted in ten currencies; the figures here are the US-dollar annual rates.

Plan	Per user, per month	What it adds
Basic	$18	Automatic offline capture, calendar links, unlimited reports, built-in project management
Connect	$26	Everything in Basic plus 100+ software integrations and two-way sync with project tools
Premium	$35	Everything in Connect plus call-system tracking and SSO, Entra ID, SAML and SCIM
Enterprise	Custom	For 50+ seats: team trial and onboarding, custom integrations, SSO and SAML

Prices checked on memtime.com/pricing on September 5, 2026. Integrations gate at Connect; SSO, SAML, SCIM and call tracking gate at Premium.

Two things about the shape of that bill are worth flagging, because they drive the harshest reviews. The quarterly-or-longer cycle means you commit money in blocks rather than paying month to month, and Memtime renews automatically. Reviewers report being charged on the renewal date without a heads-up and then refused a refund, which is the recurring theme in its one-star reviews.

Platforms and Linux support

Native desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux is a real advantage; most automatic trackers cover two of the three at best. Memtime markets Linux hard, with a dedicated page aimed at developers, administrators and IT service providers.

The important caveat: Memtime’s Linux build works on X11. Its own page says the app has been tested on GNOME, Plasma/KDE and XFCE, and it ships as an AppImage you download and run. There is no Wayland claim anywhere on that page, and “Do you support ARM for Linux?” is still a live FAQ, so x86 is the assumed target. Memtime does not support Wayland; it is X11 only, per its Linux page. BillNotch reads titles under Wayland on KDE and the wlroots compositors as well as X11, which is a narrower gap for the same kind of Linux user. Our Linux time tracker page spells out which compositors work and which do not.

What reviewers like about Memtime

On GetApp Memtime holds 4.4 out of 5 across 125 reviews, 82% of them positive. The praise is consistent, and it is about the tracking rather than the marketing.

The capture is genuinely hands-off

“It tracks your computer activity and makes generating a timesheet much easier.”

Linnea D., COO, on GetApp

It recovers time people forget to bill

“We recover 5 billable hours every week.”

Andreas Z., G2, on the memtime.com home page

What reviewers complain about

The one-star reviews on GetApp cluster on one theme, and it is not the tracking. It is billing: auto-renewal, refunds and how support handles both. Value for Money is also the joint-lowest sub-score on GetApp at 4.2, and there is no free plan to soften the entry price.

Auto-renewal catches people out

“Get people to forget about the subscription and just charge them, or send debt collectors after them.”

Petra V., Producer, on GetApp

Support communication is one-directional

“They can communicate with you when they can earn money, but they cannot communicate like a professional company to provide their customers a heads up.”

Gittan d., Freelance Event Manager, on GetApp

What Memtime does not do

This is the part reviews gloss over, because most Memtime reviewers only wanted the tracking. Memtime has no invoicing. It captures time and hands it off, so billing a client always happens in a second tool. There is no payment collection either. That gap is the throughline of this Memtime review: the capture is excellent, and there is no way to bill from it.

The offline model shapes how team data works. Memtime says activity data is kept on each device, while its plans list team management and billability reporting. And the billing model itself, quarterly or longer with no month-to-month seat, is a cash-flow commitment rather than a subscription you can switch off in a slow month.

Memtime vs BillNotch

We build BillNotch, so read this section knowing that. It is still an honest split, because the two tools share a core (automatic desktop capture with a privacy stance) and then diverge on what happens after the capture.

Where Memtime wins

Offline by design. Memtime says activity data stays on the device and is never uploaded, which is a real privacy position rather than a setting you have to find.
Integration breadth. Connect advertises 100+ two-way integrations with project and billing tools, deeper than BillNotch on that one axis.
Mature on Windows and macOS. Memtime has shipped since the timeBro days, and its desktop apps are longer in the field than ours.

Where BillNotch wins

It invoices. Tracked billable hours become a PDF invoice with a Stripe payment link, and push to QuickBooks Online or Xero. Memtime exports and stops.
Flat, cheaper pricing. Pro is $9 a month for one seat and Team is $12 per seat, month to month, with a 14-day trial and no card. Memtime starts at $18 per user and bills quarterly at the shortest.
Wayland capture on more of Linux. Titles are read on X11 and on Wayland under KDE and the wlroots compositors (Sway, Hyprland, river, Wayfire, labwc). Memtime is X11 only.
It catches unbilled work. The Revenue Leak Finder lists billable time that was tracked but never invoiced, and privacy is per device: Smart, Full or LocalOnly.

The clean way to decide: if the tracking data must never leave the machine, which Memtime says it does not, stay on Memtime, because BillNotch syncs to a server even though window titles can stay on-device. BillNotch is built for the step after capture, where the hours you nearly forgot to bill turn into an invoice. The automatic tracker page covers how the capture-to-invoice loop actually runs, and the no-screenshots page sets out where our window titles go, which is a different promise from Memtime’s offline-only one.

Memtime alternatives worth comparing

If the tracking is fine and the gap is invoicing, price or the annual commitment, the field sorts quickly. For automatic capture that also invoices on flat pricing, BillNotch is the closest like-for-like. For a free, local-only route, ActivityWatch and ManicTime capture activity on your own machine. Timely drafts entries with AI and invoices, but skips a native Linux app. Clockify is the cheapest way to add invoicing and keeps a native Linux build. The full breakdown, with a comparison table, is in the best Memtime alternatives, and if you are switching from a manual timer rather than an automatic one, the Harvest alternative guide covers that move instead.

Common questions

Is Memtime free?: No. Memtime has no free plan, only a 14-day free trial with no credit card. After that its cheapest tier, Basic, is $18 per user per month on annual billing, checked September 5, 2026. The trial gives full access, but there is no permanent zero-cost option the way Clockify and Toggl keep one.
Does Memtime work on Linux?: Yes, but on X11 only. Memtime ships a native Linux desktop app as an AppImage and says it has been tested on GNOME, Plasma/KDE and XFCE. Its Linux page makes no Wayland claim, so Memtime does not support Wayland, and ARM support is still an open question in its own FAQ.
Does Memtime take screenshots?: Memtime does not advertise a screenshot feature. Its own site says the tool cannot be used for monitoring processes and that all activity data is stored on the user device, visible only to you. What it records is which programs, files and tabs you used, not pictures of your screen.
Does Memtime do invoicing?: No. Memtime captures time and exports or syncs it to project and billing software, but it does not create invoices or collect payment. If billing clients from your tracked hours matters, you need a second tool for that step, or a tracker like BillNotch that includes it.
How much is Memtime per user?: On annual billing the headline rates are Basic $18, Connect $26 and Premium $35 per user per month, with Enterprise custom for 50-plus seats, checked September 5, 2026. Billing runs quarterly, annually or two-yearly, so there is no month-to-month option and no free tier underneath it.
Memtime or BillNotch?: Pick Memtime if offline, on-device capture is the whole requirement and you already invoice elsewhere. Pick BillNotch if you want automatic capture that also categorizes the work, catches unbilled hours and produces the invoice, on flat pricing from $9 a month. Both run on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Keep the automatic capture, add the invoice

Memtime hands your tracked time to another tool to bill. BillNotch keeps capture and invoicing in one account, so a PDF invoice with a Stripe payment link comes straight from the hours you logged. 14 days, no card, then $9 a month for Pro. If you want to read first, the alternatives guide surveys the whole field, and pricing lists both plans.

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