Today I’m releasing Chronokura 1.0 on the Mac App Store — a native Mac time tracker built for freelancers who want full control over their data without paying a monthly subscription.
I built Chronokura because every time tracking app I tried either required a cloud account, charged a monthly fee, or felt like it was designed for teams rather than solo freelancers. Chronokura is different: you pay once, own it forever, and your data never leaves your Mac.
What Makes Chronokura a Different Mac Time Tracker?
Chronokura is a macOS time tracking app for freelancers. You can manage customers and projects, track time with a single click from the MenuBar or within the app, and get a clear overview of your open, billed and paid revenue from the dashboard.
The analytics dashboard shows your revenue over time with charts you can filter by month, quarter, year or custom date range. Compare your current performance against the previous year, see your top customers, and get a breakdown by service category.
Your data stays on your Mac
No cloud. No account. No subscription. Your data is stored locally and never leaves your device. You choose where Chronokura stores its database and can set up automatic backups so your work is always safe.
This makes Chronokura one of the few Mac time trackers that is fully GDPR-compliant by design — simply because there is no server involved.
What’s included in Chronokura 1.0
- Dashboard with revenue charts and financial stats
- Customer and project management
- MenuBar timer — start tracking without leaving your current app
- Time entries with categories, descriptions and autocomplete
- Text snippets for reusable entry descriptions
- Global search across customers, projects and entries
- PDF report export
- Automatic and manual backups
- Custom storage location for your database
- Available in 7 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Slovak
- Requires macOS 14 or later, runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel
Pricing
Chronokura costs €20 — once. No subscription, no hidden fees, no nonsense. There’s a free trial that lets you create up to 2 customers, 1 project and 5 time entries so you can try the full app before buying.