Track Time.
Send Invoices.
Get Sauce.
Streamlined and clean — no feature bloat, no selling out, no forcing features down your throat you never asked for. Just the stuff freelancers actually need.
No trial. No credit card. No BS. No ads. We don't sell your info.
Built by an Arizona & Colorado designer with 20 years of experience who got sick of many time-tracking apps either getting acquired, shut down, or pricing him out. So he built his own. With extra sauce.
The Full Menu
Everything You Need.
Nothing You Don't.
Streamlined and clean — no bloated feature lists, no “enterprise solutions,” no selling out to cram features you never asked for down your throat. Just the stuff freelancers actually use, served hot and ready.
Time Tracking
Every second counts. Even the ones you spend on the toilet.
Start, pause, stop. Multiple concurrent timers. Assign to projects. Tracks in the header so you never forget you're on the clock. Unlike that time you left a Zoom meeting running for 6 hours.
Invoicing
Get paid faster than a 2 AM taco run gives you regrets.
Auto-populate line items from tracked time. Beautiful PDF exports. Send directly via email. Track views and payment status. Your clients can't say they didn't see it.
Contracts
Seal the deal before things get messy.
Fully editable contract sections stored as JSON. Dual type-to-sign signatures with simple signing flows. Because a handshake deal is about as reliable as gas station sushi.
Proposals
Look professional. Feel professional. Charge accordingly.
Custom pricing tables, editable sections, view tracking. Know exactly when your client opened your proposal and how long they stared at your rates in disbelief.
Client Management
Keep your clients organized. They won't do it themselves.
Manage companies and contacts. Track project history, invoices, and contracts per client. Everything in one place, unlike your desk which looks like a fast food wrapper graveyard.
Email Integration
Send documents without opening another tab. Revolutionary.
Send invoices, contracts, and proposals straight from the app. Rich text editor, reusable templates, dynamic fields, delivery tracking. No more 'I never got it' excuses. We've got receipts. Literally.
Typed Signatures
Sign on the dotted line, minus the hassle.
Type-to-sign signatures persist across sessions. Both you and your client can sign contracts and proposals. Digital signatures make it easy to get agreements in place without printing, scanning, or mailing.
Custom Branding
Your name. Your vibe. Your sauce.
Set your business name, contact info, hourly rate, currency, and default payment methods. Everything carries over to invoices, contracts, and proposals automatically. Professional-looking? Always. Effort required? Minimal.
PDF Export
Print-ready docs that don't look like they were made in 2003.
One-click PDF generation for invoices, contracts, and proposals. Clean layouts, your branding baked in, ready to send or print. Your clients will think you hired a designer. You didn't. You're welcome.
Try It Right Now
Go Ahead. Start a Timer.
This is a real, working timer. Hit start and we'll assign you a random project. Click the time to edit it, just like in the real app. It's like a drive-through timer at your favorite late-night taco spot, except nobody's judging how long you take.
Recent Timers (2)
Website Rebrand (Extra Spicy)
Gordy Flambe
Cookbook App UI
Julia Childish
* Demo only — nothing is saved. In the real app, your time entries auto-link to invoices. Magic. 🪄
Build an Invoice Right Now
Create It. Preview It. Download the PDF.
Add line items, set rates, tweak the tax — then hit "Create Invoice" to see a clean preview. Download it as a PDF. No account needed to try it right here.
Invoice #HS-0042
$2,800.00
From
Justin Sauce
Sauce Studios
justin@hoursauce.com
Bill To
Gordy Flambe
Hell's Bistro LLC
gordy@hellsbistro.com
Payment Methods
Bank Transfer
Chase Business Checking ****4209
PayPal
justin@hoursauce.com
Venmo
@justinsauce
Build a Proposal
Scope, Pricing, and a Clean Preview
Edit sections, tune pricing rows, and preview the same shared proposal renderer used in-app.
Proposal Title
Valid Until
Pricing Table
Total: $4,880.00
Contracts Built Your Way
Contracts That Actually Protect You
Drag sections around, edit everything inline, type your signature, and export a clean PDF. A handshake deal is about as reliable as gas station sushi — so put it in writing.
Justin Sauce
Sauce Studios
Editable with a free account — no trial, no CC, no BS, no ads, we don't sell your info
Gordy Flambe
Hell’s Bistro LLC
Editable with a free account — no trial, no CC, no BS, no ads, we don't sell your info
Industry Template
Section defaults are pulled from the same industry template library as the app.
Your Signature
Type your name to sign as Justin Sauce
Client signs via the link you send them — no need to sign for them here.
* Demo only — nothing is saved. In the real app, contracts are stored as editable JSON with dual type-to-sign signatures.
0+
Years of Design Experience
Pricing That Won't Give You Heartburn
Super Saucy Pricing
We're not here to drain your bank account. The core app is free. Period. We just want to cover server costs and keep the lights on.
Mild Sauce
For solo freelancers who just want their sauce without the price tag
- ✓ Unlimited time tracking
- ✓ Unlimited invoices & PDF export
- ✓ Unlimited clients & projects
- ✓ Contracts & proposals
- ✓ Typed signatures
- ✓ Email sending
- ✓ All the sass, none of the cash
Hot Sauce
For teams & power users who want the whole enchilada
Billed $36/year — keep costs low while supporting indie software
- ✓ Everything in Mild Sauce
- ✓ Team collaboration features
- ✓ Advanced reporting & analytics
- ✓ Priority support (no bots, we promise)
- ✓ Custom branding on all documents
- ✓ The warm fuzzy feeling of supporting indie devs
We call it the “shitlist” because we love you for supporting this app to exist. The irony is not lost on us.
The Sauce Pledge 🥫
We solemnly swear that Hoursauce will:
- 🥫Always have a free tier for individual freelancers. Not “free trial.” Free free.
- 🥫Stay streamlined and clean — no feature bloat, no forcing unwanted features down your throat
- 🥫Never lock core features behind a paywall like some kind of sauce-hoarding dragon
- 🥫Always be more reliable than your gut after a 2 AM taco run from that drive-through you know you shouldn't visit
* This is not a legally binding document. But it is a pinky promise, which is basically the same thing.
Designed by a Designer.
Imagine That.
Hoursauce was built by a graphic & web designer from Arizona & Colorado with 20+ years in the game. Not a startup bro. Not a VC-funded team of 50. Just one designer who knows what freelancers actually need because he is one. Every pixel, every interaction, every witty tooltip — designed with the understanding that your tools should work for you, not against you.
This app exists because the tools we relied on kept disappearing. If you've ever exported all your data from a dying platform at 11 PM on a Sunday, desperately searching for “where the hell did my invoices go” — this app is for you. If you've ever paid $25/month just to track hours and send a PDF — this app is definitely for you. And if you just want an app that doesn't take itself too seriously while still being dead useful — welcome home, sauce boss.
Frequently Sauced Questions
Yes. Like, actually free. Not "free for 14 days then we charge your firstborn." The core time tracking, invoicing, contracts, proposals — all free for individual freelancers. Forever. We wrote it down and everything.
Because invoicing software is boring and we refuse to participate in that energy. Also, comparing payment workflows to digestive workflows is funnier than it has any right to be. Life's too short for bland tools.
No. Your data and your clients' data are yours. We're not going to sell it, mine it, or use it to train AI models. Paid upgrades are for product support and optional advanced features only.
As long as I get enough donations and support to cover the hosting and app store fees, Hoursauce will exist. That's the deal. I know — sending a stranger on the internet money to keep a free app alive feels weird. But think of it this way: good tools like this don't grow on trees, and the ones that did got bought by corporations and chopped down. I also have a family to feed, but you won't hear me complain about it. I just want to keep the sauce flowing.
We legally cannot endorse that. But yes. The timer works everywhere your browser works. What you do during billable hours is between you and your client. And your plumber.
Stop Paying.
Start Saucing.
Free time tracking. Free invoicing. Free contracts. Free proposals.
All the sauce. None of the heartburn.
(The 2 AM taco run kind of heartburn. The app itself is very smooth.)
No credit card. No trial period. No bamboozle.
Born From Frustration.
Raised on Sauce.
Here's the thing: I've been a graphic and web designer in Arizona and Colorado for over 20 years. I've used many time-tracking and invoicing tools out there. AND CO? Loved it — until Fiverr acquired it in 2018 and rebranded it as Fiverr Workspace. Hello Bonsai? Chef's kiss — until they gutted the free tier and slapped a $21/month price tag on it. Wave? Acquired by H&R Block — bank imports and reporting behind a paywall, plus fees per invoice sent. And Fiverr Workspace itself? Shutting down entirely in March 2026 — already unusable. Years of invoicing history, contracts, client data — poof. Gone like Taco Bell through your digestive system on a Tuesday night.
Every 2-3 years it's the same cycle: find a tool, set everything up, get comfortable, then watch it get acquired or shut down. And the ones that stick around? They keep jacking up prices. $30/month just for basic time tracking and sending invoices? Some even more than that. That's more expensive than my actual lunch. And my lunch usually gives me heartburn too, but at least I chose that pain.
I'm a part-time freelancer — some months I have a ton of sidework, some months I have none. I don't want to pay outrageous monthly fees for an app I only use parts of the year. Nobody should have to.
So I said screw it. I'll build my own. Something that's free for solo freelancers forever — as long as I can get a few donations from you guys to cover the hosting and app store fees to keep it running 💩. Please donate here (coming soon). Has just enough personality to make invoicing feel less like a trip to the DMV and more like... well, a trip to a really good taco truck.
Welcome to Hoursauce. Just sauce. 🥫
The Freelancer Tool Graveyard
R.I.P. to the Platforms We've Lost
Pour one out for the homies. We'll never forget you (or our data that went with you).
AND CO
2015–2018
Acquired by Fiverr
Fiverr Workspace
2018–2026
Shutting down March 2026
Bonsai
Free tier gone
Gutted free plan, $21+/mo
Wave
Acquired 2024
Bank imports & reporting paywalled; charges per invoice sent
Harvest
2006–present
Free plan exists but extremely limited — 2 projects only
Hoursauce isn't going anywhere. Independently built and stubbornly maintained.
Like that one taco truck that's been on the same corner for 15 years. 🌮