Hourbrook or Harvest?
Harvest is a timesheet and invoicing tool: timers and weekly timesheets, invoices on every plan, and strong reporting for agencies.
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Where Harvest is the better choice comes first. Facts about Harvest are from its own site, read on 3 November 2026.
Choose Harvest if you want
- Invoicing is its heart, on every plan, the free one included.
- Fifty-plus integrations, and a free plan for one person.
- Apps on every platform, phones included.
Where Hourbrook is different
- Hourbrook fills in the day by itself; Harvest waits for you to start a timer or type a timesheet.
- No usage fees for invoices, projects or clients; everything is free during the beta.
- Activity stays on your Mac, and breaks and agent waits count as work.
Side by side
| What | Hourbrook | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| Tracks your work by itself | Yes: the app, window title and page in front, every 2 s | No: timers and timesheets |
| Where that activity is kept | On your Mac, never uploaded; only entries you log sync | — |
| Free plan | Everything is free during the beta | Yes: 1 seat, 2 projects |
| Lowest paid price, per person a month | None yet; prices after the beta aren't final | $9 (Teams, yearly), plus usage-based fees for extra invoices, projects, clients and tasks |
| Platforms | Mac; web for synced time; Windows in the works | Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Invoices | Yes, from logged hours | Yes, on every plan |
| Team planning | Planning and capacity for teams | Team capacity; Forecast is a separate product |
| AI assistant or MCP server | MCP server on your Mac, built into the app | MCP (July 2026); AI assistant in beta |
| Waiting on AI agents | Counted as your work, up to 3 h | — |
| Certifications | None yet; it's a beta | Not stated on its site |
“—” means no, or nothing we could find on their site. All comparisons
Coming from Harvest
Import your Harvest history with a token, or its detailed CSV export. You see what will change before anything does.
Hourbrook starts filling in your day from the first hour it runs, so the brook is there to pick from by the end of it.
What you'd be switching to
A small item in the menu bar, and a main window with your day, week and tasks. A native Mac app, with everything it learns kept on the Mac.
Sources
Read on 3 November 2026. If something has changed, reply to any email from us and we'll correct it.