Project management, time tracking and invoices for Mac, in plain Markdown files.
nokko is for freelancers and small studios. Plan on a timeline, track time on the task itself, and draft the invoice from those hours. Every project is a plain Markdown file on your own disk, and an iPhone app keeps the day with you when you leave your desk.
macOS 26 · Apple silicon · iOS 26 · Built by a two-person agency for its own client work first.
A week of client work, in one app
Most studios run this week across a project tool, a time tracker and an invoicing app, and copy the same hours between them. In nokko it is one folder of files.
Plan the month on a timeline
Every project is a bar, with its tasks and milestones under it and a line for today. Switch between week, month, quarter and year to see how the work fits together.
Work from a plan you put in order
Today lists what you chose to do, in the order you arranged it, with the hours planned against the hours left. Start the timer on a task and the session is written under that task, in its file.
Draft the invoice from the hours
Pick a client and nokko drafts the invoice from the time you logged: lines, rates, VAT and the next number in sequence. Edit it beside the A4 page it prints as, then save the PDF.
For freelancers and small studios who bill for their time.
You do the client work and the admin around it. These are the moments nokko was built for.
It is the last day of the month and the invoices are not out.
Your hours are already under each task, and Clients shows what is unbilled. Pick a client and nokko drafts the invoice, with rates, VAT and the next number.
You walked away with the timer running.
When you come back to your Mac, nokko says how long you were gone and asks what to do with that time, so lunch stays off the client's bill.
A client asks how their project is going, and you are out.
Open nokko on your iPhone. Each project shows the work done against the time passed, and the hours against the estimate.
You are working on a train with no Wi-Fi.
nokko works with no connection and no account, because your work is on your own Mac.
You wonder what happens if you ever stop paying.
Your work stays where it is: plain files in your own folder, readable in Obsidian or any text editor. nokko still opens them to read and print, for free.
Today's plan and the timer, on your iPhone
The same workspace as your Mac, so the list you planned at your desk is in your pocket when you leave it. Swipe a task done or on to tomorrow, add one in a single line, and see where every project stands.
Today, first
The task to start with, what is due, and what moved since yesterday, the moment it opens.
Where every project stands
How much is done against how much of the time has passed, the hours against the estimate, and who has open work.
The timer on your Lock Screen
Lock the phone and the clock keeps counting. Stop it there and the hours are written under the task, ready for the invoice on your Mac.
A full copy of the files lives on the phone, kept in step through your own GitHub, your own server, or iCloud between your own devices. One subscription covers the Mac and the iPhone.
Try every feature free for 14 days
Then choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. The app stays free to read forever: if you stop paying, it goes back to reading mode and every file stays where it is.
€6.99
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€129
- Every feature, on every Mac and iPhone you sign into
- Sharing through your own GitHub or your own server
- Every update, while you subscribe — or forever, with Lifetime
If you stop paying
When a subscription ends the app goes back to reading mode. Nothing is deleted and nothing is locked: your files were plain Markdown on your disk the whole time, and reading, exporting and printing never expire.
How the trial starts
Download free from the App Store, then start the 14 days inside the app. One trial per Apple ID, and it covers the Mac and the iPhone.
Who makes nokko
We are a two-person web agency in Kaunas. For years our own work lived in a project tool, a time tracker and an invoicing app, with the same hour copied between the three. nokko is the app we wanted for ourselves: projects in files we can open anywhere, hours logged where the task lives, and the invoice drafted from them. We ran our own client work on it before it went on the App Store.
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- 14 days of editing, free
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- None to create
- Apple privacy label
- Data Not Collected
Questions people ask first
What is nokko?
nokko is a native Mac app for project management, time tracking and invoicing, made for freelancers and small studios, with an iPhone app beside it. Every project is a plain Markdown file on your own disk; it works offline and has no account. The download is free on the App Store; reading is free and editing is a subscription or a one-time purchase covering both apps. It is not related to Noko, the time-tracking service.
What happens to my files if I stop using nokko?
Nothing. They are plain Markdown files in a folder you chose, and they stay there. If a subscription ends, the app goes back to reading mode and still opens, exports and prints everything. If nokko stopped existing, Obsidian or any text editor would still read every project, task and time entry.
Do I need Obsidian to use nokko?
No. nokko is a complete Mac app that reads and writes the Markdown files itself. Because tasks use the Obsidian Tasks convention and custom fields use Dataview notation, the same files also open in Obsidian or any text editor, if you want them to. There is nothing else to install.
How much does nokko cost?
nokko is free to download and read on Mac and iPhone. Editing is €6.99 a month or €49.99 a year after a 14-day free trial, or €129 once for Lifetime; the US store shows $5.99, $44.99 and $119. One purchase covers both apps and is billed through the App Store, so you manage or cancel it in your Apple Account.
Is this for a big team?
No, and that is deliberate: nokko has no roles, permissions or admin console and is not growing into them. A small studio sharing one workspace through its own GitHub repository or server works well, with everyone seeing every project and each person mostly driving their own files. A team that needs access control and approval chains has outgrown it.
Is there a Windows, Android or iPad version?
Not for Windows or Android. nokko is a Mac app with an iPhone app beside it, and an iPad version is planned for version 1.2, around 23 November 2026. The Mac app needs macOS 26 on Apple silicon, and the iPhone app needs iOS 26. Because the data is plain Markdown, the same files can be read on any system with a text editor.
Free to read, on your Mac and your iPhone.
Download it, open a folder, and read everything your studio has planned. Subscribe when you are ready to edit; the first 14 days are free, and one subscription covers both.