Compared
nokko vs Harvest, for tracking hours and invoicing them.
Harvest is a cloud service for tracking time and expenses, invoicing from them, taking payments online and reporting across a team. nokko is a native Mac and iPhone app that writes each timed session into the task's own Markdown file and drafts the invoice from those hours, with the projects, a board and a timeline in the same app.
Keep Harvest if you need online payments, expenses, approvals or accounting sync.
Harvest takes invoice payments through PayPal and Stripe, copies invoices and payments to QuickBooks Online or Xero, tracks expenses, and has timesheet approvals and budgets. It integrates with tools such as Asana and Slack, and runs on the web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with browser extensions. nokko does none of the payment, accounting or approval work, and it has no integrations.
Choose nokko if you want the hours in your own files, next to the projects they belong to.
In nokko the timer runs on a task, and stopping it writes a ⏱ line under that task in the project's file. The Time view sums the sessions by client and project, the Clients view shows what is unbilled, and the invoice is drafted from those hours with rates, VAT, a sequential number and a PDF in five languages.
The projects live in the same app: a Gantt timeline, boards, lists and a calendar. There is no account to create, and the data is a folder on your Mac.
nokko has no Harvest import, no expenses and no payment links.
nokko does not import Harvest's time entries, so the timer starts fresh and your history stays in Harvest, where you can export it. It does not track expenses, and it does not send invoices or collect payment. Its time reports export as CSV or Markdown when an accountant asks.
Capability by capability.
From Harvest's own site in November 2026, stated as capabilities. Harvest's plans and prices are on Harvest's page.
| Capability | nokko | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| Free to use | Read everything, forever | Free plan, limited |
| One-time purchase available | Yes | No |
| Works with no account | Yes | No |
| Hours kept as files on your disk | Yes | No |
| Timer on the Mac and the iPhone | Yes | Yes |
| Timer in browser extensions | No | Yes |
| Windows and Android apps | No | Yes |
| Invoices from tracked hours | Drafted as a file, printed to PDF | In their cloud |
| Online invoice payments | No | PayPal and Stripe |
| Expenses | No | Yes |
| Timesheet approvals | No | Yes |
| Accounting sync | No | QuickBooks Online, Xero |
| Projects, boards and a Gantt timeline in the same app | Yes | Scheduling in Forecast, a separate product |
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The things people ask.
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Does nokko take online payments like Harvest?
Which is better for a freelancer who invoices by the hour?
Does nokko work on Windows?
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