Clockify vs Raycast

Clockify is a time tracking app from CAKE.com, a software company that also makes the Pumble team chat and Plaky project management tools. Its defining trait is a free plan with unlimited projects and tracked time for up to 5 users, which made it one of the most widely used time trackers among freelancers, agencies and companies of all sizes.

People track time with a start-stop timer, manual entries or weekly timesheets, across the web app, desktop and mobile apps, and a browser extension that adds a timer inside tools like Jira, Asana and Trello. A kiosk mode turns a shared device into a punch clock for on-site staff. Reports summarize hours by project, client, user and tag and can be shared or exported. Paid tiers are priced per seat: Basic adds admin controls, Standard adds timesheet approvals and invoicing with billable rates, Pro adds scheduling, expenses and project budgets, and Enterprise covers SSO and custom domains. GPS location tracking is available on higher tiers.

Clockify suits teams that need reliable hours for client billing, payroll or project costing without paying for basic tracking. The interface is denser than Toggl Track, which many users find more pleasant and stronger at reporting, and some admin features sit behind paid seats for everyone in the workspace. Harvest combines time tracking with invoicing for agencies, and Hubstaff is stronger for remote workforce monitoring.

Raycast is an extensible launcher and productivity tool built by Raycast Technologies, a London-based company. On the Mac it replaces Spotlight with a keyboard-driven command bar that launches apps and files, and it bundles many small utilities that power users usually install separately: clipboard history, text snippets, window management, a calculator and unit converter, calendar, quicklinks, emoji search and system commands. An iOS app arrived in 2025, and a Windows version entered public beta in November 2025.

Its store offers thousands of community extensions built with React and TypeScript, covering tools such as GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Spotify and cloud consoles, so many tasks can be done without opening the app itself. The free plan covers the launcher, extensions, clipboard history, snippets and window management. Pro adds Raycast AI with monthly AI credits, chat, AI commands, cloud sync, custom themes and unlimited notes, Pro+ and Max add advanced frontier models and more credits, and team plans let companies share extensions, snippets and quicklinks.

Raycast fits developers and Mac power users who live on the keyboard and want to remove friction from dozens of daily actions. It is Mac-first, with the Windows version still catching up, AI features require a subscription, some extensions depend on third-party APIs, and getting the most out of it takes setup. Alfred is the long-standing paid alternative, Spotlight has improved in recent macOS versions, and PowerToys Run covers basic launching on Windows.