Harvest lists 28 features. How many does your team use?

Mostly buildable as a custom app; the hard parts are the mobile/desktop timer apps (buildable as Expo mobile, not desktop), calendar sync and payment processing rails.

Time tracking

• Live timers
  Start and stop timers from any device.
• Daily and weekly timesheets
  Enter time in a daily or weekly view.
• Calendar time logging
  Pull Google or Outlook calendar events into the timesheet.
  Needs an outside service: Google Calendar and Microsoft Graph APIs. Requires Google/Outlook OAuth app registration.
• Custom reminders
  Automated reminders to track time regularly.
  Needs an outside service: Resend + Firebase Cloud Messaging. Reminders delivered by email or push.
• Timesheet approvals
  Submit and approve timesheets before invoicing.
• Desktop app
  Native macOS and Windows timer apps.
  We can't build this. Desktop apps are not included; browser version only.

Expenses

• Expense logging and receipts
  Record project costs and attach photos or files.
• Expense reimbursements
  Submit and approve expense claims.

Reporting and analysis

• Time and profitability reports
  Visual reports by team, project, or client with margins.
• Team utilization and capacity
  See over- and under-utilized team members.
• Scheduled custom reports
  Custom filtered reports sent on a cadence.
  Needs an outside service: Resend.
• Activity log
  Review time entry changes and identify irregular entries.
• CSV export
  Export billable and time data.

Invoicing and payments

• Invoices from tracked time
  Build invoices from tracked time and expenses.
• Online invoice payments
  Clients pay invoices by card or ACH.
  Needs an outside service: Stripe. Requires Stripe account.
• Payment reminders
  Automatic follow-ups on overdue invoices.
  Needs an outside service: Resend.
• Recurring retainers
  Recurring invoices billed on schedule.
  Needs an outside service: Stripe.
• Accounting sync
  Copy invoices and payments to QuickBooks Online or Xero.
  Simplified version. Export files possible; live QuickBooks/Xero sync needs API integration work.

Budgets and projects

• Project budgets
  Budget by hours or fees with live alerts.
  Needs an outside service: Resend.
• Clients, projects, tasks, tags
  Structured work hierarchy with billing rates.
• Multi-tier billing rates
  Rates set by person, project, or task.

Team management

• Roles and permissions
  Control what each teammate can see and do.
• SAML single sign-on
  Sign in with Microsoft or Okta via SAML.
  Needs an outside service: WorkOS. Requires enterprise SSO provider setup; buildable but complex.

Planning

• Forecasting and scheduling
  Map people to projects across weeks and project workload.
• Time off accounting
  Account for holidays and PTO automatically.
• Scenario modeling
  Model what-if staffing scenarios.
  Simplified version. Simplified what-if only.

Integrations and apps

• Third-party integrations
  Connect to Asana, Slack, Stripe, Zapier and 40+ tools.
  Simplified version. Each integration is separate work; only the most common ones realistic.
• Mobile apps
  iPhone and Android time tracking apps.

What you’d bring

We write all the code. These features only work on outside services, and those accounts are yours to open and pay for directly.

What we can’t build

• Desktop app. Desktop apps are not included; browser version only.

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