Beyond Time vs. Time Tracking Apps
Timers Log Hours. Beyond Time Reclaims Them.
Tracking time is easy. Reclaiming it is hard. Beyond Time audits planned-vs-actual, connects blocks to goals, and uses AI to engineer 2+ hours back daily.
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Where Traditional Time Trackers Stop
Great at recording history. Terrible at engineering your future. Here's why knowing where time went isn't enough.
Manual logging fatigue—if you forget to start/stop timers, the dataset is broken.
No connection to goals, OKRs, or milestones. You have “where time went” but not “was it worth it?”
Limited planned-vs-actual visibility. You can record hours, but you can’t compare them to what you intended.
No AI routines or habit suggestions—just charts you have to interpret yourself.
Little personal context. They don’t remember your constraints or life categories, so advice stays generic.
Pure time tracking ignores routines, habits, and reflections, forcing you to juggle multiple apps.
Beyond Time vs. Time Trackers
Side-by-side, the difference is obvious: we built a system, not just a stopwatch.
Principle
Purpose of Tracking
Traditional Time Trackers
Classic time trackers were built for billing or compliance—log hours, export CSVs, send invoices.
Beyond Time
Beyond Time is built for life design: track time to reclaim it, connect it to goals, and engineer habits/routines that compound.
Principle
Planned vs. Actual
Traditional Time Trackers
Most tools show actual hours only. Understanding the gap requires spreadsheets.
Beyond Time
Beyond Time runs time audits automatically so you see where hours went vs. where they should go—and AI tells you how to close the gap.
Principle
Goal & Habit Integration
Traditional Time Trackers
Goals live elsewhere. A timer doesn’t know which OKR or habit it supports.
Beyond Time
Goals, milestones, routines, and habits are native. Every 15-minute block is tagged to objective, pillar, and routine context.
Principle
AI Guidance
Traditional Time Trackers
Dashboards are static. You are responsible for interpreting trends.
Beyond Time
Beyond Time synthesizes your data into daily reflections, spotlights time leaks, and suggests routines—like having an AI coach on call.
Principle
Platform & Experience
Traditional Time Trackers
Many trackers are utilitarian web timers or desktop widgets with minimal onboarding.
Beyond Time
Beyond Time delivers a polished web planner, iOS app (with Pro precision tracking), and a modern UI built for founders, creators, and ambitious professionals.
Why Beyond Time Wins
Habits, routines, audits, and AI—in one place.
168-Hour Operating System
You’re not just logging work hours. Beyond Time pillarizes Work, Health, Sleep, and Life so you can design balance and protect what matters.
AI-Powered Planning
Automatic habit and routine suggestions, personal context memory, and daily reflections mean you always know what to improve next.
Free to Start, Built to Scale
Start planning on the web for free, then upgrade to mobile Pro for live tracking, analytics, and time audits. Zero spreadsheets, zero downtime.
Upgrade From Logging to Mastery
You've mastered the stopwatch. Now master your life. Beyond Time transforms logged hours into actionable insights, connects every block to meaningful goals, and uses AI to engineer 2+ hours back every single day. Start free. Scale when ready.