Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to TimeNest
Network Time Machine for every Mac on your LAN
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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FlagTimes▲408The macOS app for anyone working in multiple timezones.
2017 · flagtimes.com · its alternatives →
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Time▲241Time Zones and Meetings in your macOS menu bar
Dec 2025 · menubartime.com · its alternatives →
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1. Single universal binary, that can be natively executed on every hardware platform Mac OS X was made for (32/64 bit, PowerPC/x86/AppleSilicon). 2. Minimalistic gadget-style design. If launched as a tool, there is no menubar, no dock icon, no nothing, just the clock window. 3. Support for hidpi and dark mode for environments, that have them. 4. Window title bar for moving the window with a mouse, and a handle to resize it (latter for OS versions, that have it). 5. Can be easily ported to GNUStep and thus other OSes (sources under GPLv3). 6. Simple Makefile build system.
2022 · tycho.sytes.net · its alternatives →
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Clock mini▲100Tiny Tanks brings quick desktop battles to macOS: patrol to earn gold, upgrade range/cooldown/repair speed, and jump into fast fights in seconds.
2018 · airwolfspace.com · its alternatives →
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Harpoon for Mac▲115A beautiful time-tracking companion for Mac
2017 · harpoonapp.com · its alternatives →
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Team Time Zone▲140Local clocks for distributed teams who use Slack
2015 · teamtime.zone · its alternatives →
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The only truly free time tracker & timesheet for teams
2018 · clockify.me · its alternatives →
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Work Clock▲73A macOS menubar app to display time for a different timezone
2021 · work-clock.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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Chronoid▲51Hi HN, I've been building Chronoid, a native macOS time tracker. It runs in the menu bar and automatically logs apps, windows, and file activity using macOS accessibility APIs. Everything is stored locally, no sync or cloud service. At first I tried using DuckDB as the storage engine. It looked promising for analytics, but after ~2 weeks I realized it was overkill for my needs—extra dependencies, trickier integration, and not much real benefit at the scale of a single-user app. I switched to SQLite, and it turned out to be the simpler, more reliable choice. The codebase got smaller and the…
Nov 2025 · chronoid.app · its alternatives →
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Time zone converter, meeting scheduler + video conferencing
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Track the time you spend on websites in your Mac Menubar 🕑🌏💻
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Flip Clocker▲124Flip clock & time zone converter & white noise & world time
2023 · flipclocker.com · its alternatives →
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JetClock▲67Display time in different cities in your menubar (Mac)
2014 · cooperative-fruitiere.com · its alternatives →
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This is an open‑source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives any LLM a sense of the passage of time. Most MCP demos wire LLMs to external data stores. That’s useful, but MCP is also a chance to give models perception — extra senses beyond the prompt text. Six functions (`current_datetime`, `time_difference`, `timestamp_context`, etc.) give Claude/GPT real temporal awareness: It can spot pauses, reason about rhythms, and even label a chat’s “three‑act structure”. Runs locally in <60 s (Python) or via a hosted demo. If time works, what else could we surface? - Location /…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Autotimer▲108Hands-free time tracking app for the Mac status bar
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The Track▲76Customizable time tracking app for macOS, Windows, and Linux
2019 · thetrack.app · its alternatives →
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Time-tracking AND team task collaboration all in one place ⏱
2017 · azendoo.com · its alternatives →
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Previously I told HN about the beta for TimeSnapper on Mac and many of you signed up and contributed feedback and suggestions during the beta, or responded with helpful comments in that thread[1]. TimeSnapper is now available in the Mac App Store, here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/timesnapper/id1456327684?mt=12 Thank you very much to the 'Show HN' readers who helped us get here today. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19698363
2019 · its alternatives →
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