If your workday already lives in Google Calendar, typing the same meetings and work blocks into a separate timesheet feels like doing the job twice. A Google Calendar time tracking app closes that gap: it reads your events and turns them into time entries, puts a timer inside each event, or shows your calendar next to the time you actually tracked.
Below are 10 time tracking integrations for Google Calendar, grouped by how they connect, with what each one does and what it costs. We checked each integration and its pricing on the vendor’s own site in 2026.
Can Google Calendar track hours on its own?
Not really. You can block time for tasks, color code events, and add up the hours by hand, and some Google Workspace accounts show a Time Insights panel with meeting statistics. But Google Calendar has no projects, billable hours, approvals, or timesheet exports. Developers can build a custom solution with Google’s Apps Script calendar timesheet sample, which syncs events into Google Sheets for tagging, but most teams prefer a ready made integration.
If you want step by step instructions for connecting actiTIME and Google Calendar with Zapier, see our guide to Google Calendar time tracking with actiTIME.
How time trackers connect to Google Calendar
- Events become time entries. The app imports finished events and logs their duration against a project or task, so meetings land on your timesheet without typing.
- Calendar next to tracked time. Your events appear in the tracker’s timeline or calendar view, and you drag or click them into entries, comparing what you planned with what you did.
- Timer inside the event. A start button appears in each Google Calendar event, so you track time from the calendar itself.
- Summaries in the calendar. The tracker writes daily summaries of your tracked time back into a separate calendar.
Whichever Google Calendar time tracking integration you pick, check which way the data flows. Most tools only read from Google Calendar, a few write back, and recurring or all day events are often skipped.
Google Calendar time tracking apps compared
| App | How it connects | Price |
|---|---|---|
| actiTIME | Events become timesheet entries or leave time (via Zapier) | Free for up to 3 users; from $5 per user per month |
| Everhour | Events become timesheet entries | Free for up to 5 seats; paid from $8 per seat per month |
| TimeNavi | Events categorized into projects automatically | Free plan available |
| Tackle | Events tagged and turned into timesheets and reports | Free for 1 calendar; Standard $30 per month, billed yearly |
| TMetric | Timer button inside each event | Free for up to 2 seats; 14 day trial of paid plans |
| Clockify | Events shown next to tracked time | Free for up to 5 users; from $3.99 per seat per month |
| Toggl Track | Events shown in Calendar view, turned into entries | Free plan; from $9 per user per month, billed annually |
| Memtime | Events placed on a private activity timeline | From €10 per user per month |
| Timely | Events imported to the Memory timeline | From $11 per user per month |
| RescueTime | Daily summaries written to a RescueTime calendar | From $7 per month, billed annually |
Apps that turn events into time entries
1. actiTIME
Key features:
- Events become timesheet entries
- Events become leave time
- Calendar view for time tracking
- Approvals and profit reports
actiTIME connects to Google Calendar through its Zapier integration, with ready made templates: when a Google Calendar event ends, its duration is logged to a chosen actiTIME task, and events such as vacation can be recorded as leave time. Leave in actiTIME can also be sent the other way, as new Google Calendar events, so the team calendar shows who is away.
Inside actiTIME, a calendar view lets people log exact start and end times on a weekly grid, next to the classic weekly timesheet and the mobile app. Managers approve and lock timesheets, and cost and billing rates turn those hours, meetings included, into Cost of Work and Profit/Loss reports.
Limitation: the Google Calendar connection runs through Zapier, so you need a Zapier account, and the Zapier integration is not part of actiTIME’s free version.
Pricing: free version for up to 3 users; from $5 per user per month; 30 day free trial.
We reduced payroll processing to 45 minutes per week
actiTIME is very robust, integrated well into your business process, and most important, helps you focus on your business instead of monkeying around with technology. actiTIME has reduced our payroll processing from 4-6 hours per week to 45 minutes per week.
2. Everhour
Key features:
- Google, Outlook, iCloud calendars
- Events become timesheet entries
- Approval workflow
- Budgets and invoices
Everhour turns Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud events into timesheet entries. Admins choose a window from 15 minutes to 3 hours before or after an event in which it syncs, and all day events, recurring events, and events created before you connected are left out, which keeps imports focused on real work.
The entries then go through Everhour’s approval workflow and feed its budgets, reports, and invoices. It is free for up to 5 seats, and the paid plan is $8 per seat per month with a 5 seat minimum. Our Everhour review covers it in more detail.
Limitation: recurring events do not sync, which matters if your week is built on standing meetings.
Pricing: free for up to 5 seats; paid from $8 per seat per month, 5 seat minimum; 14 day trial.
3. TimeNavi
Key features:
- Google Workspace add on
- Project codes and colors
- Budgets and profitability
- Team calendars
TimeNavi treats your calendar as the timesheet. It reads events, finds project codes or colors, and categorizes the time into projects automatically, so nobody has to start or stop a timer. Its Team Time Tracker add on in the Google Workspace Marketplace lists more than 461,000 installs.
Managers can import team members’ calendars without onboarding them to a new tool, set budgets, rank clients by profitability, and turn the data into reports or invoices. That makes it a good fit for agencies and consultants whose work already happens in scheduled blocks.
Limitation: it only knows what is on the calendar, so unscheduled work has to be added as events first.
Pricing: free plan; paid plans for more features.
4. Tackle
Key features:
- AI powered event tags
- Automation rules
- One click timesheets
- In browser stopwatch
Tackle works through a Chrome extension on top of Google Calendar. You add tags such as client, project, or billable status to events, or set rules that tag them automatically, for example every event with a client’s name in the title. Tagged events then become timesheets and reports you can export to Sheets, Excel, or CSV.
The free plan covers one calendar and the current month’s data with 10 lifetime exports. Standard ($30 per month billed yearly, with 3 calendars included) adds 6 months of history, unlimited exports, manual entries, and a stopwatch, and Premium ($45) adds 3 years of history, goals, and an API.
Limitation: pricing is per calendar, which adds up for larger teams.
Pricing: free for 1 calendar; Standard $30 and Premium $45 per month, billed yearly.
5. TMetric
Key features:
- Timer button in each event
- One click start
- Add time from the agenda
- Free for 2 seats
TMetric takes the most direct approach: a timer button sits inside each Google Calendar event, so one click starts tracking that meeting or work block, and you do not need to stop one timer before moving to the next event.
You can also add a time entry for an event from TMetric’s agenda section. Tracked time goes to TMetric’s web app for reports, billing, and team views. It is free for up to 2 seats, and paid plans come with a 14 day free trial.
Limitation: the free plan stops at 2 seats, so most teams will need a paid plan.
Pricing: free for up to 2 seats; paid plans with a 14 day free trial.
Apps that show your calendar next to tracked time
6. Clockify
Key features:
- Events in Clockify Calendar
- Planned vs. tracked time
- Free for up to 5 users
- Timer and timesheet
The Clockify Google Calendar integration is set up from Clockify’s Calendar: click the connect icon, link Google Calendar, and choose which calendars to show. Your events then appear in Clockify so you can compare planned and tracked activity side by side and fill gaps in your day.
Clockify’s free plan covers up to 5 users, and paid plans start at $3.99 per seat per month billed annually, with approvals from the Standard plan. For a full look, see our Clockify review.
Limitation: events are shown for reference; you still create the entries yourself.
Pricing: free for up to 5 users; from $3.99 per seat per month, billed annually.
7. Toggl Track
Key features:
- Google and Outlook calendars
- Calendar view grid
- Quick entries from events
- iCal feed of entries
Toggl Track links Google Calendar to your workspace and shows its events in the Calendar view, a grid of your workday or week, where you can turn events into time entries quickly and then duplicate, move, or delete them.
It also integrates with Outlook Calendar for free, and an iCal feed lets you subscribe to your time entries in any calendar app. Our Toggl pricing guide explains the plans.
Limitation: cost and profitability reporting is lighter than in tools built for project billing.
Pricing: free plan; Starter $9 and Premium $16 per user per month, billed annually.
8. Memtime
Key features:
- Calendar events on the timeline
- Automatic computer activity
- Private by default
- 100+ integrations on Connect
Memtime syncs your Google Calendar events into its timeline and places them next to everything else it records on your computer: apps, documents, browser tabs, and emails. That lets you see your planned schedule against what actually happened, then create time entries from either.
The activity data stays on your device, and connected tools only receive the entries you choose to create. Basic is €10 per user per month, and Connect (€15) adds sync with more than 100 project tools.
Limitation: it is a desktop app, so it does not cover time away from the computer unless it is on your calendar.
Pricing: from €10 per user per month; free trial.
9. Timely
Key features:
- Events in the Memory timeline
- Click an event to log it
- Read only sync
- AI time tracking
Timely imports Google Calendar events into its Memory timeline, where they sit alongside the activity Timely tracks automatically. Click an event and it becomes a logged time entry.
The sync is read only: nothing is sent back to or changed in Google Calendar, and if an event changes in Google Calendar later, that change overrides edits you made in Timely. It suits teams who want automatic tracking with meetings filled in for them. Our Timely review has more.
Limitation: later calendar changes overwrite your Timely edits, so tag meetings after they are final.
Pricing: from $11 per user per month.
10. RescueTime
Key features:
- Daily summaries in your calendar
- Meeting time rollup
- Focus Sessions from events
- Meetings on the timesheet timeline
RescueTime works the other way round. It creates a separate RescueTime calendar and posts a daily summary there: your total logged time, the time blocked for meetings, and progress toward your goals. It does not add, edit, or delete anything in your existing calendars.
Premium plans go further, showing meetings on the timesheet timeline, scheduling distraction free Focus Sessions, and rolling up meeting time across multiple calendars. It is best for people who want to reflect on how their time splits between meetings and focused work.
Limitation: it is built for personal insight, so client billing needs one of the timesheet plans.
Pricing: Solo Focus $7 per month billed annually; timesheet plans from $12; 14 day free trial.
Frequently asked questions
Can Google Calendar track hours?
Only roughly. You can see how long each event lasts, but Google Calendar does not add up hours by project or client, mark time as billable, or produce a timesheet. For that you need a time tracking app that reads your calendar.
Is there a time tracker in Google?
Google does not offer a dedicated time tracker. The Google Workspace Marketplace has add ons such as Team Time Tracker by TimeNavi, and Google publishes an Apps Script sample that syncs calendar events into a Sheets timesheet.
How do I create a timesheet from Google Calendar?
Connect a time tracker that imports events as entries, such as actiTIME through Zapier, Everhour, TimeNavi, or Tackle, assign the events to projects, and export or approve the timesheet. Our guide to Google Calendar time tracking with actiTIME walks through the setup.
What is the best free Google Calendar time tracker?
For a team, Everhour is free for up to 5 seats and imports events as entries, and Clockify is free for up to 5 users with events shown next to tracked time. For a single calendar, Tackle and TimeNavi have free plans. For more free options across platforms, see our list of free time tracker apps.
Conclusion
The right Google Calendar time tracking app depends on how much of your work is already on the calendar. If most of it is, tools that turn events into entries, like TimeNavi, Tackle, or Everhour, save the most typing. If the calendar holds only meetings, a tracker that shows events next to the rest of your day works better. And if those hours need to reach payroll, invoices, and project cost reports, connect the calendar to a timesheet system that handles approvals and rates.
To see how actiTIME turns calendar events and tracked time into timesheets and profit reports, start a free trial.
