For software studios
Time tracking for software studios: ship the work, bill the hours
Development studios mix fixed-scope builds, support retainers and hourly change requests. LockedHours keeps them apart, warns you before a support plan runs out, and turns the month into invoices.
- No card needed
- $6 per seat, locked
- Bring your history
What gets easier
Built for the way software studios work
Support plans that overrun
Monthly budgets for retainers, with an alert before the hours run out.
Context switching
Restart any entry in one click and keep the notes for the invoice.
Change requests
Bill extra work by the hour on its own project, next to the fixed-scope build.
Setup
A typical studio setup
Builds, retainers and change requests as separate projects per client.
- Clients, projects and tasks in minutes
- Or bring them across from Harvest
- Budgets that fit each kind of work
- Time & materials
Mobile banking app
Brightline Credit Union
Budget 1,400 h40% - Retainer · monthly budget
Monthly support
Kestrel Robotics
Budget 20 h / month68% - Fixed fee
Shopify store build
Summit Coffee Roasters
Budget $26,00079%
Reports
Where the sprint actually went
Hours by client, project, task and person, with charts for any period.
- Billable vs non-billable
- Hours by task
- CSV export
Uninvoiced
Nothing left unbilled
Every client's uninvoiced time and expenses, and how old the oldest entry is.
- Per client and project
- Expenses included
- Create the invoice from there
How it fits together
From the first hour to a paid invoice
- 1
Track
Timer or timesheet, on any device.
- 2
Review
Budgets and reports update as you go.
- 3
Bill
Uninvoiced hours become an invoice.
- 4
Understand
See what each project really earned.
Questions from software studios
Something else? Email us. We aim to reply within 2 business days.
Features to look at
Guides
Do you integrate with Jira or GitHub?
Not yet. A browser extension for task tools is on the roadmap.
Can we keep internal time separate?
Yes. Use a non-billable internal project; it shows up in reports but never on invoices.
Can contractors use it?
Yes. Contractors track time like everyone else, with their own rates.