On your watch face
Add the Timelines complication to your watch face to see the running timer at a glance, in its timeline’s color, and to open the app with one tap.
Timelines for Apple Watch
Track your time right on your Apple Watch
Timelines is a time tracker for your work and the rest of your day. Start and stop timers with one tap, fix a late start with the Digital Crown, and see where your time went, even with your iPhone left at home.
Free to start · watchOS 9 or later
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Works without your iPhone
Fully standalone since Timelines 3.0
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On the watch since 2016
A full app, not a remote for your iPhone
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Free to start
Up to three timelines, 7-day PRO trial
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watchOS 9 or later
Series 4 and newer, all SE and Ultra
Everything you need, on your wrist
Track, fix and review your time without reaching for your iPhone. Here’s what the watch app can do.
Tracking
A tap to start, a tap to stop
Tap the complication, pick a timeline, and the timer starts right away. You can run several timers at once, for example a walk and a podcast.
Editing
Fix times with the Digital Crown
Started a timer a few minutes late, or forgot to stop one? Turn the Digital Crown to fix its start or end time.
In the Smart Stack
When you start a timer on your iPhone, it also appears as a Live Activity in your watch’s Smart Stack, with a button to stop it.
Name your events
Name the running event by voice or pick one of your recent names, so you know later what the time was for.
Your events log
Browse your past events, change their start and end times, or add an event you forgot to track.
No iPhone needed
Leave your iPhone at home: the watch app works fully on its own. With PRO, everything syncs to your iPhone and iPad.
Your statistics
See a pie chart of your time for today, this week, this month, this year or all time, with the total for each timeline below it.
With Siri, Shortcuts and the Action Button
Start a timer by asking Siri, run your Timelines shortcuts right on the watch, or set the Action Button on Apple Watch Ultra to start one with a single press.
- Siri
- Shortcuts
- Action Button
See the bigger picture on your iPhone and iPad
On your iPhone and iPad, your time shows up on an interactive timeline, with charts and goals. With PRO, everything syncs between your Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad.
For work and for everything else
Track your work hours, client projects and focused work, and just as easily study sessions, workouts, music practice or family time. With PRO, the detailed CSV export includes the start and end time of every entry, ready for timesheets or invoicing. PRO can also add your workouts and sleep from Apple Health automatically.
- Work hours
- Client projects
- Focused work
- Study sessions
- Workouts
- Music practice
- Family time
What people say about the watch app
From App Store reviews
Works smooth and fast on Apple Watch
[…] This stands as the uniquely functional personal time tracking app for the Apple Watch. I experimented with all of the other options including atracker, toggl, timery/toggl, and lifecycle, and this is by far the best of them.
Game Changer
I have been testing several time tracking apps on Apple Watch and this has the most reliable syncing and intuitive functionality. Being able to quickly adjust start/end/overlapping times with the watch dial is so handy.
Best functionality on the Apple Watch and intuitive interface on phone and watch.
This is the only time tracking app that has, what appears to me, full functionality on the Apple Watch. […] It is very intuitive and perfect for personal use on both phone and watch.
Fantastic time tracking app
It has majorly help to reduce the screen time on my phone as I can operate completely off the watch.
Simple Effective Flexible
My favorite feature is that it works on Apple Watch even when the watch is not connected to iPhone.
Really excellent
[…] Quickly start a timer from my Watch, adjusting its start time back a few minutes if I’m slightly late starting it.
Free to start
The watch app does almost everything in the free version. To sync with your iPhone and iPad, you need PRO.
Free
The full watch app
- Timers, the complication, editing events and statistics
- Up to three timelines
- What you track on your watch stays on your watch
Timelines PRO
7-day free trial
$39.99 a year or $7.99 a month in the US
- Everything in the free version
- Unlimited timelines
- Sync between your Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad
- On iPhone and iPad: bar charts, goals, Apple Health and more
Prices vary by country.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Timelines watch app work without my iPhone?
Yes. Since Timelines 3.0, the watch app works fully on its own. Leave your iPhone at home when you go for a run, to the gym or into a meeting, and you can still start and stop timers, edit events and check your statistics. With PRO, everything syncs to your iPhone and iPad.
Can I start a timer with Siri on my Apple Watch?
Yes. You can ask Siri to start a timer, or run your Timelines shortcuts on the watch. On Apple Watch Ultra, you can also start one with the Action Button.
Can I edit times on the watch?
Yes. Turn the Digital Crown to change the start or end time of a running timer or a past event. You can also add events you forgot to track, right from the events log.
Can I use it to track my work hours?
Yes, it’s entirely up to you what you track. Many people track their work with Timelines, from the watch as well as the iPhone. With PRO, the detailed CSV export on iPhone and iPad includes the start and end time of every entry, so you can use it for timesheets or invoicing.
Is the Apple Watch app free?
It’s free to start. The free version of Timelines includes the watch app with up to three timelines. With PRO, you get unlimited timelines and sync with your iPhone and iPad.
Which Apple Watch models does it work on?
Any Apple Watch with watchOS 9 or later: Apple Watch Series 4 and newer, and all Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Ultra models.
Start tracking from your wrist
Free to start, with a 7-day trial of PRO.