DayTicks: A Simple Task Manager and Time Tracker for Chrome

I originally built DayTicks around a pretty simple idea:

I wanted one place in the browser where I could keep track of what I needed to do and, when useful, see how much time I was actually spending on those tasks.

Over time, DayTicks has grown, but I’ve tried to keep that original workflow intact.

It’s still a lightweight task manager and time tracker for Chrome, with no account or sign-up required.

Task management and time tracking together

You can use DayTicks only as a task manager if that’s all you need.

Create tasks, mark them as complete, organize them with tags, and reorder them manually.

When you want to track your work, each task also has its own timer.

This makes it useful for everyday work without forcing time tracking into every task.

Optional billable-work tracking

For freelance or billable work, individual tasks can optionally have an hourly rate.

DayTicks then keeps the tracked time and calculated earnings together for that task.

Billable tracking is completely optional, so the same extension can also be used simply for personal work, studying, or general task management.

Daily history and reports

One thing I wanted DayTicks to provide was some context beyond the current task list.

You can save snapshots of your daily work and return to them later through History.

DayTicks also includes reports with information such as:

• total tasks;

• completed tasks;

• tracked time;

• billable tasks;

• earnings.

Reports can be exported as PDF, and saved history data can also be exported as CSV.

USD and EUR earnings are kept separate rather than automatically converted.

Reminders while working

Individual tasks can have reminders at intervals such as 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes.

There is also an optional setting to automatically stop the active timer when the reminder is triggered.

I find this useful for work where I want a small reminder that I’ve already spent a certain amount of time on something.

A few other things DayTicks includes

The current version also supports:

• drag-and-drop task ordering;

• tags and tag filtering;

• reusable tag suggestions;

• daily tracked-time summaries;

• saved daily history;

• PDF reports;

• CSV history export;

• keyboard access to the dashboard;

• optional task earnings in USD or EUR.

The goal isn’t to turn DayTicks into a large project-management platform.

I’d rather keep it focused on a smaller workflow:

create the task → work on it → track the time when needed → keep a record of the day

No account required

DayTicks works directly inside Chrome.

There is no DayTicks account to create and no separate service that you need to sign into.

Tasks, history, timer data, hourly rates, and earnings stay in the extension’s local browser storage.

That local-first approach is something I want to preserve.

DayTicks is available for Chrome

If this kind of simple task + time workflow sounds useful, you can find DayTicks here:

DayTicks Chrome Store

It’s free to use.

If you try it and run into something that could work better, feedback is always useful.