We sell a productivity method. Not a tool.
Timescanner was born from a conviction: you don't need another app. You need to get more done with the tools you already have. Time tracking is just a side effect of being organized.
SaaS fatigue is real
Notion for notes. Toggl for time. Slack for chat. Trello for tasks. Zapier to glue it all together.
Freelancers stack tools like browser tabs — endlessly. Each one promises to "simplify your workflow." Each one adds a new login, a new interface to learn, a new subscription to manage.
Configuration becomes procrastination in disguise. You spend more time setting up your system than actually doing the work. The SaaS industry creates problems to sell solutions.
Timescanner was built against this fatigue. We don't want to be another tool on your stack. We want to maximize the ones you already have. A tool designed to be forgotten — because it works silently with what's already there.
The method: three tools, that's it
No stack to build. No workflow to design. Just three tools you already use, with dedicated time slots to make them work for you.
Your inbox
Email is the original async communication tool. Inbox zero isn't a myth — it's a discipline.
Dedicate a time slot in the morning and one in the afternoon to processing your inbox. Every email is either actionable or archivable. Treat your inbox as a to-do list, not a storage unit.
A notebook
A real one. Paper. Not Notion, not Obsidian, not Bear.
Dedicate a 15-minute slot every Friday to reviewing your tasks. Write them down. Highlight urgent ones in red. Cross out what's done. No templates, no databases, no backlinks.
Your calendar
The central pillar. Dedicate a slot every Sunday evening or Monday morning to planning your week in blocks.
Every event carries full context: client, project, billing type. Your calendar is your planning tool, your activity log, and your backlog — all in one. Timescanner reads it and gives you instant visibility.
Your calendar is the ultimate productivity tool
The best executives run their lives in 5-minute slots. They have an assistant who manages their calendar with surgical precision. Every block has a purpose. Nothing falls through the cracks.
You don't have an assistant. But you can have Timescanner.
Your calendar already has superpowers that no project management tool can match. It's on your phone, always available, everywhere. A meeting ran 20 minutes over? Drag and drop to adjust — in real time. Need to jump on a call? The video link is right there in the event.
Organize your calendar with intention, and you gain instant visibility on your time — without changing a single habit.
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Color-code by client — see at a glance where your time goes this week
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Always in your pocket — update your schedule from anywhere, in real time
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Drag and drop — a meeting ran long? Adjust the block instantly
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Video links, locations, notes — every event carries its full context
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Block personal sessions so work doesn't eat everything
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Friday review — see where your week actually went. Sunday evening, plan the next one
Ditch the daily rate. Bill by the hour.
The daily rate is a trap. If a project takes longer than planned, you're not paid more. If you're efficient and finish early, you feel guilty. The daily rate punishes productivity.
The hourly rate is liberating. You sell your actual time. You decide — consciously — when to offer time for free and when to charge. Overtime that wasn't in the contract? Bill it at a premium. You have the data to back it up.
But billing by the hour only works if you know exactly how many hours you spent. That's where most freelancers fail — and where Timescanner changes everything.
Hourly rate
You sell what you actually work. Overtime is billed. You decide when to offer time. Your revenue reflects your real effort.
Daily rate
You estimated a day, but the task took a day and a half. You eat the difference. Work more, earn the same.
Built on open standards, not walled gardens
iCal. CalDAV. SMTP. Markdown. These aren't buzzwords — they're protocols that have worked for decades.
Open standards mean freedom. Your data isn't trapped in a proprietary format. You can switch tools tomorrow without losing anything.
Timescanner reads an open standard — your calendar. It doesn't create a new silo. It doesn't ask you to duplicate your data. It works with what you already have.
Stop tracking your time. Start organizing it.
That's the whole point. You don't need to start a timer. You don't need to remember to log your hours. You don't need yet another app open in the background.
Just organize your calendar — the thing you're already doing — and Timescanner does the rest. Time tracking becomes invisible. A side effect of being productive.
The best tool is the one you forget is there.
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