Best freelance time tracking for designers

There are roughly 30-50 time tracking tools on the market today, but fewer than 10 genuinely target designers with features like design-specific project templates, revision cycle tracking, or Figma integration. The core pain point isn't tracking time itself—it's that most tools force designers into rigid, non-creative workflows. Toggl, Clockify, and Harvest dominate the general freelancer space, but they lack design-specific context: no way to tag billable iterations, no integration with design handoff tools, no time insight tied to revision rounds. The real gap is in the intersection of lightweight UX and design-native features. A vibecoder entering this space should focus on three things: (1) frictionless time entry that syncs with Figma or design apps directly, (2) visual reporting that shows time-per-design-phase rather than generic time buckets, and (3) billing intelligence that helps designers understand profitability per project type. The market is growing because freelance design is up 40% post-2020, but existing solutions haven't evolved past 2015-era thinking. A design-first time tracker could own this niche quickly.