Harvest Time Tracking Tutorial 2025 (How to Track your time like a PRO!)

Harvest Time Tracking Tutorial

In this tutorial, the speaker shows how to use Harvest to track time like a pro. The video covers the pricing of Harvest, easy time tracking, integration with different apps, invoicing and payments.

Getting Started with Harvest

• Go to getharvest.com and sign up for a 30-day free trial.

• There are two plans available - a completely free plan that allows you to have two projects forever and a pro plan that has unlimited seats and projects for $12 per month.

• Harvest offers easy time tracking, integration with different apps, invoicing and payments.

Using Harvest Like a Pro

• After signing up, you will land on the dashboard where you can see all the options such as time, expenses, project team reports invoices and manage.

• Invoices is an option unique to Harvest among most time tracking software.

• To start tracking your time in Harvest click on the plus sign icon which says new entry.

• Select from one of your existing projects or create a new one.

• Choose between billable or non-billable tasks depending on your needs.

• Add notes if necessary before starting the timer by clicking on start timer.

• Stop the timer when done working by clicking on stop.

Editing Entries in Harvest

• You can edit any information related to an entry by clicking on edit.

• Update any information as needed before saving it again.

Conclusion

Harvest is an affordable tool that offers many features including easy time tracking, integration with different apps, invoicing and payments. It's simple to use interface makes it ideal for freelancers or small businesses looking for an efficient way to track their work hours.

Using Harvest for Time Tracking

In this section, the speaker explains how to use Harvest for time tracking and submitting timesheets.

Weekly View

• Clicking on "Week" takes you to the weekly view where you can add your hours worked each day.

• The total hours worked for the week are automatically calculated.

• Submitting timesheets for approval is done by clicking "Submit for Approval."

Expenses

• The "Expenses" option allows you to track expenses related to a project.

• You can add a new expense by choosing a product, category, and adding optional notes and receipts.

• The amount spent is added and saved.

Projects

• The "Projects" option shows all projects that have been worked on in Harvest.

• A new project can be added by clicking "New Project," selecting a client name, project name, start date, end date, notes, project type (time and material/fixed fee/non-billable), budget reserves every month, hourly rate or total project fee, and tasks if applicable.

Team

• The "Team" option shows team members' progress and allows adding new employees.

Invoices

• The "Invoices" option allows creating invoices within Harvest by selecting a client name and project.

Manage

• The "Manage" option allows managing projects and clients using the CRM feature of Harvest.

Benefits of Using Harvest

In this section, the speaker highlights some benefits of using Harvest as a time tracking software.

• Harvest is one of the best time tracking software available with options for expenses and invoicing.

• It has an all-in-one platform that makes it easy to manage projects from start to finish.