Døgn vs Memtime
Last updated: July 2026
Memtime (formerly timeBro) automatically records every application, document, email and browser tab you touch, down to the second, and keeps all of it entirely on your machine — no cloud, works offline. Later you assign that captured timeline to projects. It is a strong, privacy-first way to reconstruct where your day went, and it runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. Notably, Memtime deliberately avoids AI. Døgn shares the local-and-automatic philosophy but aims elsewhere: automatic AI coding-session tracking, one-click project timers with live earnings, and a straight line from tracked time to an invoice.
Where Memtime is the better fit
- Fully automatic capture of every app, document, email and browser tab, down to the second.
- Everything stays on your own machine — no cloud, works fully offline, privacy-first like Døgn.
- Cross-platform: Windows, macOS and Linux.
- A memory-aggregator model that makes it easy to reconstruct and assign your whole day.
- Integrations to push assigned time into many project-management and accounting tools.
Where Døgn is the better fit
- Automatic tracking specialized for your AI coding sessions, with on-device summaries as the entry description.
- A one-time purchase rather than a per-user subscription.
- Native macOS menu-bar project timers: one click, parallel timers and live per-project earnings.
- Built around billable work — clients, projects and rates — plus local KveikGraph sync to the living invoice draft owned by tjent.
- Fits the kveik suite: folo hands finished meetings to Døgn as billable time.
At a glance
| Feature | Døgn | Memtime |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | One-time purchase | Subscription (per user) |
| Platform | macOS only, native | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Where data lives | On your Mac | On your machine (offline) |
| Automatic capture | AI sessions + activity | Every app/document (excellent) |
| AI features | On-device session summaries | Deliberately none |
| Clients & rates | Core feature | Assign-to-project, PM-oriented |
| Time → invoice | Local graph → tjent draft | Via integrations |
The short version
Pick Memtime if you want exhaustive automatic capture of your whole day, on Windows or Linux as well as Mac, kept offline.
Pick Døgn if you want AI-session tracking, one-click project timers, a one-time price, and a built-in path from tracked time to an invoice on your Mac.
Questions, answered
Are both Døgn and Memtime local and private?
Memtime keeps its data on your own machine with no cloud; Døgn stores primary tracking data locally by default and makes configured webhooks/MCP explicit. The other differences are pricing (Døgn one-time vs Memtime subscription), platform (Mac-only vs Windows/Mac/Linux), and focus (Døgn’s AI-session tracking, project timers and local KveikGraph sync to tjent vs Memtime’s exhaustive assign-later capture).
Does Memtime track my AI coding sessions or bill clients?
Not specifically. Memtime captures all activity and lets you assign it to projects, and it deliberately avoids AI. Døgn detects AI coding sessions, writes an on-device summary as the description, and publishes the time through the local KveikGraph to the living draft owned by tjent.
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