Add a note to a session

Write what you worked on while the timer runs. Notes save themselves and become the line descriptions on an invoice from your hours.

Steps

  1. 1

    Start the timer, then press the arrow next to it. The menu shows the running project and the field “What are you working on?”. On a wide screen the same field also sits beside the timer.

    The timer menu while the timer runs: the projects list, the running project with a note typed in the field, and the Pause and Stop buttons.
  2. 2

    Type a short note. It saves by itself a moment after you stop typing, and “Saved” shows under it. Enter saves at once; Esc puts back the saved note.

  3. 3

    To change a note later, open “Time” in the sidebar, press “⋯” on the session, and choose “Edit”.

  4. 4

    Change the “Note” field and press “Save”.

Good to know

  • A note can be up to 200 characters, in the timer, in “Add time”, and when you edit a session.
  • When you make an invoice from tracked hours, each note becomes a line description. Sessions with the same note on the same day become one line.
  • A session without a note becomes a line named after the project and the date.
  • Moving a running session to another project keeps its note. Switching after 5 minutes saves the old session with its note, and the new session starts with an empty note.
  • On the Time page each session's note shows in its row, before the time range. The Mac app has the same note field, and a note written in one place shows in the other.

Last updated 6 Oct 2026

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