Take back control
of your time.

bentops follows your tasks and measures every minute of work, even the ones you forget to count. It all stays on your computer.

$69.99 CAD · one-time payment, for life · for Mac and Windows

It counts what you forget

Detection spots the work you never clocked.

Zero distraction

No team to follow, no news feed. Just your work.

Seen by no one

Everything is local. No server, no tracker.

Measure every minute
of your work.

A timer that counts real time, and notices when you work without having started it. Client work, personal project, research for your home: name it, it counts. Quietly.

  • Every minute, in the right place

    Space, project, task: the time files itself away.

  • Work detection

    bentops spots an uncounted session and lets you know.

  • Several tasks at once

    Three tasks in the same hour count as three hours, not a conflict.

Ready Running · time is adding up Paused Detected, not counted
In the menu bar · the "not clocked" marker animates to catch your eye.
not counted
You're working without clocking in
In the bentops app · the dial goes on alert, one click reclaims the time.

The time you
forget to count.

Working without having started the timer? bentops notices and nudges you · first in the menu bar, then in the app. One click and you reclaim those minutes. Nothing is lost.

  • A signal, never a wall

    The marker animates in the menu bar, the dial goes on alert. You keep going, uninterrupted.

  • Reclaimed, not lost

    The minutes worked without clocking in are caught up in a single click.

  • Filed later

    That time goes into a project whenever it suits you. Or never.

Clock first.
File whenever you feel like it.

Start the timer without naming a thing · bentops sets the time aside. Later, in the Time view, each entry goes into a space, a project, a task. You split it, fix it, or leave it as is. The time is captured; filing it waits until you're ready.

  • Start in one gesture

    Name the task now, or later.

  • To file, no stress

    Unfiled entries wait for you. They don't get lost.

  • Fix, split, reassign

    A jumbled afternoon? Slice it cleanly.

This week's entries

Friday, August 143 h 57
09:12–10:24Writing1 h 12
10:30–10:42unassigned0 h 12
11:00–11:45Personal research0 h 45
13:15–14:03Mockup0 h 48
14:10–14:34Client call0 h 24
15:00–15:36Review0 h 36

A time budget
that drains before your eyes.

Give a task a duration. The gauge melts away as time passes and warns you before you overrun. You stop in time, or you keep going, but you know it.

60 min left
1h 00 · budget0h 00

Take a closer look.

Planning view, Gantt chart
Planning Your projects and their tasks on a timeline: week, month, quarter.
Projects view: spaces, projects and tasks
Spaces & projects Every workstream filed by space, with its tasks. Clean navigation, no distraction.

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

One tool. Yours.
For good.

One payment, for life

No subscription. Ever. You buy it, it's yours.

Your data, at home

In a file, on your computer. Nowhere else.

No tracker

The app never talks to our servers.

You rent your tools.
You own nothing.

Rent, not tools

You pay endlessly, without ever owning a thing.

Your data elsewhere

On someone else's servers, under their rules.

Unrealistic days

Thirty hours get planned into an eight-hour day.

And if you want,
your whole week.

Beyond work, bentops can frame your 168 hours: sleep, rest, commutes. To find balance, or free up time. Up to you.

Rest
Commute
Sport
Social life

Take back control.
With no one over your shoulder.

Measuring what you do is taking back the reins. But not under the gaze of big tech, or your boss. Your time, at work and beyond, is yours alone.

What bentops isn't.

What it isn't

  • A team tool to sync
  • An online subscription service
  • A cloud that holds your data
  • A tracker for your boss

What it is

  • A native app, yours, on your computer
  • A one-time purchase, no monthly rent
  • Your data in a local file
  • A tool no one else sees

Also on a card,
near you.

A bentops activation gift card, scratch-to-reveal: the download key and the activation key. To give, or to take home from a point of sale. Coming soon.

bentops activation gift card, front and back, in a japandi setting

Find a point of sale

Once.
Not every year.

Most productivity tools are paid by subscription · a sum that comes back, year after year. bentops is paid once.

bentops Subscription app Other one-time-purchase app
What you pay $69.99just once ≈ $50 to $300
per year
$70 to $210
once
Cost after 1 year $69.99 $50 – 300 $70 – 210
Cost after 3 years $69.99 $150 – 900 $70 – 210
Cost after 5 years $69.99 $250 – 1,500 $70 – 210
Your data On your device On their servers Varies
No tracker Yes Rare Varies
Features included Everything: tasks, time, load, invoicing, vault… Often extra One feature

What you would have spent, cumulative

After 1 year
bentops · $69.99
subscription · ≈ $100
After 3 years
bentops · $69.99
subscription · ≈ $300
After 5 years
bentops · $69.99
subscription · ≈ $500

Illustrative estimate based on a productivity subscription at ≈ $100/year. Depending on the tool, such a subscription runs $50 to $300 per year · bentops stays at $69.99, just once.

Pay once.
Use forever.

One-time payment · for life

$69.99

+ tax · one licence, one person · freelance work included

  • The full app, every feature
  • Your data, local, on your computer
  • Updates downloadable through your account
  • Works on Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows
Buy now

Secure payment · instant download · as soon as we open

Two ways to spread bentops.

A tool you keep for life spreads hand to hand. Whether you run a shop or own space online, we give you what you need, and we pay you back.

Shops

Sell bentops on your counter.

Coffee shops, bookstores, student co-ops: we provide the activation cards, you sell them for cash. You earn 30% on every card. And you sell online too, through your link, at the same rate.

  • 30% on every sale, in store and online
  • We provide the cards, no cost to you
  • A personal link to sell online too
Become a point of sale

Creators

Talk about it. We pay you back, for real.

Make videos, reviews, content? Push bentops to your audience through your link. We don't reward in trinkets: 30% in real dollars on every person you bring.

  • Real dollars, not discounts
  • Our new releases first
  • Access to our next apps
Become an ambassador

Your week is waiting.

168 hours. A tool to make something of them.

Get bentops