Loom vs Noko
Pricing
Loom: Free tier, paid from $18/user/mo
Noko: From $5/user/mo
Description
Loom: Quick video messages instead of meetings
Noko: Friendly time tracking that people actually use
Pros
- Record screen + face video and share a link in under 60 seconds
- Free tier gives you 25 videos up to 5 minutes each
- Replaces meetings that should have been an email (or a video)
- Interface is genuinely pleasant, which matters when you need people to actually log time
- Built by Amy Hoy, who bootstrapped it alongside her product education business
- Reports show where your time actually goes, not just totals
Cons
- Owned by Atlassian since 2023. Some features are being gated to paid plans
- Videos longer than 5 minutes or more than 25 videos require Business ($18/user/month)
- No free tier: $5/user/month from day one
- Fewer integrations than Toggl or Harvest
Details
Loom lets you record quick screen + face videos instead of scheduling meetings. Insanely useful for async teams. Started bootstrapped on maxed credit cards, grew to 10M+ users, sold to Atlassian for $975M in 2023. The free tier is still generous enough for most solo use. Business costs $18 per user per month and removes the video and length limits, and Business + AI costs $24 with AI editing; paying annually saves up to 17%.
Noko (formerly Freckle) is time tracking that doesn’t suck. Built by Amy Hoy who bootstrapped it to over $1M ARR while also running 30x500 and Stacking the Bricks. The UX is genuinely pleasant, which matters when you need people to actually log their time.
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