Does MyCase include automatic time tracking?

MyCase includes a manual time timer (start/stop) and lets you log time entries by matter. It does not include passive or automatic capture — you have to remember to start the timer. The timer works for structured desk work; it misses phone calls in the car, emails between meetings, and document edits done outside the MyCase app. ClaimHour's passive-capture model addresses exactly those gaps.

What does MyCase cost vs. ClaimHour?

MyCase Basic is $39/user/mo; MyCase Pro is $79/user/mo; MyCase Advanced is $89/user/mo. All three tiers include case management, document storage, client portal, and billing — bundled features a solo who already has QuickBooks may not need. ClaimHour is $29/mo (Starter, 100 captured events) or $59/mo (Pro, unlimited captures, QuickBooks + LawPay export) — for time tracking and billing export only. If you only need the time-capture and export layer, ClaimHour is $20–$60/mo cheaper per seat.

When should I stay on MyCase instead of switching?

Stay on MyCase if you actively use its client portal, document storage, conflict checker, or trust accounting. Those are non-trivial to replace. ClaimHour is not a full PMS — it does not manage documents, run conflicts, or provide a client-facing portal. The right audience for ClaimHour is the solo who is billing out of QuickBooks or LawPay and has no PMS, or who has a PMS for case management but wants passive capture that the PMS timer misses.

Can I export ClaimHour entries into MyCase?

ClaimHour exports to CSV, which MyCase can import into its time-and-billing module on a periodic basis. If you want to use MyCase for document management and client portal but prefer ClaimHour's passive capture over MyCase's manual timer, a weekly CSV import is a workable hybrid. The Pro plan ($59/mo) includes the CSV export; QuickBooks IIF and LawPay direct export are also available.

Comparison guide · Updated May 2026

MyCase alternative for solo attorneys: time tracking without the full PMS

MyCase is a solid practice management platform — but at $79–$89/user/mo it bundles a client portal, document storage, conflict checker, and trust accounting on top of the time tracking you actually need. If you bill out of QuickBooks and have no use for those extras, you're paying $60–$80/mo for features that sit idle. ClaimHour is the time-tracking-only layer for solos who already have their billing workflow and just need the capture piece to stop leaking hours.

TL;DR

ClaimHour is not a MyCase replacement — it is a narrower tool that does one thing: capture every billable phone call, email, and document-edit session automatically, and export those entries to QuickBooks, LawPay, FreshBooks, or CSV. If MyCase's client portal, document storage, or trust accounting are load-bearing in your practice, keep MyCase. If you're paying $79+/mo for a PMS you're only using for billing, ClaimHour at $29–$59/mo may be the right swap.

What MyCase does (and what you're paying for)

MyCase is a full practice management system. On the Pro plan ($79/user/mo), that includes:

Case management — matter records, contact management, case status workflow
Client portal — secure client-facing messaging, document sharing, e-signature
Document storage — cloud file management, version control, templates
Time and billing — manual timer, time-entry logging, invoice generation
Trust accounting — IOLTA compliance, ledger reconciliation
Calendar and tasks — court-date tracking, task assignment

For a growing firm with multiple attorneys and staff who share all these workflows, the bundled price is reasonable. For a solo attorney who already runs QuickBooks for billing, maintains documents in Dropbox, and handles client communication by phone and email, most of that bundle is overhead you're paying for and not using.

The problem MyCase's timer doesn't solve

Every PMS — MyCase, Clio, Smokeball — ships with a manual timer. Start the timer, do the work, stop the timer, attribute to a matter. The model assumes you remember to start and stop, that you're at your desk when the billable work happens, and that the work is bounded enough to timer-track cleanly.

The hours that actually leak are the ones that break those assumptions:

The 23-minute call from a client while you're driving between appointments
The six emails you fire off in a 12-minute gap between meetings
The document draft you started at 8pm after dinner, before MyCase is even open
The 47-minute call to opposing counsel you took in the parking lot before the hearing

ClaimHour's passive capture — watching call metadata, email-compose time, and document-edit sessions from the menubar and iOS companion — is designed for those moments. No timer to start. No app to remember. The end-of-day digest presents everything it saw for a 2-minute review, one click per entry.

Head-to-head: what each tool covers

Feature	MyCase Pro ($79/mo)	ClaimHour Pro ($59/mo)
Passive call capture (iOS/Mac)	No — manual timer only	Yes — metadata only, no audio
Email-compose time tracking	No	Yes — sent count + compose duration
Document-edit session tracking	No	Yes — file title + duration, no content
Calendar event → time entry	Yes (manual attribution)	Yes (auto-attribute with matter tag)
QuickBooks IIF export	Yes (via invoice)	Yes (direct IIF)
LawPay export	Yes	Yes
Client portal	Yes	No
Document storage	Yes	No
Trust accounting (IOLTA)	Yes	No
Conflict checking	Yes	No
Privacy posture	Content stored on MyCase servers	Metadata only; content stays on device

The table is not designed to make ClaimHour look like a full PMS replacement — it isn't. It's designed to show what the $79/mo MyCase fee is buying relative to the $59/mo ClaimHour Pro fee, and to let you decide whether the difference is worth the delta in your practice.

Who ClaimHour is the right MyCase alternative for

Good fit: A solo attorney, 0–10 years out, billing hourly out of QuickBooks or LawPay, no interest in a client portal or cloud document storage, running their practice on a Mac and iPhone. If you've ever said "I know I put more hours into that case than I charged for," ClaimHour is the tool that closes that gap without requiring a full PMS commitment.

Not a fit: Any practice that uses MyCase's client portal actively (clients messaging through the portal, signing documents), relies on MyCase's trust accounting for IOLTA compliance, or has staff members who share a case-management workflow. For those practices, replacing MyCase with ClaimHour would break load-bearing workflows. The right move there may be to add ClaimHour as a passive-capture layer on top of MyCase and import the entries by CSV weekly.

Making the switch

If you decide ClaimHour is the right swap, the practical steps are: (1) export your active matter list from MyCase to CSV and use it to set up your matter tags in ClaimHour; (2) set up your QuickBooks or LawPay connection in ClaimHour's export settings; (3) run ClaimHour for two weeks alongside your current billing workflow to see what it captures that you were missing; (4) cancel MyCase at your next renewal date. Most solos who switch to a standalone time-capture tool find the first two-week passive run captures 3–7 hours of unbilled work they would have written off.

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