You're working your butt off...
but are you actually making money?
Most solopreneurs have NO clue which activities are profitable - and which are just expensive distractions in a productivity disguise. BeforeYouWork™ shows you EXACTLY where you're bleeding cash - before you waste another hour on stuff that doesn't pay.
No credit card. 2 minutes to set up. See where your money's hiding.
Good morning, Anna
Dashboard
7
2
84%
Website Acme - Phase 2
Due today
Networking Follow-up
Due tomorrow
Marketing-Plan Q3
Due Fri
2h 14m networking today
ROI +34 $/h
23:41
Max → Acme (+$480)
The productivity lie nobody tells you
Most systems and apps out there try to make you more productive. How can you run a process 20% more efficiently? 50% faster? But none of them tell you whether the work should be done in the first place.
It is completely useless to do work 50% faster if that work costs you money instead of making you money - then you only bleed money faster.
That networking activity? 4 hours a week - and one lead in 6 months. You just optimized how fast you waste your time.
That "quick coffee chat"? You ran it 50% faster - and still burned $87 of your time for a "maybe later."
That client project you're hustling on? After all the admin, emails and follow-ups you're earning $14/hour - while your target is $150.
Working hard isn't the same as making money. BeforeYouWork™ shows you whether the work is worth doing - before you do it.
If you bill yourself at $100/hour... but spend 3 hours networking, 2 hours on admin, and 4 hours on "marketing"... and NONE of that directly generates revenue... what's your ACTUAL hourly rate?
(Spoiler: It's WAY lower than you think.)
Finally - an app that shows you the money before you do the work
BeforeYouWork™ isn't just another time tracker. It's the ONLY platform that measures:
Where your networking is bleeding money
Which clients are ACTUALLY profitable (and which are just energy vampires)
What your admin tasks are costing you per hour
Whether that social media strategy is worth the time you're dumping into it
Think of it like a "business health monitor." Except instead of tracking your heart rate... it's tracking whether you're about to go broke.
Where are you bleeding money without knowing it?
A few specific questions - pick the answer that fits best. We'll show you which features you need - and why you bleed money despite being busy.
Every feature you need...
to finally know what's ACTUALLY worth your time
Time Tracking
FREETrack time freely — live timer, log past sessions, or use Quick Mode. Pause and resume anytime so only real working time counts. Every tracked minute can be attributed to tasks, projects, events, and people, so you know exactly where your time goes.
Acme Website · $87/h
$87/hQuick Mode
FREETrack your most frequent activities with one tap, the moment you start them. Fully customizable buttons with presets for contacts, projects, and organizations. Parallel timers with pause & resume — no activity goes unmeasured.
Tasks
FREETasks that force clarity — every task needs a deadline and a responsible person, so things actually get done. Replace your to-do list with tasks that work. Add task-specific chats and files right inside. Define sub-items checklists that mark when the task is done, so you can delegate effectively. Track time directly inside tasks to see how much you've already spent.
Acme Briefing · Budget 1h
In progressNetworking Follow-up · Budget 30m
NewResearch · Budget 2h
ReviewDrop-off
FREEOffload mental load in seconds — drop any thought, reminder, or to-do without structuring it yet. Triage later into the Eisenhower matrix (Do, Schedule, Delegate, Delete), and turn the important ones into a task with one click — the AI reads the note and pre-fills the whole task form for you.
Call the dentist — by Friday, important.
Projects
FREEEach project automatically calculates its real value — expenses vs. income, so you see your actual hourly rate. Track payments directly in the project with one-time, installment, or subscription payment terms.
Acme Campaign
Plan value
$3,000
Effort
24h
Hourly rate
$125/h
Meetings
FREEPlan meetings ahead of time — define meeting items, who's responsible, goals to achieve, and who keeps the time. Log meetings afterwards and get a breakdown of who keeps meetings tight and which ones don't lead to anything.
Client Strategy Call
Goals
3/3 ✓
Tight
92%
Time keeper: Anna
Events
FREETrack conferences, meetups, and networking events. Log how much time you spent and how many referrals came out of each event — see which events actually pay off.
People
FREESee everything you ever did with someone in their contact card — meetings, projects, time spent, referrals, shared work. When you want a quick look at what people are doing and what you have in common, it's all right there.
John Doe
Acme Inc · 1 referral · $480 open
Organizations
FREETrack companies, groups, and networking chapters. Link them to contacts and projects for a complete picture.
Networking Activity Vienna
Overhead Costs
FREEAdd recurring and one-time costs with tax types and tax brackets. The app tracks and calculates your actual income based on all the taxes you pay and all your overhead costs — the single source of truth for every profit calculation.
Rent · $800
Software · $120
Marketing · $280
Income
FREESee recurring vs. one-time income at a glance. Know exactly how much money you're still owed and who owes it — never lose track of an open payment again.
Budgets
FREEAllocate both time AND money across buckets — salary, tax, savings, marketing. Know exactly where each second and each euro is going. Pro AI recommends allocations based on your debts, overhead, and real revenue.
Salary · $2,000
Tax · $1,200
Savings · $800
Marketing · $1,000
Time Coach
PROSet a goal — finish 3 projects by Q4, or Project X by the 30th — and the Time Coach reverse-engineers the hours needed from your history, compares them to the time you actually have, and tells you On pace / Behind / Ahead. When you drift, the AI re-plans your week for you. Pro only.
Required
120h
Available
88h
Advisor
FREEThe feature that shows you what needs your attention most. Set income goals and see the hourly salary you need. It calculates how much your time is worth, how much projects and tasks cost you vs. what they bring, and shows each meeting, activity, and event's cost vs. income. Tells you what's useless and what to change. It also runs a Cut List that flags projects to drop or reprice, and a Time Coach that plans your time toward a goal.
Project: Acme
Cut List
FREEBefore you take the work, know if it pays. The Cut List screens every project against your target hourly rate and flags Don't take, Abandon, Reprice, Keep — or Salvaged when you rescue an underpriced plan. Task time-budgets roll into each project's scope, so adding tasks triggers "out of hand — reprice" warnings.
Acme Campaign
KeepLegacy Migration
AbandonBeta Plugin
SalvagedReferral Attribution
FREEKnow exactly who brings you money and who brings you leads. Every payment is attributed to the client who actually pays, while the person who referred them gets separate referral credit — so the same euro is never counted twice and you always see each person's true contribution.
Rebecca M.
1 referral · $480 referred
Rebecca L.
Client · $480 paid
Same $ — counted once each
Newsfeed
FREEStay on top of everything happening across your workspace — new tasks, completed work, meetings logged, and more — all in one feed.
Anna completed "Design Draft"
New meeting logged with Max
Acme payment received: $2,480
Team Chat
FREEChat with your team outside of tasks. Create project-, workspace-, or just-for-fun chats. Turn on community moderation so non-admin posts need approval, and promote members to chat admins to help approve messages.
Use @Lucas this afternoon for the approval.
Lukas: On it ✅
Broadcasts
FREESend a push notification to a segmented audience — workspace members, a project team, a chat, event attendees, connections, organizations, specific people, or anyone tagged. Attach text, an image, a video, and a clickable link; recipients get a push that opens the full broadcast in the app.
Workspaces
FREEGroup projects and team members into separate workspaces — one per client if you want. Set roles (Admin/Member/Guest) and control access.
Acme Team
Task Dependencies
FREEDefine which tasks must be finished before another can start. Block tasks when a responsible team member needs to give feedback — so nobody moves on before everything is signed off.
Voice Creation
PROJust speak your tasks, projects, contacts, events, etc. into your phone. The app transcribes them, adapts them, and fills everything out for you.
"Project Acme, value 5000, 12/9."
→ Dialog pre-filled ✨
Recurring Tasks
FREESet tasks to repeat daily, weekly, or monthly. The app generates the next instance automatically — set it once and never think about it again.
Stand-up
Every Mon 9:00 · next 8/4.
spawns automatically · next instance in 3 days
Streak
FREESet your own daily goals — new contacts, tracked hours, delegated tasks, completed tasks, unprofitable things to cut, new projects. Keep the streak with 2 grace passes per month as buffer.
12
day streak
Affiliate Program
FREEEarn 20% commission for every paying user you refer. Paid out automatically via Stripe Connect.
beforeyouwork.app/?ref=ANNA
WebApp - no download
FREENo app store, no install. BeforeYouWork™ runs in every browser on every phone, laptop and OS - iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux. Platform- and software-independent, always up to date.
No download - runs in every browser
Personal AI Tour
PROTell the app what's going on in your business — in your own words or by voice. The AI analyses your situation and recommends exactly which features you need and why, with a step-by-step guide to get started. The quick interview quiz is free; the AI analysis is Pro.
"Working hard" isn't the same as "making money"
The productivity lie says: be more productive, work faster, get more efficient, optimize more. And you do all of that - but your bank account still doesn't change, because nobody told you the truth.
Not all work is equal. Some activities make you money, but some cost you money. And doing the wrong work 50% faster only makes you bleed money faster.
BeforeYouWork™ is the ONLY app that tells you whether the work should be done at all:
- →Where you're bleeding cash (even though you're "productive")
- →Which clients are ACTUALLY worth keeping
- →What your networking is REALLY costing you
- →Whether your marketing is paying off... or just keeping you busy
And once you see that, you can change it: cut the dead weight, do more of what works, and finally make the money you deserve.
Pricing
Free vs. Pro
Everything you need to start. Upgrade when you're ready to go further.