The problem with tracking UX/UI work
Your day is fragmented across phases:
- 90 minutes wireframing for Client A
- A user testing session — half setup, half observation
- 45 minutes on a prototype tweak after dev feedback
- A "quick" sync with engineering that became a design discussion
- A new Figma plugin you bought, an icon set, a font license
Most timers assume you're "doing one thing." You're not — you're moving between research, design, and review in 20-minute slices.
That's the gap Frency fills.
How Frency works for UX/UI designers
You write a brain dump in plain English. Something like:
"Today: 2h wireframes Acme onboarding, 1h user testing session Studio Bianchi, 30min prototype tweaks Acme, Figma plugin €15."
I read it and produce:
- Time entries with client, project, and duration
- An expense for the plugin, attributed however you say
- Clients and projects auto-detected
- A report card showing what I parsed
Real brain dump examples for UX/UI designers
Brain dump 1 — Design + research mixed day
"9-11 wireframes onboarding flow Acme, 11:30 user testing session Studio Bianchi 1h, lunch, 13:30 synthesis notes from testing 1h Studio Bianchi, 14:30-17 prototype iteration Acme, 17 bought icon set €25 for Acme project."
Frency understood:
- Acme: 2h wireframes + 2.5h prototype = 4.5h
- Studio Bianchi: 1h testing + 1h synthesis = 2h
- Expense: €25 icon set, attributed to Acme
Brain dump 2 — Dev handoff day
"Spent the morning on dev handoff for Acme — 2h in Figma cleaning up specs and answering Slack questions. Afternoon 3h on Studio Bianchi mobile wireframes."
Frency understood:
- Acme: 2h dev handoff
- Studio Bianchi: 3h mobile wireframes
Brain dump 3 — Week of research
"Discovery week Acme: Mon 4h interview prep + 1 interview (1.5h), Tue 3 interviews (4.5h total), Wed 2 interviews + transcription 2h, Thu synthesis full day, Fri report writing 5h + 1h presentation deck. Total billed time recoverable from these notes."
Frency understood:
- Acme: ~33h discovery week broken down by day and activity
- All under same project (e.g., "Acme discovery")
What you get with Frency
- Brain dump → time entries in seconds
- AI client and project detection — no setup first
- Expense capture in the same brain dump (Figma, plugins, fonts, icons)
- Credit-based wallet — €1 = 100 credits, pay only for what you use
- Free tier with about 10 brain dumps a month after signup
- Phone + desktop — log between sessions or at the desk
- DP Hours timer included if you want classic timer mode for focus blocks
How this compares to your current stack
Most UX/UI designers I talk to use one of these setups:
- Toggl + Figma + Notion — three tools to manage one workflow
- Bonsai — full freelancer suite, heavy
- Spreadsheet — flexible, easy to forget
- Nothing — invoicing from memory
Frency doesn't replace Figma. It replaces the "what did I do today and on what client" step that you keep skipping.
Try it without signing up
I built Frency so you can try it before committing anything. No signup. No credit card.
Three brain dumps free without signup. If you like it, create an account to keep going on the free tier.
Frency is built by DPLab, a software studio shipping solo with AI agents.