# Harpoon

> Financial planning, time tracking, and invoicing software for agencies and freelancers.

Harpoon helps creative agencies, studios, and freelancers take control of their finances. Unlike traditional invoicing tools, Harpoon focuses on financial forecasting and goal-setting to help businesses achieve profitability.

## Core Features

- **Financial Goal Setting**: Set yearly revenue goals and track progress
- **Revenue Forecasting**: Predict future income based on scheduled projects
- **Time Tracking**: Track billable hours with built-in timers
- **Invoicing**: Create and send professional invoices, accept online payments
- **Project Management**: Manage clients, projects, and budgets
- **Expense Tracking**: Monitor business expenses and set budgets
- **Analytics & Reporting**: Comprehensive financial reports and metrics
- **AI Assistant Integration**: Connect Harpoon to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code

## Pricing

- Starter: $9/month (1 user, up to 3 clients)
- Freelancer: $19/month (2 users)
- Studio: $39/month (8 users)
- Agency: $99/month (20+ users; additional users beyond 20 are $5 per user/month)

Annual billing saves 21% (Starter $85/yr, Freelancer $180/yr, Studio $372/yr, Agency $936/yr). All plans include a 14-day free trial. No credit card required. Prices in USD.

## The Harpoon Method

A four-rule framework for managing agency finances:

1. **Set a Financial Goal**: Calculate your yearly revenue needs based on business and personal expenses
2. **Plan Your Revenue**: Break yearly goals into monthly targets and schedule projects accordingly
3. **Bill Clients Intelligently**: Choose billing strategies and automate invoicing
4. **Control Your Expenses**: Track spending, categorize costs, and maintain budgets

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://harpoonapp.com/
- Features: https://harpoonapp.com/features
- Financial Planning: https://harpoonapp.com/features/planning
- Invoicing: https://harpoonapp.com/features/invoicing
- Time Tracking: https://harpoonapp.com/features/time-tracking
- Projects: https://harpoonapp.com/features/projects
- Expenses: https://harpoonapp.com/features/expenses
- Analytics: https://harpoonapp.com/features/analytics
- Compare: https://harpoonapp.com/compare
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- Harpoon vs Toggl Track: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-toggl
- Harpoon vs QuickBooks: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-quickbooks
- Harpoon vs HoneyBook: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-honeybook
- Harpoon vs Bonsai: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-bonsai
- Harpoon vs Blinksale: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-blinksale
- Harpoon vs Wave: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-wave
- Harpoon vs Xero: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-xero
- Harpoon vs Paymo: https://harpoonapp.com/compare/harpoon-vs-paymo
- Pricing: https://harpoonapp.com/pricing
- How It Works: https://harpoonapp.com/how-it-works
- The Harpoon Method: https://harpoonapp.com/method/rule-one
- Support: https://harpoonapp.com/support
- Blog: https://harpoonapp.com/blog
- Free Goal Calculator: https://harpoonapp.com/tools/goal-calculator
- Free Tools hub: https://harpoonapp.com/tools
- Hours Calculator: https://harpoonapp.com/tools/hours-calculator
- Time Card Calculator: https://harpoonapp.com/tools/time-card-calculator
- Time Clock Calculator: https://harpoonapp.com/tools/time-clock-calculator
- Timesheet Calculator: https://harpoonapp.com/tools/timesheet-calculator
- Invoice Generator: https://harpoonapp.com/tools/invoice-generator
- Invoice Template (Word, Excel, PDF): https://harpoonapp.com/templates/invoice-template
- Blank Invoice Template: https://harpoonapp.com/templates/blank-invoice-template
- Freelance Invoice Template: https://harpoonapp.com/templates/freelance-invoice-template
- Photography Invoice Template: https://harpoonapp.com/templates/photography-invoice-template
- Graphic Designer Invoice Template: https://harpoonapp.com/templates/graphic-designer-invoice-template
- Web Design Invoice Template: https://harpoonapp.com/templates/web-design-invoice-template

## Company

- Originally founded by Ryan Gilbert and Andy Johnson
- Acquired in 2024 by FlexBillPro LLC when the founders retired from Harpoon, with the goal of carrying their vision forward
- Currently owned and run by Sam and Brian
- Contact: hello@harpoonapp.com
- Twitter: @harpoonapp

## What's New (August 2026)

- Rebuilt interface: dashboard, invoices, time tracking, and clients redesigned and made faster, with a consistent sidebar on every screen
- Customizable dashboard built from reorderable widgets
- Stacked timers, each with its own client, project, and task
- Four themes: light, dark, snow, and automatic
- Works at phone width
- AI assistant integration: connect Harpoon to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code (69 tools) to start/stop timers, create invoices, record payments, convert estimates, and run profit & loss, tax summary, accounts aging, and timesheet reports, all scoped to your team and role permissions
- Details: https://harpoonapp.com/blog/we-rebuilt-harpoon

## Target Audience

- Freelance designers and developers
- Creative agencies and studios
- Marketing consultants
- Independent contractors
- Small service-based businesses

## Integrations

- Stripe: online invoice payments (credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, Cash App Pay in the US, and ACH bank transfers in the US)
- Slack: invoice and estimate event notifications
- Zapier: connect Harpoon to hundreds of other apps
- Harpoon API: build custom workflows (https://app.harpoonapp.com/api)
- AI assistants: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code