Comparison · 2026

TrackYourHours vs Tevera — and a third option

These two names come up a lot when California pre-licensed therapists shop for an hour-tracking tool — but they generally solve different problems. TrackYourHours is oriented around tracking supervised hours toward a license; Tevera is oriented around a university program's field-education needs. Here's how to think about both — plus where HourJourney fits for the BBS associate years.

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First, the honest framing: these aren't really head-to-head

It's tempting to line up TrackYourHours and Tevera side by side and pick a winner, but in practice they tend to sit at different points in your journey. As a general matter, Tevera is a clinical-education management platform that universities adopt to coordinate field placements, collect site-supervisor evaluations, run competency assessments, and produce the documentation accreditors expect. If your MFT, counseling, or MSW program ran your practicum through it, that's the role it played — it's built around your school's field-education and accreditation needs while you're enrolled.

TrackYourHours, by contrast, is generally positioned around the individual clinician's task of tracking supervised hours toward licensure — the weekly log you keep yourself, on your own account, rather than something your university administers.

So the useful question usually isn't “which one is better,” but “which phase am I in?” If you're still a student, your program likely decides which platform you use. If you've graduated and you're a registered associate (AMFT, APCC, or ASW) logging hours toward your own California license, you get to choose — and that's the phase HourJourney is built for.

What actually matters when you compare

If you're weighing any tool for the BBS associate years, these are the dimensions worth checking:

Who it's for. Is the product aimed at students inside a program, or at associates personally tracking toward a license? That single distinction explains most of the feature differences.
BBS hours tracking for associates. Does it model the actual California requirement — total hours, a direct-clinical minimum, and the weekly structure the BBS expects?
Supervision-ratio validation. Does it check your supervision against the BBS ratio rules every week, or just total up hours and leave the compliance math to you?
Official BBS form export. Can it produce the real forms — Form 37A-525 (LMFT), Form 37A-638 (LPCC), and the LCSW weekly summary log — or do you re-type your records into a government PDF at the end?
Cost model. Is it billed to you or to your school, monthly or prepaid, and does it continue after you leave a program?
Portability after graduation. When your student access ends, can you keep your record going — or do you need to move it somewhere you control?

Because we don't have verified, current detail on every line of each competitor's feature set, the table below marks those cells as “unclear” rather than guess.

TrackYourHours vs Tevera vs HourJourney

Three tools, three slightly different jobs. Where we don't have confident, current information about a competitor's feature, we mark it as unclear — not absent.

Dimension	TrackYourHours	Tevera	HourJourney
Who it's generally designed for	People tracking supervised hours toward a license	Students in a university field-education program	California BBS associates working toward licensure
Phase it typically covers	The associate / pre-licensure tracking years	During the degree program	After graduation — the associate years
BBS supervision-ratio validation (every week)
Auto-fill official BBS forms (37A-525, 37A-638, LCSW log)
Pre-degree / post-degree auto-classification
Trainee-to-associate transition tracking
Built around program accreditation reporting
Competency assessments / faculty evaluations
Progress dashboard with projected completion date
Multi-site & multi-supervisor support
Cost model		Usually provided through your university / program	You — $4.95–$7.95/mo, cancel anytime
What happens when you graduate		Access typically ends with the program	Keeps going with you through licensure

The dash (—) means we don't have enough verified detail to make a confident claim — not that the feature is absent. HourJourney's column reflects shipped functionality as of June 2026. Confirm any competitor specifics on their official sites.

The third option: HourJourney for the California associate years

Once you've graduated and registered as an associate, your job is narrower and more specific than it was in school: you're accumulating supervised hours toward your own BBS license, week by week, under rules that have to hold up at submission time. HourJourney is built around exactly that phase — not a program's accreditation paperwork, and not a general multi-purpose log.

Real-time BBS supervision-ratio validation

HourJourney checks every week's hours against the BBS supervision rules as you log them. If you record more than 10 direct clinical hours in a week without enough qualifying supervision, you'll know that week — not later, when you're assembling your forms.

Auto-fills the actual BBS forms

HourJourney generates Form 37A-525 (LMFT Experience Verification), Form 37A-638 (LPCC Experience Verification), and the LCSW weekly summary log from the hours you've already entered, matching the official BBS PDF layout — no retyping your tracker into a government form.

Pre-degree and post-degree, sorted automatically

For AMFTs, HourJourney classifies each week as pre-degree or post-degree from your degree-award date and applies the right BBS caps. Change the date and every entry re-classifies on its own — handy for the messy weeks around graduation.

A projected completion date you can plan around

Your dashboard estimates when you'll hit your required hours based on your recent pace, broken down by category so you can see whether direct hours, non-clinical hours, or supervision weeks is the thing slowing you down.

Whatever tool you used in school, the BBS itself doesn't require any particular software — it requires accurate weekly logs and the correct official forms. If you're moving off a program platform after graduating, see what changes when you graduate in California.

Frequently asked questions

How are TrackYourHours and Tevera different?

They generally solve different problems. TrackYourHours is positioned as a tool for tracking supervised hours toward licensure — the kind of weekly hour log a pre-licensed clinician keeps on their own. Tevera is positioned as a clinical-education platform that universities adopt to manage field placements, competency assessments, and accreditation documentation while students are enrolled. In short: one is generally oriented around an individual's licensure-hour record, the other around a degree program's field-education needs.

Which one is for associates and which is for students?

As a general rule, Tevera access comes through a university program, so it tends to be used by students during their degree. Tools like TrackYourHours are aimed at people personally tracking supervised hours toward a license, which usually means the associate years after graduation. The lines can blur — some students track hours independently, and some programs keep records for graduates — so confirm what your specific school and tool offer.

Do TrackYourHours and Tevera export official BBS forms?

Check each product's current documentation before relying on this. What matters for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences is the same regardless of tool: accurate weekly logs of supervised hours and the correct official forms at the end — Form 37A-525 for LMFT, Form 37A-638 for LPCC, plus the LCSW weekly summary log. The BBS does not require any specific tracking software; it only requires that your records and forms are complete and correct. HourJourney auto-fills those official BBS PDFs from the hours you log.

What happens to my Tevera hours after I graduate?

Because Tevera access typically comes through your university's program, that access can end when you leave the program. Before you lose access, it's wise to save or export a copy of your logged hours by week and by category. From there you can continue your record in whatever tool you'll use for the associate years — re-entering pre-degree hours is usually quick because the BBS hour categories stay the same.

Is there a California-specific alternative?

Yes — HourJourney is built specifically for California BBS associates (AMFTs, APCCs, and ASWs) working toward LMFT, LPCC, and LCSW licensure. It validates BBS supervision ratios as you log each week, auto-fills the official BBS forms, classifies pre-degree vs. post-degree hours, and projects your completion date. It's $4.95/month (or $49/year) for pre-degree trainees and $7.95/month (or $79/year) for associates, with a 30-day free trial.

Keep reading

TrackYourHours alternative

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