TimeCamp vs Tackle Time Tracking (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, TimeCamp grades higher than Tackle Time Tracking: 3.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
TimeCamp grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
TimeCamp
Time tracking with attendance, billing and a free plan for any team
Tackle Time Tracking
Calendar-based time tracking and analytics for Google and Outlook
Which one is for you
Pick TimeCamp if
- Fits if you want free timesheets for a team of any size
- Works for companies that keep attendance, overtime and time off alongside time tracking
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you rely on integrations, because Free and Starter have none and Premium has one
- Pricey if you want the AI Time Tracker, as it's billed by token usage on top of your plan
- Skip it if you need timesheet approvals, expenses, billing rates, screenshots or SSO below Ultimate at $9.99 a user
- Not for you if you bill clients on the free plan, as invoicing and attendance start on Starter and budgets on Premium
- Watch out: self-hosted or private cloud setups are only for 50 or more users on annual Ultimate
Pick Tackle Time Tracking if
- Fits if your day is mostly meetings in Google or Outlook
- Makes sense if you want to see where meeting time goes
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want history, since the free plan keeps only this month and Standard keeps 6
- Skip it if your work isn't on your calendar, as other time needs manual entries
- Not for you if you want goals or the API, both on Premium at $45
- Watch out: the refund window is 48 hours after subscribing
How we grade them
| 3.2GPATimeCampVery good | 2.0GPATackle Time TrackingFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BStarter is $3.99 a user a month billed annually, $5.49 month-to-month, and invoicing, attendance and time off are already in it. That sits in the cheaper quarter for time trackers. Ultimate is $9.99. The AI Time Tracker is extra, billed by token usage. | D$30 a month for 3 calendars on yearly billing, $39 monthly. That's several times the $4.50 to $10 monthly range of time trackers. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree forever with unlimited users and unlimited projects, plus timesheets and the web, desktop and mobile apps. A whole team can stay there. No integrations, invoicing or attendance, mind. | CA free plan for 1 calendar, with only the current month's data, 10 exports and 10 automations. |
| Features | BLog time with a timer, by hand or on a weekly timesheet, or let the desktop app track by itself. Then attendance, time off and overtime, invoicing, budgets with alerts, 10-plus reports and, on Ultimate, approvals, expenses and screenshots. The job is covered. | CCalendar tags, automations, reports and exports. Goals and API need Premium, and work not on a calendar needs a paid stopwatch. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. There are three ways to log time, but this is a web app you furnish with projects first, and working out which of five plans holds the feature you need takes longer than the setup. | CNo store rating on record. You connect calendars and build tagging rules. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and a browser extension, with Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Jira, GitHub, QuickBooks and Xero on the list. Integrations are rationed, though: none on Free or Starter, one on Premium, unlimited on Ultimate. | BWeb and browser extension with Google Calendar, Outlook and Google Sheets. No desktop or phone apps listed. |
| Best for | free timesheets for a team of any size | tracking time from Google or Outlook calendar events |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: TimeCamp and Tackle Time Tracking. How we grade
Price against what you get
TimeCamp starts at $3.99 a month for each person and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tackle Time Tracking starts at $30 a month and scores 2.3.
TimeCamp scores higher and starts $26.01 a month lower. Of the other time tracking apps on the chart, none scores higher than TimeCamp for less, and 41 score higher than Tackle Time Tracking for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- TimeCamp is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- TimeCamp also covers invoicing.
- Tackle Time Tracking also covers calendar, workflow automation and dashboards.
At a glance
| TimeCamp | Tackle Time Tracking | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $3.99 per user / month, billed annually ($5.49 month-to-month) | $30 per month for 3 calendars, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free forever plan with unlimited users and projects: timesheets, the web, desktop and mobile apps and 2-factor authentication. Integrations, invoicing and attendance need a paid plan. | 1 calendar, current-month data only, 10 lifetime exports, 10 automations and AI-powered tags for 10 entries. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
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| iOS | ||
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | TimeCamp Inc. | Tackle |
| Price read from | timecamp.com | timetackle.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
TimeCamp
- Integrations are not part of Free or Starter: Premium includes one and Ultimate removes the limit.
- The AI Time Tracker is billed by token usage on top of the plan price.
- Timesheet approvals, expenses, billing rates, screenshots and SSO login need the Ultimate plan.
- Self-hosted and private cloud setups are offered to customers with 50 or more users on annual Ultimate.
Tackle Time Tracking
- It builds on Google or Outlook calendar events, so work not on a calendar needs manual entries or the in-browser stopwatch (paid plans).
- The free plan keeps only the current month's data and 10 lifetime exports.
- Goals and API integration need Premium; the pricing page lists no desktop or mobile apps.
- The refund FAQ says to email within 48 hours of subscribing for a full refund.
Key features
TimeCamp
- Timesheets and automatic tracking
- Time is logged with a timer, manual entries or a weekly timesheet, and the desktop app can track computer activity automatically. Apps and websites tracking starts on Premium.
- AI Time Tracker
- A separate app for macOS and Windows that suggests time entries. It is billed by token usage on top of the plan, which TimeCamp estimates at about $6 per user a month.
- Attendance and time off
- From Starter, an attendance calendar records working days alongside time-off and overtime tracking, with reports for each.
- Billing and budgets
- Invoicing starts on Starter, and billable time and budgets with alerts on Premium. Billing rates, expenses, labor costs and fixed fee projects need Ultimate.
- Reports
- More than 10 time tracking reports with PDF export. Excel export starts on Starter, scheduled email reports on Premium and the pivot table report on Ultimate.
- Approvals and monitoring
- Ultimate adds timesheet approvals, screenshots, unusual activity detection, remote work detection and a history of changes to time entries.
Tackle Time Tracking
- Calendar-based tracking
- Connects Google and Outlook calendars so meetings and events become time entries that can be tagged in place.
- Custom tags and properties
- Annotate events with your own tags, categories and properties, then filter and segment reports by them.
- Automations
- A rule builder applies tags to events automatically. The free plan allows 10 automations, Standard 50 and Premium 200.
- Dashboards and exports
- Charts and reports can be exported to Excel, CSV or PDF, and data can sync to Google Sheets.
- Goals
- Time-based goals compare planned focus against tracked time. They are included from the Premium plan.
- AI tagging and assistant
- AI suggests tags for entries, capped at 10 on the free plan and 500 or 1,000 on Standard and Premium.
Plans
TimeCamp
Free$0
Unlimited users and projects with timesheets, the web, desktop and mobile apps and 2-factor authentication.
Starter$3.99
per user / month, billed annually ($5.49 month-to-month)
Adds invoicing, attendance and an attendance calendar, time off, overtime tracking, Excel report export and unlimited tasks.
Premium$6.99
per user / month, billed annually ($9.99 month-to-month)
Adds one integration, billable time, budgets and estimates, apps and websites tracking, a resource planner and scheduled email reports.
Ultimate$9.99
per user / month, billed annually ($13.99 month-to-month)
Adds unlimited integrations, timesheet approvals, billing rates, expenses, labor costs, screenshots, custom fields and SSO login.
EnterpriseCustom
Price on request. Adds self-hosted or private cloud deployment, custom integrations, an audit log, data warehouse access and an SLA.
Tackle Time Tracking
Free$0
1 calendar, current month's data, 10 lifetime exports, 10 automations and AI tags for 10 entries.
Standard$30
per month for 3 calendars, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)
6 months of history, extra calendars at $10 each billed yearly ($13 monthly), 50 automations and up to 10 calendar seats.
Premium$45
per month for 3 calendars, billed yearly ($57 billed monthly)
3 years of history, extra calendars at $15 each billed yearly ($19 monthly), 200 automations, goals and API access.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited calendars, automations and entries, multiple workspaces, team reports by email and custom integrations.
Ways to pay less
TimeCamp
- Annual discount
Lower rate with annual billing
Annual billing costs roughly 27% to 30% less than month-to-month: Starter is $3.99 per user a month against $5.49, and Ultimate is $9.99 against $13.99.
- Nonprofit
30% off for nonprofits
TimeCamp's pricing FAQ offers an additional 30% discount to non-profit organizations that email support with a copy of their 501(c)(3) paperwork.
- Education
30% off for universities, schools and students
The same pricing FAQ extends the additional 30% discount to universities, students and schools, arranged by contacting TimeCamp support.
Tackle Time Tracking
- Annual discount
Lower rate with yearly billing
Standard is $30 a month billed yearly against $39 billed monthly, and Premium $45 against $57.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, TimeCamp or Tackle Time Tracking?
As of Nov 13, 2026, TimeCamp starts at $3.99 per user / month, billed annually ($5.49 month-to-month), and Tackle Time Tracking starts at $30 per month for 3 calendars, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, TimeCamp or Tackle Time Tracking?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both TimeCamp and Tackle Time Tracking have a free plan.
Which platforms do TimeCamp and Tackle Time Tracking run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only TimeCamp lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app and a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.