The Humanity Schedule Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Humanity Schedule in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Humanity Schedule
The Insider’s Guide
Employee scheduling with demand forecasting and compliance rules
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among shift scheduling apps, read from Humanity Schedule’s own pages.
Made by TimeClock Plus, LLC (TCP Software) · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Humanity Schedule’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Humanity Schedule’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 11 of the 23 other shift scheduling apps we grade
Humanity Schedule is TCP Software's employee scheduling product. It builds shift schedules, handles swaps, open shifts and time-off requests from a mobile app, and on higher plans adds demand-based scheduling, compliance rules and labor budgeting. It is sold on TCP's combined scheduling and time tracking price list.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Humanity Schedule, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Auto-fill, demand scheduling and compliance rules need the Professional plan, and the monthly-billing prices are not shown.
- 1
Best for shift scheduling by TimeClock Plus
Humanity plans shifts, tracks labour cost and connects to payroll, with a mobile app for staff.
- 2
Paid plans start at $2.75 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $2.75 per employee / month, billed annually.
- 3
You can try it first
Free trial on the Essentials plan, no credit card required
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
Shift planning
Drag-and-drop schedule building across multiple locations, with shift swaps, availability and time-off requests handled by employees.
- 6
Demand Scheduler
AI forecasting predicts busy periods so the schedule can be staffed to expected demand. Demand-based scheduling is a Professional feature.
- 7
Compliance rules
Scheduling rules can be customized to catch conflicts with labor laws, collective bargaining agreements and shift rules before they become violations.
- 8
A 2.4 GPA, above 11 of 23
That is against the other shift scheduling apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Humanity Schedule you could make: time off and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Humanity Schedule at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $2.75 per employee / month, billed annually
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Free trial on the Essentials plan, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- TimeClock Plus, LLC (TCP Software)
- Category
- Shift Scheduling
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
- Store rating
- 4.9 on the App Store, 48,003 ratings
The report card
Best for shift scheduling by TimeClock Plus
Humanity plans shifts, tracks labour cost and connects to payroll, with a mobile app for staff. Auto-fill, demand scheduling and compliance rules need the Professional plan, and the monthly-billing prices are not shown.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | $2.75 a person a month on yearly billing is the line of the cheapest quarter of the category. Professional is $3.75, still under the $5.65 middle. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A card-free trial on Essentials, then paid. There is no free plan. |
| Features | C | Shift planning, demand scheduling, compliance rules, labour budgeting and payroll links. Auto-fill and the compliance and budgeting tools need Professional, and the API is an add-on. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. Rules and schedules have to be set up before it pays off. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web plus iOS and Android apps, with four integrations listed. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Humanity Schedule is for
- Fits if you schedule hourly staff and want labour cost beside the rota
- Works for a small team that can pay yearly
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want auto-fill or demand-based scheduling on the cheapest plan, as those need Professional
- Watch out: open API access, Shift Tasks and Labor Optimizer are paid add-ons
- Not for you if you need monthly-billing prices, as only annual rates were readable
- Tight if you are large, as Enterprise is a custom quote and Professional discounts are not published
Good to know
Good for
- Larger frontline teams in healthcare, retail or hospitality that need compliance rules
- Organizations that want scheduling and time tracking from one vendor
- Teams planning staffing around forecast demand
Worth knowing
- Auto-fill, demand-based scheduling, compliance and labor budgeting need the Professional plan or higher.
- Open API access, Shift Tasks and Labor Optimizer are listed as add-ons.
- The pricing page shows annual-billing rates only; the monthly-billing rates were not readable.
- Enterprise is a custom quote, and Professional volume discounts are not published.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$2.75
A month to start, for each person
Humanity Schedule is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $2.75 per employee / month, billed annually.
A card-free trial on Essentials, then paid.
Essentials
$2.75
per employee / month, billed annually
Up to 250 employees: drag-and-drop scheduling, swaps, availability, time off, geofenced clock in/out, basic reporting.
Professional
$3.75
per employee / month, billed annually
Starting price; volume discounts may apply. Adds auto-fill and demand-based scheduling, compliance, labor budgeting and SSO/SAML.
Enterprise
Custom
Quote only, for complex operations with IT, security or cross-functional scheduling needs.
Trying it first
Free trial on the Essentials plan, no credit card required
Read from tcpsoftware.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
TCP's pricing page has a Monthly/Annually switch labeled "Save 20%", and shows the annual per-employee rates.
Stated on tcpsoftware.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
Employee scheduling with demand forecasting and compliance rules. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, reports, shift scheduling, time clock, time off.
Shift planning, demand scheduling, compliance rules, labour budgeting and payroll links.
- Shift planning
- Drag-and-drop schedule building across multiple locations, with shift swaps, availability and time-off requests handled by employees.
- Demand Scheduler
- AI forecasting predicts busy periods so the schedule can be staffed to expected demand. Demand-based scheduling is a Professional feature.
- Compliance rules
- Scheduling rules can be customized to catch conflicts with labor laws, collective bargaining agreements and shift rules before they become violations.
- Labor cost and budgeting
- Reports show how scheduling affects budgets and labor cost, with adjustments possible in real time.
- Mobile app
- Managers post open shifts and approve requests; employees view schedules, trade shifts and request time off. The app also works on Apple Watch.
- Payroll and HR connections
- Connects to payroll, ERP and HCM systems such as ADP, Oracle, Workday and BambooHR, with an open API available as an add-on.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- ADP
- Oracle
- Workday
- BambooHR
Humanity Schedule is made by TimeClock Plus, LLC (TCP Software).
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
11/23
Other shift scheduling apps it is graded above
Humanity Schedule's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 11 of the 23 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 18 of 23) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $2.75 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.33 for the category: 4 of the 17 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 24 shift scheduling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Humanity Schedule’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 18 of 23
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 23
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 23
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 23
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 2 of 23
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 18 shift scheduling apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Humanity Schedule is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of Humanity Schedule you could make: time off and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $33 a year.
What you could make
- Time off and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app.
What this rests on. Humanity Schedule’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Deputy, Connecteam, Planday, Homebase and Shiftbase
The 5 tools Humanity Schedule is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Deputy
Free trial · from $5/mo
Shift scheduling, time clock and labor-law tools for hourly teams.
- Humanity Schedule also covers reports.
- Deputy also covers auto-scheduling and payroll.
- 3.2GPA
Connecteam
Free plan · from $29/mo
Employee app for shifts, time clock, chat and HR, free up to 10 users.
- Connecteam has a free plan. Humanity Schedule does not, though it has a free trial.
- Humanity Schedule also covers reports.
- Connecteam also covers auto-scheduling, forms and team chat.
- 2.6GPA
Planday
Free trial · from $2.99/mo
Rota planning, punch clock and payroll reports for shift-based teams.
- Humanity Schedule also covers reports.
- Planday also covers auto-scheduling, team chat and employee records.
- 3.2GPA
Homebase
Free plan · from $24/mo
Small-business scheduling, time clock and payroll, priced per location.
- Homebase has a free plan. Humanity Schedule does not, though it has a free trial.
- Humanity Schedule also covers reports.
- Homebase also covers team chat, payroll, job board posting and employee records.
- 2.6GPA
Shiftbase
Free plan · from €27/mo
Dutch shift scheduling, time clock and absence app, free to 15 staff.
- Shiftbase has a free plan. Humanity Schedule does not, though it has a free trial.
- Shiftbase also covers employee records.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
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Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Humanity Schedule free?
No, Humanity Schedule is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free trial on the Essentials plan, no credit card required.
How much does Humanity Schedule cost?
Humanity Schedule lists 3 plans. Essentials: $2.75 per employee / month, billed annually.
What platforms does Humanity Schedule work on?
Humanity Schedule is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Humanity Schedule offer any discounts?
Humanity Schedule publicly lists the following: Save 20% with annual billing.
How is Humanity Schedule rated?
Humanity Schedule's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.9 out of 5 from 48,003 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Humanity Schedule have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Humanity Schedule is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Humanity Schedule have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Humanity Schedule is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Humanity Schedule open source?
Humanity Schedule is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
What does Humanity Schedule integrate with?
Humanity Schedule's listing names ADP, Oracle, Workday and BambooHR. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Humanity Schedule?
Humanity Schedule is made by TimeClock Plus, LLC (TCP Software).
What are the alternatives to Humanity Schedule?
The closest alternatives to Humanity Schedule in our directory are Deputy, Connecteam, Planday, Homebase and Shiftbase.
How does Humanity Schedule compare with other shift scheduling apps?
Humanity Schedule's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 11 of the 23 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 4.
Is Humanity Schedule good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Humanity Schedule B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $2.75 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.33 for the category: 4 of the 17 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Humanity Schedule?
The plain part of Humanity Schedule you could make: time off and reports.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Humanity Schedule’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Humanity's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by TimeClock Plus, LLC (TCP Software). Prices change, so check tcpsoftware.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
5,038
tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Humanity Schedule, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/humanity
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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