The Leave Dates Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Leave Dates 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.
Leave Dates
The Insider’s Guide
Annual leave planner and absence tracker for small teams
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among HR software, read from Leave Dates’s own pages.
Made by Leave Dates · 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 Leave Dates’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Leave Dates’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
2.6
GPA, above 96 of the 101 other HR software we grade
Leave Dates is a leave management tool for small businesses, built with UK teams in mind. Staff request time off on a shared calendar, managers approve it, and a wall chart shows who is away. It tracks allowances in days or hours, handles time off in lieu and imports bank holidays for over 230 countries.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Leave Dates, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Allowances, leave years and approvers need setting up for each team.
- 1
Best for a shared leave calendar for small UK teams
Leave Dates is a leave tracker with a wall chart of who's away, from £0.75 per user a month billed yearly.
- 2
Paid plans start at about $1 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: £0.75 per user / month, billed yearly.
- 3
You can try it first
30-day free trial of every feature, no credit card needed
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
Wall chart and year chart
A shared calendar view of who is away, so managers can plan around absences.
- 6
Leave requests and approval
Staff drag over dates to request time off, the approver is notified, and the requester is told the outcome.
- 7
Allowances and carry over
Allowances can be tracked in days or hours, pro-rated for starters and leavers, and carried over between years.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 96 of 101
That is against the other HR software we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Leave Dates you could make: time off, calendar and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Leave Dates at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from £0.75 per user / month, billed yearly
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial of every feature, no credit card needed
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Leave Dates
- Category
- HR Software
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for a shared leave calendar for small UK teams
Leave Dates is a leave tracker with a wall chart of who's away, from £0.75 per user a month billed yearly. That is about a dollar. It only does leave and absence, with no payroll, performance or hiring, and calendar sync needs the £1.50 plan while SSO and the API need £1.88.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | £0.75 per user a month billed yearly, about $1, under 60% of the category's cheaper quarter. Calendar sync needs Essential at £1.50, still under $2. |
| Free plan and trial | C | 30-day free trial of every feature with no card needed, and no free plan. |
| Features | C | Wall and year charts, requests and approval, allowances, time off in lieu and reports. It does that one job fully, and it is a small job: no payroll, performance or hiring. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. Allowances, leave years and approvers need setting up for each team. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web plus iOS and Android apps, with Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack and Zapier. No desktop app. |
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 Leave Dates is for
- Fits if you run a small team and only need to track who is off when
- Works for teams that want Outlook or Google Calendar showing leave
Who it is not for
- Not for you if you want payroll, performance or hiring, as it is leave only
- Tight if you want calendar sync or time off in lieu, which need the £1.50 Essential plan
- Tight if you need SSO, the API or webhooks, which need Plus at £1.88
- Watch out: prices are in pounds, excluding VAT, and the USD and EUR switch could not be read
Good to know
Good for
- Small UK businesses replacing a spreadsheet for holiday booking
- Teams that only need leave tracking, not a full HR system
- Offices that want leave synced to Outlook or Google Calendar
Worth knowing
- The pricing page shows prices in GBP by default, exclusive of VAT, with a currency switch for USD and EUR that could not be read here.
- Calendar sync, time off in lieu and overlap limits need Essential; SSO, API, webhooks and Zapier need Plus.
- The price scales with the number of users, and the page shows the per-user figure billed yearly.
- It covers leave and absence only; there is no payroll, performance or hiring module.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
~$1
A month to start, for each person
Leave Dates is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £0.75 per user / month, billed yearly.
Starter
£0.75
per user / month, billed yearly (£9.00 per user a year)
Unlimited employees and leave, allowances in days or hours, bank holidays, wall and year charts, reports and email summaries, web and mobile apps.
Essential
£1.50
per user / month, billed yearly (£18.00 per user a year)
Starter plus Outlook and Google Calendar sync, overlap and leave limits, multi-person requests, time off in lieu, a Slack daily summary and company-wide policies.
Plus
£1.88
per user / month, billed yearly (£22.50 per user a year)
Essential plus personal leave-year start dates, unlimited allowances, SSO, API, webhooks and Zapier, and policies by leave type.
Trying it first
30-day free trial of every feature, no credit card needed
Read from leavedates.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
25% off with yearly billing
The pricing page's Monthly and Yearly toggle states a 25% saving for yearly billing.
Stated on leavedates.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
Annual leave planner and absence tracker for small teams. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: calendar, reports, time off.
Wall and year charts, requests and approval, allowances, time off in lieu and reports.
- Wall chart and year chart
- A shared calendar view of who is away, so managers can plan around absences.
- Leave requests and approval
- Staff drag over dates to request time off, the approver is notified, and the requester is told the outcome.
- Allowances and carry over
- Allowances can be tracked in days or hours, pro-rated for starters and leavers, and carried over between years.
- Calendar sync
- Leave records can be synced to Outlook or Google Calendar, including a shared company calendar, on Essential and above.
- Time off in lieu
- Staff can log overtime and the balance is tracked as time off in lieu, on Essential and above.
- Reports
- Daily or weekly email summaries, downloadable reports, and a daily Slack summary on Essential and above.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Outlook
- Google Calendar
- Slack
- Zapier
Leave Dates is made by Leave Dates.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
96/101
Other HR software it is graded above
Leave Dates's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 96 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 100 of 101) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $1 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5 for the category: 1 of the 40 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 102 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Leave Dates’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 100 of 101
- CFree plan and trialAbove 71 of 101
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 101
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 101
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 34 of 101
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 42 HR software. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Leave Dates 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 Leave Dates you could make: time off, calendar and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 96 of the 101 other HR software we grade. It costs $12.06 a year.
What you could make
- Time off, calendar and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- 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.
What this rests on. Leave Dates’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
Vacation Tracker, Timetastic, absence.io, Calamari and Breathe
The 5 tools Leave Dates is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
Vacation Tracker
Free trial · from $2/mo
Leave and PTO tracking inside Slack, Teams or Google Workspace.
- Leave Dates also covers calendar.
- 2.6GPA
Timetastic
Free trial · from $1.50/mo
Staff leave planner, with an added rota and time clock product.
- Leave Dates also covers calendar and reports.
- Timetastic also covers shift scheduling, time clock and employee records.
- 2.4GPA
absence.io
Free trial · from €2.69/mo
Time off, time tracking and employee files for small teams.
- Leave Dates also covers calendar and reports.
- absence.io also covers time tracking, expense tracking, time clock and employee records.
- 2.4GPA
Calamari
Free trial · from $2/mo
Modular HR system for time off, attendance, core HR and reviews.
- Leave Dates also covers calendar and reports.
- Calamari also covers time tracking, goals, shift scheduling and employee records.
- 2.6GPA
Breathe
Free trial · from £24/mo
UK HR software for small firms, priced per business, not per person.
- Leave Dates also covers calendar.
- Breathe also covers expense tracking, shift scheduling, time clock, applicant tracking and employee records.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
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 Leave Dates free?
No, Leave Dates is a paid product, but you can try it first. 30-day free trial of every feature, no credit card needed.
How much does Leave Dates cost?
Leave Dates lists 3 plans. Starter: £0.75 per user / month, billed yearly (£9.00 per user a year).
What platforms does Leave Dates work on?
Leave Dates is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Leave Dates offer any discounts?
Leave Dates publicly lists the following: 25% off with yearly billing.
Does Leave Dates have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Leave Dates is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Leave Dates have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Leave Dates is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Leave Dates open source?
Leave Dates is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
What does Leave Dates integrate with?
Leave Dates's listing names Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack and Zapier.
Who makes Leave Dates?
Leave Dates is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to Leave Dates?
The closest alternatives to Leave Dates in our directory are Vacation Tracker, Timetastic, absence.io, Calamari and Breathe.
How does Leave Dates compare with other HR software?
Leave Dates's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 96 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 5.
Is Leave Dates good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Leave Dates A for value for money. Its paid plans start at about $1 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5 for the category: 1 of the 40 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Leave Dates?
The plain part of Leave Dates you could make: time off, calendar and reports.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Leave Dates’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 Leave Dates'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 Leave Dates. Prices change, so check leavedates.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
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.
7,721
tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Leave Dates, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/leave-dates
- 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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Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Leave Dates’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Leave Dates is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Leave Dates. Prices and plans change: check leavedates.com before you buy.