The Tempo Timesheets Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Tempo Timesheets 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.
Tempo Timesheets
The Insider’s Guide
Time tracking and timesheet approvals built into Jira
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among time tracking apps, read from Tempo Timesheets’s own pages.
Made by Tempo · 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 Tempo Timesheets’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Tempo Timesheets’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 25 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade
Tempo Timesheets is an app that installs into Jira and records time against Jira issues. People log hours from a calendar, timesheet or list view, teams approve timesheets, and managers report on billable and non-billable work by account, team or project. The license size must match your Jira license.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Tempo Timesheets, taken from its own pages and our grades.
It only runs inside Jira, the licence follows your Jira user count, and approvals by project and revenue reports need other Tempo products.
- 1
Best for time logging inside Jira
Tempo Timesheets logs time from inside Jira, with team approvals and reports.
- 2
Paid plans start at $10 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $10 per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly).
- 3
You can try it first
Free trial offered; length not stated on the page
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Logging from where work happens
Log time from Jira issues, a calendar view, a timesheet view or a list view, with Cloud suggestions from calendars, IDEs and connected work systems.
- 6
Team-level approvals
Organize people into Tempo teams whose leads approve timesheets; once a period is approved, no more time can be logged or changed.
- 7
Accounts and work attributes
Group worklogs by customer or cost center, mark them billable or non-billable, and add custom fields such as overtime or travel.
- 8
A 2.4 GPA, above 25 of 69
That is against the other time tracking apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Your call
A time tracker at its plainest is a start button, a stop button and a table of hours.
Tempo Timesheets at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $10 per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Free trial offered; length not stated on the page
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Tempo
- Category
- Time Tracking
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for time logging inside Jira
Tempo Timesheets logs time from inside Jira, with team approvals and reports. It only runs inside Jira, the licence follows your Jira user count, and approvals by project and revenue reports need other Tempo products.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | $10 a month for up to 10 users, which is $2 a head for five, under 60% of the cheaper quarter of time tracking at $2.70. It also needs a Jira licence. |
| Free plan and trial | D | A free trial is offered, but the page states neither its length nor whether a card is needed, and there is no free plan. |
| Features | C | Logging, team approvals, reports and workload schemes, but project approvals and planned-versus-actual views need other Tempo products. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. An app to install and configure inside Jira, with accounts and work attributes to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web inside Jira Cloud or Data Center, with an API and 8 integrations on record; no desktop or phone apps. |
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 Tempo Timesheets is for
- Fits if your team already lives in Jira and wants time logged there
- Works for admins who need team approvals and reports on Jira work
Who it is not for
- Not for you if you don't use Jira, as it runs only inside it
- Watch out: the licence must match your Jira user count, not the number who log time
- Watch out: project approvals and revenue reports are separate Tempo products
- Tight if you use Data Center, which has no calendar, IDE or AI suggestions
- Pricey if your team passes 10 users, as the flat $10 becomes about $5.99 a user
Good to know
Good for
- Teams that already run Jira and want time logged on issues
- Finance teams that classify billable hours and CapEx or OpEx
- Organizations that need approvals and audit-ready time records
Worth knowing
- It runs only inside Jira, and the license must match your Jira user count, not the number of people who log time.
- Project-level approvals, revenue reports and planned-versus-actual views need other Tempo products.
- The calendar, IDE and AI suggestion features are not available on Data Center.
- Prices are for Jira Cloud and Data Center licenses bought through Atlassian Marketplace.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$10
A month to start
Tempo Timesheets is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $10 per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly).
A free trial is offered, but the page states neither its length nor whether a card is needed, and there is no free plan.
Cloud, 1 to 10 users
$10
per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly)
Flat fee for the whole Jira site. Yearly billing is listed at $100 for 1 to 10 users.
Cloud, 11 to 100 users
$5.99
per user / month, billed monthly, for 11 to 100 users
Price falls with size, to $4.21 at 101 to 250 users. Yearly: $898.50 for 11 to 15 users, $5,990 for 51 to 100.
Data Center
$2,622
per year for up to 50 users
Self-managed Jira. $5,245.15 a year for 51 to 100 users; calendar, IDE and AI suggestions are Cloud only.
Trying it first
Free trial offered; length not stated on the page
Read from tempo.io on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Yearly billing option
The pricing page offers a yearly billing toggle: $100 a year for 1 to 10 users on Cloud, against $10 a month on monthly billing.
Stated on tempo.io
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Time tracking and timesheet approvals built into Jira. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, calendar, time tracking, reports.
Logging, team approvals, reports and workload schemes, but project approvals and planned-versus-actual views need other Tempo products.
- Logging from where work happens
- Log time from Jira issues, a calendar view, a timesheet view or a list view, with Cloud suggestions from calendars, IDEs and connected work systems.
- Team-level approvals
- Organize people into Tempo teams whose leads approve timesheets; once a period is approved, no more time can be logged or changed.
- Accounts and work attributes
- Group worklogs by customer or cost center, mark them billable or non-billable, and add custom fields such as overtime or travel.
- Reports and exports
- Logged-time reports by team, project, account or user, with export to CSV or XLS, PDF summaries and a Tempo API with webhooks.
- Holiday and workload schemes
- Define holidays and working-week lengths per country or office so expected hours are right for each team.
- Financial and capacity add-ons
- Project-level approvals and revenue reports need Financial Manager, and planned-versus-actual views need Capacity Planner, both sold separately.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Jira
- Google Calendar
- Microsoft 365
- GitHub
- GitLab
- JetBrains
- VS Code
- Slack
Tempo Timesheets is made by Tempo.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
25/69
Other time tracking apps it is graded above
Tempo Timesheets's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 25 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 16.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 60 of 69) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 4).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 46 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 30 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 70 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Tempo Timesheets’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 60 of 69
- DFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 69
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 69
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 69
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 18 of 69
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 64 time tracking apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Tempo Timesheets 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.
Your call
A time tracker at its plainest is a start button, a stop button and a table of hours.
You could make the core of Tempo Timesheets for yourself: time tracking, reports and calendar. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $120 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking, reports and calendar: an app builder makes these well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, Jira, Google Calendar and Microsoft 365 among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Tempo Timesheets’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
Everhour, Clockify, TMetric, Harvest and actiTIME
The 5 tools Tempo Timesheets is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Everhour
Free plan · from $8.50/mo
Time tracking that sits inside Asana, Jira, Linear and Trello.
- Everhour has a free plan. Tempo Timesheets does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Everhour lists macOS, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Everhour lists a browser extension.
- 3.2GPA
Clockify
Free plan · from $3.99/mo
Team time tracker and timesheets with a free plan for 5 users.
- Clockify has a free plan. Tempo Timesheets does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Clockify lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Clockify lists a browser extension.
- 2.8GPA
TMetric
Free plan · from $5.83/mo
Time tracking with billing, invoicing and team monitoring.
- TMetric has a free plan. Tempo Timesheets does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only TMetric lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Only TMetric lists a browser extension.
- 2.6GPA
Harvest
Free plan · from $9/mo
Time tracking that turns logged hours into client invoices.
- Harvest has a free plan. Tempo Timesheets does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Harvest lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Harvest lists a browser extension.
- 2.2GPA
actiTIME
Free plan · from $5/mo
Timesheets with project budgets, billing and a self-hosted option.
- actiTIME has a free plan. Tempo Timesheets does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only actiTIME lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only actiTIME lists a browser extension.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
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 Tempo Timesheets free?
No, Tempo Timesheets is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free trial offered; length not stated on the page.
How much does Tempo Timesheets cost?
Tempo Timesheets lists 3 plans. Cloud, 1 to 10 users: $10 per month for up to 10 users, billed monthly ($100 billed yearly).
What platforms does Tempo Timesheets work on?
Tempo Timesheets is available on Web.
Does Tempo Timesheets offer any discounts?
Tempo Timesheets publicly lists the following: Yearly billing option.
Does Tempo Timesheets have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Tempo Timesheets is listed for Web.
Does Tempo Timesheets have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Tempo Timesheets is listed for Web.
Is Tempo Timesheets open source?
Tempo Timesheets is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Tempo Timesheets have an API?
Yes. Tempo Timesheets offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Tempo Timesheets integrate with?
Tempo Timesheets's listing names Jira, Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, GitHub, GitLab, JetBrains, VS Code and Slack.
Who makes Tempo Timesheets?
Tempo Timesheets is made by Tempo.
What are the alternatives to Tempo Timesheets?
The closest alternatives to Tempo Timesheets in our directory are Everhour, Clockify, TMetric, Harvest and actiTIME.
How does Tempo Timesheets compare with other time tracking apps?
Tempo Timesheets's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 25 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 16.
Is Tempo Timesheets good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Tempo Timesheets A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 46 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Tempo Timesheets?
A time tracker at its plainest is a start button, a stop button and a table of hours.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Tempo Timesheets’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 Tempo Timesheets'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 Tempo. Prices change, so check tempo.io 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
- Tempo Timesheets, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/tempo-timesheets
- 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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Prices and grades as they are today
Quoting this guide?
Please name ToolGPA and link to the live page, so readers can check the figures for themselves:
ToolGPA, "Tempo Timesheets: The Insider's Guide", checked Nov 12, 2026. https://toolgpa.com/tools/tempo-timesheets
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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 Tempo Timesheets’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. Tempo Timesheets is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Tempo. Prices and plans change: check tempo.io before you buy.