TimeLive review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Timesheets, expenses, time off and attendance in one workforce app
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TimeLive report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for timesheets, expenses and attendance in one app
TimeLive covers timesheets, expenses, leave and attendance, with a free plan for 3 users and 3 projects. Paid prices depend on which modules you tick, and the free plan's limits contradict themselves on its own pricing page.
Who TimeLive is for
- Fits if you are a very small team that wants a free timesheet and leave tracker
- Works for firms that want an on-premises option
Who TimeLive is not for
- Tight if you have more than 3 projects or 3 users on the free plan, and the page itself disagrees on 2 or 3
- Skip it if you want one flat price, because the cost depends on modules ticked
- Not for you if you want Kanban and scheduling in Standard, as those are add-ons
- Watch out: on-premises licences need a support contract and a sales quote
Why TimeLive gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$3 a user a month per module on annual billing. The total depends on the modules you pick, so a team of five with two modules lands mid-range.
- BFree plan and trialA free plan with all four basic modules for 3 users and 3 projects, enough for a tiny team. The page's FAQ says 2 users.
- CFeaturesTimesheets, attendance, leave and expenses. Advanced project management and the advanced calendar are upgrades.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Modules, policies and approvals take setting up.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iOS and Android with QuickBooks, Xero, Asana, Jira and calendar links. No desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TimeLive's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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TimeLive's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 41 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 24.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 74 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $3 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 3 of the 80 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 99 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. TimeLive’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 98, level with 51
- BFree plan and trialAbove 74 of 98, level with 16
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 98, level with 64
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 98, level with 75
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 98, level with 45
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 87 time tracking apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep TimeLive, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of TimeLive you could make: time tracking, time off, expense tracking, reports and invoicing. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $36 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking, time off, expense tracking, reports and invoicing: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- 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.
- It plugs into other products, QuickBooks, Xero and Asana among them.
What this rests on. TimeLive’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.
What is TimeLive?
TimeLive is a time tracking suite from Livetecs that covers timesheets, expense sheets, time-off requests and clock-in attendance with geofencing. Projects, clients and approval workflows tie the hours to billing. It runs as a hosted service or, for a one-time license fee, on a company's own servers.
Worth knowing
- The pricing page computes a total from the modules and users you tick, so the real monthly cost depends on that selection.
- The page's free-plan limits conflict: the table shows 3 users, while an FAQ on the same page says up to 2 users.
- Advanced calendar and advanced project management are upgrades, not part of Standard.
- On-premises licensing requires a support contract and is quoted by sales.
Key features
- Timesheets and timer
- Staff log hours with a timer or weekly timesheet against clients, projects and tasks, with approval workflows for managers.
- Attendance and geofencing
- Clock in and out with shifts, attendance policies and geofence areas, including polygon boundaries.
- Time off and expenses
- Separate modules handle leave policies, requests and approvals, plus expense sheets with types and approval.
- Billing and reports
- Project, billing and user reports, an audit trail, custom dashboards and scheduled report delivery.
- Advanced project management
- An add-on module with Kanban boards, project scheduling and forecasting. It is not part of Standard.
- Hosted or on-premises
- Run it in the vendor's cloud or buy an on-premises license and keep the data on your own infrastructure.
TimeLive pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, TimeLive has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3 per user / month per module, billed annually ($4 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $3 per user / month per module, billed annually ($4 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 3 users and 3 projects with the timesheet, expense, time-off and attendance modules and the mobile app.
- Free trial
- 30-day trial of Standard on annual billing, 14 days on monthly billing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3 users, 3 projects (1 project on the monthly tab), all four basic modules and the mobile app. |
| Standard | $3per user / month per module, billed annually ($4 billed monthly) | Unlimited projects and a basic Google or Outlook calendar; total depends on the modules and users you pick. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For 200 or more users: all modules plus the advanced calendar and advanced project management; sold through sales. |
| On-premises | Custom | One-time license fee with a required support contract, hosted on your own servers; sold through sales. |
Read from livetecs.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TimeLive before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountLower per-user rate with annual billing
The pricing page's annual tab uses a $3 per module rate against $4 per module on the monthly tab.
Stated on livetecs.com
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Common questions
Does TimeLive have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. TimeLive is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does TimeLive have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. TimeLive is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is TimeLive open source?
TimeLive is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.