# TimeLive review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Timesheets, expenses, time off and attendance in one workforce app

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Time Tracking
- **Made by:** Livetecs (since 2007)
- **Website:** https://livetecs.com/timelive/
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you have more than 3 projects or 3 users on the free plan, and the page itself disagrees on 2 or 3.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## 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).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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 | $3 per 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 https://livetecs.com/timelive/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TimeLive before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Lower per-user rate with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page's annual tab uses a $3 per module rate against $4 per module on the monthly tab. Source: https://livetecs.com/timelive/pricing/

## 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.

## Good for

- Small and mid-size firms that bill by project and need approvals
- Companies that want attendance, leave and expenses in one tool
- Teams that need an on-premises option for time data

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: C.** $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.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** A 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.
- **Features: C.** Timesheets, attendance, leave and expenses. Advanced project management and the advanced calendar are upgrades.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Modules, policies and approvals take setting up.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android with QuickBooks, Xero, Asana, Jira and calendar links. No desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among time tracking apps

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/time-tracking

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Time tracking, time off, expense tracking, reports and invoicing: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, QuickBooks, Xero and Asana among them.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

QuickBooks, Xero, Asana, Basecamp, Jira, Google Calendar, Outlook

**Tags:** Time tracking, Time clock, Time off, Expense tracking, Reports, Invoicing, Dashboards

## Alternatives

- [actiTIME](https://toolgpa.com/tools/actitime): Timesheets with project budgets, billing and a self-hosted option. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/actitime-vs-timelive)
- [TimeCamp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/timecamp): Time tracking with attendance, billing and a free plan for any team. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timecamp-vs-timelive)
- [Clockify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clockify): Team time tracker and timesheets with a free plan for 5 users. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clockify-vs-timelive)
- [Harvest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/harvest): Time tracking that turns logged hours into client invoices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/harvest-vs-timelive)
- [TMetric](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tmetric): Time tracking with billing, invoicing and team monitoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timelive-vs-tmetric)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://livetecs.com/timelive/pricing/
- https://livetecs.com/timelive/features/
- https://livetecs.com/timelive/integrations/
- https://livetecs.com/
- https://livetecs.com/about-us/

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