# Timestamp review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Timesheets, expenses and invoices charged per active user Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Timestamp is a web-based timesheet, expense and invoicing tool made by the UK company Red Sequence. Teams log time and expenses against clients, projects and tasks, then track cost, revenue and profitability. It charges only for users who log time or expenses in a billing cycle, so occasional contractors cost nothing in a quiet month. - **Category:** Time Tracking - **Made by:** Red Sequence - **Website:** https://www.timestamp.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you have more than 4 projects, as the free plan stops there. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Timestamp has a free plan, and paid plans start at £5 per month for 1 user. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plan for 1 user: 4 projects, with invoices and expenses. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | £0 per month for 1 user | 1 user, 4 projects, invoices and expenses. | | Solo | £5 per month for 1 user | Unlimited clients, projects, tasks, time entries, expenses and invoices, plus external users and add-on importing. | | Startup | £50 per month for 10 active users | Same features as Solo for 10 users; the page says plans are representative and a slider works out the exact monthly cost. | | Business | £150 per month for 30 active users | Same features for 30 users. Teams of more than 30 are asked to get in touch. | Read from https://www.timestamp.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Timestamp before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **10% off for yearly payment** (Annual discount): Timestamp offers a 10% discount if you choose a fixed user count and pay yearly. Source: https://www.timestamp.io/pricing - **25% off for charities and non-profits** (Nonprofit): Timestamp says it gives charities and non-profit organizations a 25% discount. Source: https://www.timestamp.io/pricing ## Key features - **Time and expense tracking:** Simple timesheets and expense entries for staff, including contractors and temporary workers, against clients, projects and tasks. - **Project profitability:** Track cost, revenue and profitability in real time for each project, and review what the team has logged. - **Invoices:** Create invoices from tracked time and expenses; the Xero add-on imports contacts and users and lets you create invoices in Timestamp. - **Single sign-on:** Import users and sign in with existing Office 365 or Google Apps credentials through the add-ons. - **Active-user billing:** Only users who log time or expenses in a billing cycle are charged, with a 10% discount for a fixed user count paid yearly. ## Good for - Freelancers and tiny teams that want a free or £5 starting plan - Businesses with occasional contractors who should not cost a full seat - UK teams that use Xero, FreeAgent or Office 365 alongside time tracking ## Worth knowing - The free plan covers 1 user and 4 projects. - Prices are in pounds sterling and the page names no mobile app; it describes a web app that works on all devices. - Integrations are limited to the five add-ons listed; others are marked as coming soon. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Timestamp tracks time, expenses and invoices in a web app, free for one user on four projects. The paid plans are priced in pounds, there is no mobile app on record, and integrations are limited to five add-ons. - **Value for money: C.** Solo is £5 a month for one user, close to the middle of time tracking at $6.67, with a free plan for one user alongside. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free plan for 1 user with 4 projects, invoices and expenses, which one freelancer could live on. - **Features: C.** Time, expenses, invoices and profitability, but integrations are limited to five add-ons with others marked as coming soon. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Clients, projects and rates have to be set up first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only on every device, with 5 integrations on record and no phone app named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Timestamp's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among time tracking apps - Timestamp'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 free plan and trial (B, above 51 of 69) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $6.70 a month, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 29 of the 58 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 18 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 Timestamp you could make: time tracking, expense tracking, invoicing, reports and tasks. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $80.39 a year. - You could make: Time tracking, expense tracking, invoicing, reports and tasks: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Office 365, Google Apps and FreeAgent among them. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Office 365, Google Apps, FreeAgent, Xero, Basecamp **Tags:** Time tracking, Expense tracking, Invoicing, Reports, Tasks ## Alternatives - [Tick](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tick): Time tracking against project budgets, priced by project count. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tick-vs-timestamp-io) - [Noko](https://toolgpa.com/tools/noko): Time tracking and invoicing for small agencies and consultants. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/noko-vs-timestamp-io) - [Harvest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/harvest): Time tracking that turns logged hours into client invoices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/harvest-vs-timestamp-io) - [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-timestamp-io) - [My Hours](https://toolgpa.com/tools/my-hours): Project time tracking and timesheets, free for up to 5 users. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/my-hours-vs-timestamp-io) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.timestamp.io/pricing - https://www.timestamp.io/add-ons - https://www.timestamp.io/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/timestamp-io Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).