TimeTac review (2026): is it worth $5 a month per user, billed yearly?
Work hours, leave and project time tracking for teams
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TimeTac report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for teams that need hours, leave and projects tracked
TimeTac records working hours, leave and project time, with apps for phones and computers. But the Working Hours licence adds a $20 a month base fee, compliance and payroll sit on Standard, and prices vary by country.
Who TimeTac is for
- Fits if you track hours and leave for a team and want apps on phones and computers
- Works for teams that bill projects as well as hours
Who TimeTac is not for
- Skip it if you want one price per head, as there is a base fee on Working Hours
- Tight if you need compliance, approvals or the API, which start on Standard
- Pricey if you want automated tracking, which sits on Project Time Advanced at $18
- Watch out: prices vary by visitor country, and hardware is priced separately
Why TimeTac gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyWorking Hours is $5 per user a month billed yearly on Essential and $9 on Standard, plus a $20 base fee. For five people, Standard comes to about $13 a head.
- CFree plan and trialA 30-day free trial with no card required.
- BFeaturesSeveral ways to clock in, absences, overtime and payroll data, project time, automatic tracking, integrations and an API.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Compliance rules and workflows need configuring.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows, with integrations and an API.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TimeTac's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its pricing table is built by page script and didn't show in the text we could read, so the prices come from the listing. How we review and grade.
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TimeTac's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 66 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 15.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 72 of 98) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 24 of the 80 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 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. TimeTac’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 98, level with 51
- CFree plan and trialAbove 15 of 98, level with 58
- BFeaturesAbove 65 of 98, level with 33
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 98, level with 75
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 72 of 98, level with 26
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 TimeTac, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of TimeTac you could make: time tracking, time off and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 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 66 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade. It costs $60 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking, time off and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- An API that other software can build on.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. TimeTac’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 TimeTac?
TimeTac is a time tracking system sold as two licences that can be combined: working hours and absence, and project time. It records time from a browser, phone apps, NFC tags, terminals and an automatic desktop tracker. The vendor stresses compliance in the DACH region, EU hosting and ISO 27001 certification.
Worth knowing
- The Working Hours licence adds a base fee on top of per-user prices: $20 a month billed yearly or $25 billed monthly.
- The price table is built by page script and varies by visitor country; the dollar prices here are the page's US rates.
- The page invites teams of 20 or more users to request a personalised quote.
- Hardware such as terminals and premium support services are priced individually, not listed.
Key features
- Several ways to clock in
- Browser, mobile apps with offline mode, NFC tags, terminals and a time tracking cube, with GPS and geofencing on higher plans.
- Absence management
- Leave requests with approval workflows, absence quotas, public holidays and holiday templates, with balances and entitlements from Standard.
- Overtime and payroll data
- Overtime rules, paid breaks, automatic break rules and compliance checks prepare hours for payroll on the Standard plan and above.
- Project time and budgets
- Track hours by client, project and task, compare against budgets and run billable-hours and client reports.
- Automatic time tracking
- A desktop app records apps and browser tabs in the background and suggests entries to confirm. The plan matrix lists it under Project Time Advanced.
- Integrations and API
- Integrations and an API are part of the Standard plans, with API users and bulk actions on Advanced working hours.
TimeTac pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, TimeTac is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5 per user / month, billed yearly ($6 billed monthly), plus a base fee.
- Starts at
- $5 per user / month, billed yearly ($6 billed monthly), plus a base fee
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Working Hours: Essential | $5per user / month, billed yearly ($6 billed monthly) | Time tracking, absence management, reporting, multi-device access and exports. Plus a base fee of $20 a month ($25 billed monthly). |
| Working Hours: Standard | $9per user / month, billed yearly ($11 billed monthly) | Adds compliance checks, approval workflows, overtime and payroll, geofencing, integrations and API. Base fee applies. |
| Working Hours: Advanced | $11per user / month, billed yearly ($13 billed monthly) | Adds advanced absence rules and team workshops or pilot projects. Base fee applies. |
| Project Time: Essential | $10per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly) | Project time tracking, basic reporting and budget overview. No base fee when bought without Working Hours. |
| Project Time: Standard | $14per user / month, billed yearly ($17 billed monthly) | Adds budgets and cost control, billable hours, client reports, team utilization, geofencing and API. |
| Project Time: Advanced | $18per user / month, billed yearly ($22 billed monthly) | Adds automated time tracking, custom workflows, advanced BI and team workshops or pilot projects. |
Read from timetac.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TimeTac before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountYearly billing is cheaper per user
The pricing configurator defaults to yearly billing and lists a lower per-user rate for each plan than the monthly one, for example $5 against $6 on Working Hours Essential.
Stated on timetac.com
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Common questions
Does TimeTac have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. TimeTac is listed for Web, iOS, Android, macOS and Windows.
Is TimeTac open source?
TimeTac is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does TimeTac have an API?
Yes. TimeTac offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.