# Tackle Time Tracking review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Calendar-based time tracking and analytics for Google and Outlook Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Tackle reads events from a Google or Outlook calendar and lets users tag them with clients, projects and custom properties, so time is tracked from the calendar instead of a separate timer. Tagged events feed dashboards, goals and exports, and automations can apply tags by rule. It is aimed at consultancies, executive assistants and customer-facing teams. - **Category:** Time Tracking - **Made by:** Tackle - **Website:** https://www.timetackle.com - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want history, since the free plan keeps only this month and Standard keeps 6. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Tackle Time Tracking has a free plan, and paid plans start at $30 per month for 3 calendars, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 1 calendar, current-month data only, 10 lifetime exports, 10 automations and AI-powered tags for 10 entries. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 1 calendar, current month's data, 10 lifetime exports, 10 automations and AI tags for 10 entries. | | Standard | $30 per month for 3 calendars, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly) | 6 months of history, extra calendars at $10 each billed yearly ($13 monthly), 50 automations and up to 10 calendar seats. | | Premium | $45 per month for 3 calendars, billed yearly ($57 billed monthly) | 3 years of history, extra calendars at $15 each billed yearly ($19 monthly), 200 automations, goals and API access. | | Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited calendars, automations and entries, multiple workspaces, team reports by email and custom integrations. | Read from https://www.timetackle.com/plans/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tackle Time Tracking before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Lower rate with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Standard is $30 a month billed yearly against $39 billed monthly, and Premium $45 against $57. Source: https://www.timetackle.com/plans/ ## Key features - **Calendar-based tracking:** Connects Google and Outlook calendars so meetings and events become time entries that can be tagged in place. - **Custom tags and properties:** Annotate events with your own tags, categories and properties, then filter and segment reports by them. - **Automations:** A rule builder applies tags to events automatically. The free plan allows 10 automations, Standard 50 and Premium 200. - **Dashboards and exports:** Charts and reports can be exported to Excel, CSV or PDF, and data can sync to Google Sheets. - **Goals:** Time-based goals compare planned focus against tracked time. They are included from the Premium plan. - **AI tagging and assistant:** AI suggests tags for entries, capped at 10 on the free plan and 500 or 1,000 on Standard and Premium. ## Good for - Executive assistants showing where a leader's calendar time goes - Consultancies and agencies whose client work already lives in meetings - Teams that want time data without a separate timer app ## Worth knowing - It builds on Google or Outlook calendar events, so work not on a calendar needs manual entries or the in-browser stopwatch (paid plans). - The free plan keeps only the current month's data and 10 lifetime exports. - Goals and API integration need Premium; the pricing page lists no desktop or mobile apps. - The refund FAQ says to email within 48 hours of subscribing for a full refund. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Tackle turns calendar events into time entries and reports, with a free plan of 1 calendar. But the free plan keeps only the current month, paid plans start at $30 for 3 calendars, and it only works if your work is on a calendar. - **Value for money: D.** $30 a month for 3 calendars on yearly billing, $39 monthly. That's several times the $4.50 to $10 monthly range of time trackers. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan for 1 calendar, with only the current month's data, 10 exports and 10 automations. - **Features: C.** Calendar tags, automations, reports and exports. Goals and API need Premium, and work not on a calendar needs a paid stopwatch. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect calendars and build tagging rules. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web and browser extension with Google Calendar, Outlook and Google Sheets. No desktop or phone apps listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tackle Time Tracking'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 - Tackle Time Tracking's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 8 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 14. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 98) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $30 a month, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 79 of the 80 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 41 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.** To replace Tackle Time Tracking you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 76 of the 98 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $360 a year. - You could make: Time tracking, calendar and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Calendar, Outlook, Google Sheets **Tags:** Time tracking, Calendar, Reports, Dashboards, Workflow automation, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [Timely](https://toolgpa.com/tools/timely): Automatic time tracking with AI-drafted timesheets for teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timely-vs-timetackle) - [Rize](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rize): Automatic time tracker with focus tools and AI reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rize-vs-timetackle) - [Toggl](https://toolgpa.com/tools/toggl-track): Team time tracker with billing reports and capacity planning. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timetackle-vs-toggl-track) - [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-timetackle) - [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-timetackle) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.timetackle.com/plans/ - https://www.timetackle.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/timetackle Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).