Timetastic review (2026): is it worth $1.50 a month per user?
Staff leave planner, with an added rota and time clock product
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Timetastic report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a staff leave calendar from $1.50 a seat
Timetastic is a shared calendar of who is off, with holiday allowances and approvals, from $1.50 a user a month. It is a leave planner first, and booking limits and absence reports need Pro.
Who Timetastic is for
- Fits if you only need to know who is off and when
- Works for small teams that want leave approvals on a phone
Who Timetastic is not for
- Too light for HR records, hiring or reviews, as it covers leave and an optional rota
- Skip it if you want to stay free, since only a 30-day trial is offered
- Pricey if you need rotas and a time clock, a separate $5.50 plan
- Watch out: booking limits, absence reports and the burnout board need Pro
- Watch out: the page lists dollar prices, with GBP prices in its data for the UK
Why Timetastic gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for money$1.50 a user a month on Business is under 60% of the category's cheapest quarter at $3. Pro is $2.50 and Rota & Time Clock $5.50.
- CFree plan and trialA 30-day trial with no credit card, and no free plan.
- CFeaturesIt does the leave job fully: calendar, allowances and approvals. That is a smaller job than a full HR system, and booking limits and absence reports need Pro.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You still have to add staff, allowances and approvers.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iOS and Android with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, QuickBooks and Sage 50. No desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Timetastic's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Timetastic's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 60 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 62 of 63) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $1.50 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.36 for the category: 2 of the 36 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 64 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Timetastic’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 62 of 63, level with 1
- CFree plan and trialAbove 40 of 63, level with 18
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 63, level with 39
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 63, level with 61
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 22 of 63, level with 41
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 38 HR software. 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 Timetastic, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Timetastic you could make: time off and employee records. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 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 60 of the 63 other HR software we grade. It costs $18 a year.
What you could make
- Time off and employee records: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- 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, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace among them.
What this rests on. Timetastic’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 Timetastic?
Timetastic is a UK-made leave and absence planner with a shared calendar, holiday allowance records and approvals. A newer plan adds rotas, a time clock, timesheets and basic HR records for frontline teams. All plans have a 30-day trial and are billed month to month.
Worth knowing
- Prices are shown in US dollars on the page we read; the page's structured data also lists GBP prices for the UK, so the rate you see depends on where you are.
- Booking limits, absence reports and the burnout board need Pro or above; rotas and time clock are a separate $5.50 plan.
- Billing runs month to month through Stripe with no minimum term.
- Charities, Certified B Corporations, Fair Tax Mark holders, 1% for the Planet members and NHS Trusts get 50% off.
Key features
- Shared leave calendar
- One calendar shows who is off and when, with holiday allowance records and manager approval of requests.
- Absence insights
- Pro adds absence trends, company-wide absence reports and a burnout board with risk alerts.
- Rotas
- Rota & Time Clock builds shift rotas with templates, conflict detection, multi-location management, open shifts and shift swaps.
- Time clock and timesheets
- Staff clock in and out from a phone, with break and overtime tracking and a payroll data export.
- Basic HR records
- Employee profiles, document storage and electronic signatures, onboarding forms and key date reminders are listed under the Rota & Time Clock plan.
Timetastic pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Timetastic is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $1.50 per user / month.
- Starts at
- $1.50 per user / month
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Business | $1.50per user / month, billed monthly | Unlimited users and departments, shared calendar of who is off, holiday allowance records and approvals, mobile and desktop app. |
| Pro | $2.50per user / month, billed monthly | Everything in Business plus booking limits by leave type, absence trends and insights, company-wide absence reports and enhanced user profiles. |
| Rota & Time Clock | $5.50per user / month, billed monthly | Rotas, clock-in and clock-out, payroll-ready timesheets, leave and absence management, HR records and team chat. |
Read from timetastic.co.uk on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Timetastic before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Nonprofit50% off for good causes
A 50% discount on standard pricing for charities, Certified B Corporations, Fair Tax Mark holders, 1% for the Planet members and NHS Trusts.
Stated on timetastic.co.uk
Works with
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Common questions
Does Timetastic have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Timetastic is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Timetastic have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Timetastic is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Timetastic open source?
Timetastic is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.