# Timetastic review (2026): is it worth $1.50 a month per user? > Staff leave planner, with an added rota and time clock product Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Timetastic Ltd (since 2012) - **Website:** https://timetastic.co.uk - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Too light for HR records, hiring or reviews, as it covers leave and an optional rota. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Timetastic is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $1.50 per user / month. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Business | $1.50 per user / month, billed monthly | Unlimited users and departments, shared calendar of who is off, holiday allowance records and approvals, mobile and desktop app. | | Pro | $2.50 per 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 | $5.50 per user / month, billed monthly | Rotas, clock-in and clock-out, payroll-ready timesheets, leave and absence management, HR records and team chat. | Read from https://timetastic.co.uk/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Timetastic before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **50% off for good causes** (Nonprofit): A 50% discount on standard pricing for charities, Certified B Corporations, Fair Tax Mark holders, 1% for the Planet members and NHS Trusts. Source: https://timetastic.co.uk/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - Small businesses that mainly need a shared holiday calendar - Frontline teams that want rotas and a time clock beside leave ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: A.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day trial with no credit card, and no free plan. - **Features: C.** It 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You still have to add staff, allowances and approvers. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, QuickBooks and Sage 50. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among HR software - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Time off and employee records: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - 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, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace 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 Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, QuickBooks, Sage 50 **Tags:** Time off, Shift scheduling, Time clock, Employee records ## Alternatives - [absence.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/absence-io): Time off, time tracking and employee files for small teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/absence-io-vs-timetastic) - [Calamari](https://toolgpa.com/tools/calamari): Modular HR system for time off, attendance, core HR and reviews. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calamari-vs-timetastic) - [Vacation Tracker](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vacation-tracker): Leave and PTO tracking inside Slack, Teams or Google Workspace. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timetastic-vs-vacation-tracker) - [BrightHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/brighthr): HR software with holiday, rota and absence tools and advice lines. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/brighthr-vs-timetastic) - [Breathe](https://toolgpa.com/tools/breathe): UK HR software for small firms, priced per business, not per person. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/breathe-vs-timetastic) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://timetastic.co.uk/pricing - https://timetastic.co.uk/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/timetastic Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).