TimeTrex review (2026): is it worth $5 a month?
Time and attendance, payroll and HR workforce management
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for time clocks with payroll for hourly staff
TimeTrex is time and attendance with payroll, scheduling and HR from $5 an employee a month. But there's a $50 monthly minimum on a 1-year term, and project and client time tracking is secondary to attendance.
Who TimeTrex is for
- Fits if you run hourly staff and want clocks, scheduling and payroll in one
- Works for businesses that want an on-site or open-source option
Who TimeTrex is not for
- Tight if you are one person, because the minimum is $50 a month
- Not for you if you hate contracts, as prices carry a 1-year term and new accounts may pay an activation fee
- Skip it if you bill clients by project, since job costing starts on the $8 Corporate plan
- Watch out: biometric face clocks may cost extra
Why TimeTrex gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$5 an employee a month, with a $50 monthly minimum and a 1-year term, so one person pays $50. Per head it's mid-range for time trackers.
- CFree plan and trialA 30-day free trial and no free plan. The listing doesn't say whether it needs a card.
- CFeaturesClocks, payroll, scheduling and leave are covered. Job costing and invoicing need the $8 plan, and project time is secondary.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Payroll, rules and clocks take setup, and the open-source edition is self-hosted.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb and mobile punch with GPS, plus biometric clocks and a custom API. Few named integrations.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TimeTrex's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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TimeTrex's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 23 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 17.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 0).
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 2.3 out of 4. 14 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. TimeTrex’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 98, level with 51
- CFree plan and trialAbove 15 of 98, level with 58
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 98, level with 64
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 98, level with 75
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 98, level with 45
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 TimeTrex, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace TimeTrex you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. 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: 58 of the 98 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $60 a year. TimeTrex is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could make
- Time tracking, time off and employee records: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
What this rests on. TimeTrex’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 TimeTrex?
TimeTrex is a workforce management suite that starts with time and attendance and extends to payroll, scheduling, leave, job costing, invoicing, HR records and recruiting. It supports biometric facial recognition timeclocks, a mobile time clock with geofencing and offline punches, and cloud or on-site deployment. The vendor also describes an open-source edition.
Worth knowing
- Prices carry a minimum 1-year term, and new accounts may pay an activation fee.
- Biometric facial recognition timeclocks may carry additional fees.
- The page shows flat monthly minimums for 1 to 10 employees, then falls per employee as headcount rises.
- It is a payroll and HR suite, so time tracking by project or client is secondary to attendance.
Key features
- Time and attendance
- Web punch-in and out, a mobile time clock with GPS, offline clock-in that syncs later, and biometric facial recognition timeclocks at extra cost.
- Payroll
- Payroll is included from the Professional edition, with time data feeding pay processing and customizable reports.
- Scheduling and leave
- Employee scheduling, shift management, and leave and absence management sit alongside time tracking.
- Job costing and invoicing
- Corporate adds detailed job costing, geofencing, document storage and invoicing with accounts receivable.
- Recruiting and expenses
- Enterprise adds expense management, recruitment and onboarding, and an applicant tracking system.
- Cloud or on-site
- The vendor offers cloud deployment and on-site deployment, plus a custom API and an open-source edition.
TimeTrex pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, TimeTrex is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5 per employee / month, $50 monthly minimum, 1-year term.
- Starts at
- $5 per employee / month, $50 monthly minimum, 1-year term
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Edition | $5per employee / month, $50 minimum, 1-year term | Time and attendance, payroll, biometric timeclocks, web and mobile punch, scheduling, leave, HR and reports. Per-user rate falls above 25 employees. |
| Corporate Edition | $8per employee / month, $80 minimum, 1-year term | Everything in Professional plus job costing, geofencing, document storage and invoicing with accounts receivable. |
| Enterprise Edition | $10per employee / month, $100 minimum, 1-year term | Everything in Corporate plus expense management, recruitment and onboarding, and an advanced applicant tracking system. |
Read from timetrex.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TimeTrex before you buy.
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Common questions
Does TimeTrex have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. TimeTrex is listed for Web.
Does TimeTrex have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. TimeTrex is listed for Web.
Is TimeTrex open source?
Yes. TimeTrex is open source, 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.