# TimeTrex review (2026): is it worth $5 a month?

> Time and attendance, payroll and HR workforce management

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Time Tracking
- **Made by:** TimeTrex (since 2003)
- **Website:** https://www.timetrex.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you are one person, because the minimum is $50 a month.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## 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.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Professional Edition | $5 per 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 | $8 per employee / month, $80 minimum, 1-year term | Everything in Professional plus job costing, geofencing, document storage and invoicing with accounts receivable. |
| Enterprise Edition | $10 per employee / month, $100 minimum, 1-year term | Everything in Corporate plus expense management, recruitment and onboarding, and an advanced applicant tracking system. |

Read from https://www.timetrex.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TimeTrex before buying.

## 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.

## Good for

- Hourly workforces that need time clocks, payroll and scheduling together
- Employers wanting biometric facial recognition timeclocks
- Companies that want an on-site or open-source option

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: C.** $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.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day free trial and no free plan. The listing doesn't say whether it needs a card.
- **Features: C.** Clocks, payroll, scheduling and leave are covered. Job costing and invoicing need the $8 plan, and project time is secondary.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Payroll, rules and clocks take setup, and the open-source edition is self-hosted.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web and mobile punch with GPS, plus biometric clocks and a custom API. Few named integrations.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among time tracking apps

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/time-tracking

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Time tracking, time off and employee records: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Time tracking, Time clock, Payroll, Shift scheduling, Time off, Employee records, Open source

## Alternatives

- [Buddy Punch](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buddy-punch): Online time clock with GPS, scheduling and payroll add-ons. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buddy-punch-vs-timetrex)
- [Time Clock Wizard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/time-clock-wizard): Online time clock with scheduling and payroll reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/time-clock-wizard-vs-timetrex)
- [QuickBooks Time](https://toolgpa.com/tools/quickbooks-time): Employee time clock and scheduling tied to QuickBooks payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/quickbooks-time-vs-timetrex)
- [OnTheClock](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ontheclock): Online time clock with scheduling, PTO and optional payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ontheclock-vs-timetrex)
- [Timeero](https://toolgpa.com/tools/timeero): GPS time clock and mileage tracking for field teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timeero-vs-timetrex)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.timetrex.com/pricing
- https://www.timetrex.com/mobile-time-clock
- https://www.timetrex.com/open-source-workforce-management-software

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/timetrex
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