WorkTime review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Non-invasive employee monitoring for attendance and productivity
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WorkTime report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for attendance and activity monitoring with a small free plan
WorkTime tracks active time, apps and websites for staff, free for three people. Free keeps two weeks of history, and unlimited accesses, Active Directory and the API need Premium.
Who WorkTime is for
- Fits if you want attendance and app reports for a small team
- Works for companies that want an on-premise option
Who WorkTime is not for
- Tight if you stay on Free, with 3 employees and 2 weeks of history
- Skip it if you use Linux or phones, as agents are Windows and Mac only
- Watch out: Basic and Free allow one account access
- Watch out: HIPAA-safe and GLBA-safe modes only arrive on Enterprise at $10.99
Why WorkTime gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$6.99 per employee a month, or $69.90 a year ($5.83 a month), around the time-tracking middle of $6.67.
- CFree plan and trialFree plan for 3 employees with 2 weeks of history and one account access, which most teams will outgrow.
- CFeaturesAttendance, activity and reports, but unlimited accesses, Active Directory and the API are Premium.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Agents have to be installed and reports tuned.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb with Windows and Mac agents, an API on Premium and 3 integrations on record; no phone apps.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WorkTime'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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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/worktime#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/worktime.svg" alt="WorkTime: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where WorkTime stands among time tracking apps
WorkTime's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 69 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 12.
Its paid plans start at $6.99 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.70 for the category: 30 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 28 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 70 time tracking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. WorkTime’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 14 of 69, level with 32
- CFree plan and trialAbove 10 of 69, level with 40
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 69, level with 41
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 69, level with 47
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 69, level with 14
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 64 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 WorkTime, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of WorkTime you could make: time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 53 of the 69 other time tracking apps grade higher. It costs $83.88 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A real app for macOS and Windows. 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, Active Directory, Google and Microsoft among them, and has an API.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: HIPAA.
What this rests on. WorkTime’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 WorkTime?
WorkTime is employee monitoring software that measures attendance, active and idle time, app and website use and productivity. It reports on activity instead of capturing screenshots, and offers HIPAA-safe and GDPR-safe modes. A free plan covers up to 3 employees, and it runs on Windows and macOS.
Worth knowing
- The free plan stops at 3 employees and 2 weeks of data history.
- Only the Premium and Enterprise plans offer unlimited accesses, Active Directory and API integration.
- Basic and Free allow just one access to the account.
- Agents are listed for Windows and macOS only.
Key features
- Attendance and overtime
- Sets attendance goals and watches weekend and out-of-hours work for unexpected overtime.
- Active and idle time
- Records active and idle computer time and login and logout events, with goals per team.
- Productivity monitoring
- Rates apps and websites as productive or not, with AI help, and tracks a distraction score.
- Screenshot alternative
- Uses screen productivity data in place of screenshots, and has an optional keystroke counter.
- Compliance modes
- Offers HIPAA-safe, GLBA-safe and GDPR-safe modes, which the vendor says avoid collecting protected data.
- Cloud or on-premise
- Runs on Windows and macOS, including terminal and Citrix servers, with cloud or on-premise hosting.
WorkTime pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, WorkTime has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6.99 per employee / month, billed monthly ($69.90 billed annually).
- Starts at
- $6.99 per employee / month, billed monthly ($69.90 billed annually)
- Free plan
- Up to 3 employees, 2 weeks of data history, one account access and basic reports.
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Monitors up to 3 employees with 2 weeks of history, summary, app and website, and log reports. |
| Basic | $6.99per employee / month, billed monthly ($69.90 billed annually) | Unlimited data history and active, login, app, website and internet reports; one account access. |
| Premium | $8.99per employee / month, billed monthly ($89.90 billed annually) | Adds unlimited accesses, Active Directory integration, API integration and personalized working hours. |
| Enterprise | $10.99per employee / month, billed monthly ($109.90 billed annually) | Adds HIPAA-safe and GLBA-safe modes on top of the Premium features. |
Read from worktime.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WorkTime before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountTwo months free with annual billing
The pricing page labels annual billing as 2 months free; the yearly figure is 10 times the monthly price.
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Common questions
Does WorkTime have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. WorkTime is listed for Web, Windows and macOS.
Does WorkTime have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. WorkTime is listed for Web, Windows and macOS.
Is WorkTime open source?
WorkTime is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Can WorkTime be self-hosted?
Yes. WorkTime's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does WorkTime have an API?
Yes. WorkTime offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.