Is Tickin a Time Doctor alternative?

Yes, for teams that want time tracking without screenshot monitoring. Tickin tracks hours, attendance and leave and runs payroll on the Growth plan. If you specifically need screenshots, screen recording or app and website usage tracking, Time Doctor is built around those features.

Does Tickin take screenshots like Time Doctor?

Not by default. Screenshot and activity monitoring in Tickin is an opt-in module that needs the Desktop App add-on and an admin to turn it on. Left off, the only activity signal is idle detection in the optional desktop app.

Can my team clock in from Slack?

With Tickin, yes: /tickin start and /tickin end work in Slack on every plan, including Free, and in Microsoft Teams on the Scale plan. Time Doctor's own documentation says its Slack integration sends notifications and is not used for time tracking.

How does pricing compare?

Tickin is free for up to 10 employees, then $2, $3 or $6 per employee per month on Starter, Growth and Scale. Time Doctor lists Basic, Standard and Premium at $8, $14 and $20 per user per month on monthly billing, less on annual billing, with a 14-day trial and custom Enterprise pricing. Check each product's pricing page for current terms.

Does Time Doctor run payroll?

Time Doctor's payroll feature, on Standard and Premium, exports payroll data as a CSV for providers such as PayPal, Wise, Gusto, Payoneer or ADP. Tickin runs payroll itself on the Growth plan and produces PDF payslips.

Comparison

Tickin vs Time Doctor: a Time Doctor alternative without the screenshots

Tickin and Time Doctor both track working time for distributed teams, but they are built around different ideas. Time Doctor describes itself as workforce visibility software: automatic time tracking with screenshots, activity levels and website and app usage. Tickin is trust-based: people clock in from Slack (or Microsoft Teams on the Scale plan), the browser or an optional desktop app, and the hours feed attendance, leave and payroll in one place.

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In short

Choose Time Doctor if you need detailed monitoring such as screenshots, activity levels and app and website usage. Choose Tickin if you want time tracking, attendance, leave and payroll together without screenshot monitoring, run from Slack on every plan.

	Tickin	Time Doctor
Best for	Teams that want trust-based time tracking, attendance, leave and payroll together, run from Slack (or Microsoft Teams on the Scale plan)	Teams that want workforce visibility: automatic tracking with screenshots, activity levels and app and website usage
Clock in from Slack / Microsoft Teams	Yes, /tickin start in Slack on every plan (Teams bot on Scale)	Slack integration sends task notifications and is not used for time tracking; Teams via its Chrome extension and Power Automate
Screenshots and activity monitoring	Optional, off by default; needs the Desktop App add-on and an admin to turn it on	Core to the product: screenshots from Basic, video screen recording on Premium, keyboard and mouse activity levels
Leave management	Requests and approvals in Slack or web on every plan (Teams on Scale)	Leave tracking listed from the Standard plan
Payroll	Built-in payroll with PDF payslips and tax presets, on Growth	Payroll export (CSV for PayPal, Wise, Gusto, Payoneer or ADP) on Standard and Premium
Free plan	Free for up to 10 employees	No free plan listed; 14-day trial of Premium features
Paid pricing (per user per month)	Starter $2, Growth $3, Scale $6 (monthly)	Basic $8, Standard $14, Premium $20 (monthly); $6.67, $11.67, $16.70 billed annually
Apps	Slack, Microsoft Teams (Scale), browser, optional desktop app	Desktop app, Chrome and Firefox extensions, iOS and Android apps

What Time Doctor is great at

Time Doctor is built for workforce visibility. It tracks time automatically and, depending on plan, records screenshots, video screen recordings, keyboard and mouse activity levels, and which websites and apps are used, classed as productive, unproductive or neutral. Admins can set screenshot frequency, blur screenshots and control who can see them. If your organisation needs that level of monitoring, for example in outsourcing or regulated work, Time Doctor is purpose-built for it.

Where Tickin is different

Tickin records hours without watching screens. Employees clock in and out with /tickin start and /tickin end in Slack on every plan, in Microsoft Teams on the Scale plan, in the browser, or in an optional desktop app with idle detection. Screenshot and activity monitoring exists only as an opt-in module that needs the Desktop App add-on and an admin to switch it on, and it stays off otherwise. Around the hours sit attendance rules (office hours, grace periods, late-arrival alerts), leave requests and approvals, and, on the Growth plan, payroll with PDF payslips.

Monitoring versus an HR record

The real difference is what each product is for. Time Doctor's paid plans centre on tracking and monitoring, with scheduling, attendance, leave tracking and a payroll export added from the Standard plan. Tickin treats time as one part of an HR record: hours, leave, overtime and attendance connect, and on Growth they flow into payslips with country tax presets for 17 markets rather than into an export file for another payroll tool.

Which should you choose

If you need screenshots, screen recording or detailed app and website usage, Time Doctor offers that and Tickin deliberately does not make it the default. If you want your team to clock in from Slack, keep attendance and leave in the same place, and run payroll without a separate tool, Tickin is built for that, and it is free for up to 10 employees.

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Is Tickin a Time Doctor alternative?: Yes, for teams that want time tracking without screenshot monitoring. Tickin tracks hours, attendance and leave and runs payroll on the Growth plan. If you specifically need screenshots, screen recording or app and website usage tracking, Time Doctor is built around those features.
Does Tickin take screenshots like Time Doctor?: Not by default. Screenshot and activity monitoring in Tickin is an opt-in module that needs the Desktop App add-on and an admin to turn it on. Left off, the only activity signal is idle detection in the optional desktop app.
Can my team clock in from Slack?: With Tickin, yes: /tickin start and /tickin end work in Slack on every plan, including Free, and in Microsoft Teams on the Scale plan. Time Doctor's own documentation says its Slack integration sends notifications and is not used for time tracking.
How does pricing compare?: Tickin is free for up to 10 employees, then $2, $3 or $6 per employee per month on Starter, Growth and Scale. Time Doctor lists Basic, Standard and Premium at $8, $14 and $20 per user per month on monthly billing, less on annual billing, with a 14-day trial and custom Enterprise pricing. Check each product's pricing page for current terms.
Does Time Doctor run payroll?: Time Doctor's payroll feature, on Standard and Premium, exports payroll data as a CSV for providers such as PayPal, Wise, Gusto, Payoneer or ADP. Tickin runs payroll itself on the Growth plan and produces PDF payslips.

Competitor capabilities and pricing change often. Time Doctor details on this page come from Time Doctor's own pricing page, help center and blog as of September 2026; Tickin details reflect Tickin's shipped features. It is not an exhaustive feature audit, so please check each product's own website for current details.