A Toggl alternative that tracks attendance and leave too
Toggl Track is one of the best-known timers: start a timer, tag it to a project, and see where the hours went, with no screenshots and no surveillance. Tickin is a time tracking tool built the other way round: people clock in for the day from Slack, and that one record drives hours, attendance, leave and, on the Growth plan, payroll. New Toggl sign-ups now get a combined product called Toggl; this page compares its time tracking.
In short
Choose Toggl Track if you want fast project timers, detailed time reports and client work, and attendance or leave are handled elsewhere. Choose Tickin if you want working hours, attendance and leave in one Slack-based record, free for up to 10 employees.
| Tickin | Toggl Track | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Teams that want hours, attendance and leave in one tool, in Slack | Individuals and teams tracking time against projects and clients |
| How time is captured | Clock in and out for the day (/tickin start, /tickin end), breaks deducted | Start and stop timers per task, or a desktop timeline the user controls |
| Slack | Clock in, breaks, leave, approvals and reports, every plan | Start and stop timers with slash commands |
| Microsoft Teams | On the Scale plan | Not listed |
| Screenshots | None unless the optional Desktop add-on is switched on by an admin | None |
| Projects and billable rates | On Scale: projects, tasks, one bill rate per project | Projects, clients and billable rates on paid plans |
| Attendance and leave | Built in: late starts, absences, leave requests and balances | Leave approvals and accruals via a paid Time Off add-on |
| Timesheet approval | Logged project time approved by lead and admin on Scale | On Premium |
| Free plan | Free for up to 10 employees | Free for up to 3 users |
| Paid pricing (per user per month) | Starter $2, Growth $3, Scale $6 | From $9 billed annually ($12 monthly); Premium $16 ($24) |
What Toggl Track is great at
Toggl Track makes project timing fast and friendly. Timers start in a click or from Slack, the desktop app can keep a timeline of apps and sites that only the user sees, and reports break hours down by project, client and tag. It states plainly that it takes no screenshots and does no surveillance, which makes it easy to introduce.
Where Tickin is different
Tickin tracks the working day rather than individual timers. People clock in with /tickin start and out with /tickin end in Slack, from the browser or the optional desktop app (Microsoft Teams on the Scale plan), breaks are deducted, and overtime and forgotten clock-outs are handled for you. Because the same record holds attendance and leave, you can see who started late, who is on leave and how many hours each person worked against their target.
Pricing for a small team
Toggl Track is free for up to 3 users, and paid plans start at $9 per user a month billed annually ($12 monthly), with timesheet approvals on Premium. Tickin is free for up to 10 employees and Starter is $2 per employee a month. For project billing, Tickin's projects and billable rates are on Scale at $6.
Which should you choose
If your main question is "where do our project hours go?" and you bill clients by tracked time, Toggl Track is a polished choice. If your question is "who worked, when, and who was off?" and you want it answered inside Slack, with leave and payroll alongside, Tickin fits better.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Tickin a good Toggl alternative?
- Yes, if you want attendance-based hours, leave and approvals in Slack. If you mainly need project timers and client billing reports, Toggl Track is built for that.
- Does either tool take screenshots?
- Toggl Track takes none. Tickin takes none unless you buy the optional Desktop App add-on and an admin turns monitoring on.
- Which is cheaper for a team of 8?
- Tickin is free for up to 10 employees. Toggl Track is free for up to 3 users, then from $9 per user a month billed annually.
- Can I track time per project in Tickin?
- Yes, on the Scale plan: people log time to projects and tasks, it is approved, and billable projects get one hourly bill rate. Tickin does not create invoices.
Competitor capabilities and pricing change often. Toggl details on this page come from Toggl's own pricing, feature and help pages as of October 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.