10 Best Toggl Alternatives & Competitors 2026

When I Work shows up in conversations from store managers and small hospitality groups. It’s focused, mobile-first scheduling with decent team messaging. Compared to Toggl, it prioritizes shift distribution and quick swaps over project-level time tagging.

If your pain is late-night shift swaps, no-shows, or managers wearing multiple hats, When I Work reduces that admin headache. But don’t expect Toggl’s flexible reporting if you need deep analysis of who worked on which client deliverable.

Connecteam is the Swiss-army knife for deskless teams, schedules, checklists, forms, training, comms, all under one roof. Teams who need workflows (safety checklists, SOP signoffs) lean this way.

Where Toggl excels at clean, fast time capture for billable work, Connecteam fixes operational gaps: you can force a daily checklist, push a training module, and see time tied to a scheduled task. It’s heavier to configure, so it tends to win when organizations want a single app for operational discipline, not when they want lightweight timers.

Homebase pops up when you hear “we need scheduling and hiring, not just timers.” It’s the kind of app small retail or café owners pick because it bundles hiring, shift posting, and timecards in one dashboard.

Compared to Toggl, Homebase replaces ad-hoc timers with formal shifts and local pay-rule enforcement, useful when you’re juggling tips, breaks, and overtime calculations. If Toggl’s freeform timers leave managers scrambling to build schedules, Homebase smooths that edge. Expect some tradeoffs: the granularity of project reporting you get from Toggl isn’t Homebase’s focus.

Deputy is the choice when compliance and scale start to matter, think multi-site restaurants, clinics, or franchises. It brings robust rostering, award interpretation (for markets that need it), and payroll connectors.

Teams outgrow Toggl when they need to enforce labour rules and do automated pay calculations; Deputy fills that gap. It’s powerful, but dense, you pay in time configuring rules. Pro tip: if you have multiple locations with different labor laws, test a real payroll run in Deputy before you commit.

Buddy Punch is simple and focused: clock in/out, manage PTO, and run payroll exports. It’s attractive to businesses that want a no-friction punch system (tablet at the front desk, PIN or photo verification). Compared to Toggl’s project-centric timers, Buddy Punch is about attendance and PTO accuracy.

It won’t replace Toggl when your requirement is granular client billing, but it will stop buddy-punching and give you predictable payroll files.

WhenToWork is old-school powerful for complex rotation planning. Hospitals, security firms, seasonal operations, groups with repeating, intricate patterns, still rely on it. Relative to Toggl, WhenToWork isn’t trying to be pretty; it’s trying to solve pattern generation and equitable shift distribution.

The UI shows its age and onboarding can be slower, but when you need to express a 6-week rotation with run-around staffing rules, it nails the logic where Toggl wouldn’t even try.

TimeTrakGO leans mobile-first with field teams in mind, technicians, installers, drivers. It’s built for offline capture and location-aware punches. If Toggl’s browser timers feel clunky for people who are never at a desk, TimeTrakGO feels more native: start/stop from a phone, record job notes, sync later. The downside is analytics and integrations; if you want Toggl’s export-ready project reports, you may need extra steps.

Shiftbase is often a European buyer’s go-to because it understands local payroll and working-time directives. It’s built around labor rule compliance and payroll handoffs, which is where Toggl tends to be light. Companies with hourly workforces and local regulations (breaks, max weekly hours, smart overtime) find Shiftbase keeps them safe. It’s not made for creative agencies that need deep per-project time breakdowns.

Timesheets.com is straightforward timecards done reliably and cheaply. If your ask is “we just need accurate timecards, PTO, and payroll exports,” this is a pragmatic pick. Compared with Toggl, it’s less about project tracking elegance and more about keeping a low-cost record of who worked when. It’s a workhorse choice for firms that don’t need beautiful reports, they want a dependable export to payroll.

Hubstaff sits at the intersection of time, activity monitoring, and remote work management. It’s attractive for companies wanting GPS on field teams or screenshots and app usage signals for remote contractors.

Versus Toggl, Hubstaff gives more visibility into how people spend time, but that’s both a pro and a cultural choice, some teams resist activity monitoring. If visibility into remote work is vital and your team accepts that trade, Hubstaff gives richer signals than Toggl’s self-reported timers.