What Is Time Doctor? What It Records and What It Costs

Time Doctor is a time tracker built around watching the work. Here is what it captures, what the plans and add-ons really bill, and who it suits.

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Prices read off Time Doctor's own site, 31 July 2026.

Definition

What Time Doctor is, in one sentence

What it is

Time Doctor is workforce analytics software that tracks hours and, at the same time, gathers evidence of how those hours were spent. A desktop app takes screenshots of every connected monitor, counts keyboard presses and mouse movement, logs which websites and programs were open, and on the top plan records video of the screen. Managers turn that into productivity ratings, attendance reports and payroll figures. There is no free plan. You get a 14-day trial, then pay from $6.67 per user a month.

Who needs this

Outsourcing firms, BPOs and agencies that pay people they have never met and need something to show a client beyond a number in a box. It suits a small in-house team badly, because most of what you buy is the watching, and a team that already trusts each other gets no value from it.

Features

What Time Doctor actually captures

Reviews list these features. What they leave out is which plan each one needs and which ones now cost extra, so both are noted here.

Two tracking modes, and they are not the same product

Time Doctor can run interactively, where a person starts the timer and sees what is collected, or automatically in the background from the moment the machine boots. Its own site sells both. The mode your admin picks decides whether tracking is something the team joins in with or something that happens to them.

Screenshots on every monitor

While Time Doctor tracks, the desktop app captures the screen at intervals. If you run two or three displays it captures all of them, not just the active one. Blur is available. This sits on the cheapest Basic plan, so screenshots are not a premium feature here. They are the base of the whole product.

Productivity ratings from keys and clicks

Time Doctor counts how many keys were pressed and how far the mouse moved, then scores the block. It stores how many, not which. An admin can label sites and programs productive or not, so the score follows their own rules. Reading a contract scores badly, which is the honest limit of the metric.

Web and app usage reporting

Time Doctor logs the websites and programs that were open during tracked time and ranks them by minutes spent. This needs the Standard plan, not Basic. It is the feature people mean when they say the tool feels invasive, and it is also the feature a client audit is most likely to ask about.

Video screen recording

Beyond stills, Time Doctor can record video of the screen while work is happening. It ships on Premium. On Basic and Standard it is a paid add-on at $3 per user a month. No review we crawled priced it, and it is the single biggest jump in how much a tracker sees.

Mouse jiggler and anomaly detection

Time Doctor's Premium plan advertises detection of mouse jigglers, auto-clickers and irregular keyboard patterns, sold on Basic and Standard as a $3 per user Unusual Activity add-on. It is a straight answer to the most searched question about the tool, and it tells you which way the arms race has gone.

Attendance, leave, breaks and schedules

Time Doctor covers shift schedules, attendance rules, break tracking, leave and time approvals. All of it starts at the Standard plan. Buy Basic expecting attendance management and you will be upgrading within a month, which is why the headline price is a poor guide to your real bill.

Payroll, integrations and offline tracking

Standard brings payroll figures and 60+ integrations. Tracking also keeps working without a connection and uploads later, which matters for field and low-bandwidth work. But a native payroll or HRIS connector in Time Doctor is a separate $200 a month line, not part of the seat price.

Plans

Time Doctor pricing, plan by plan

The first row is the yearly rate per user a month. The second is what you pay month to month. Standard is highlighted because that is where most of the features buyers assume are included actually begin.

Comparison dimension	Basic	StandardBest fit	Premium	Enterprise
Per user a month, billed yearly	$6.67	$11.67	$16.70	Quote only
Per user a month, paying monthly	$8	$14	$20	Quote only
Screenshots and timeline	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web and app usage, productivity ratings	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Attendance, leave, breaks, approvals	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Payroll figures and 60+ integrations	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Video screen recording	Add $3 a user	Add $3 a user	Included	Included
Jiggler and clicker detection	Add $3 a user	Add $3 a user	Included	Included
Single sign-on	Add $200 a month	Add $200 a month	Included	Included
How far back your data goes	3 months	6 months	2 years	2 years
Free plan	None, 14-day trial	None, 14-day trial	None, 14-day trial	None

Read off timedoctor.com/pricing on 31 July 2026. Paying yearly gives two months free, a 16.6% saving. The trial gives you every Premium feature for 14 days, then you pick a tier.

Extras

The add-on bill nobody quotes you

Time Doctor sells eleven paid extras on top of the seat price. We could not find a single review that priced them, yet four of them cost more per month than a whole seat does.

Comparison dimension	On Basic and StandardBest fit	On Premium
Video screen recording	$3 per user a month	Included
Unusual Activity Reporting (jigglers, clickers)	$3 per user a month	Included
Benchmarks AI	$3 per user a month	Included
Software Cost Insights	$3 per user a month	Included
Meeting Insights	$2 per user a month	Included
Office vs Remote Report	$2 per user a month	Included
Payroll native connector	$200 an integration a month	$200 an integration a month
HRIS native connector	$200 an integration a month	$200 an integration a month
Single sign-on	$200 an account a month	Included
Automated user provisioning	$200 an account a month	Included
BigQuery access	$1,500 an account a month	$1,500 an account a month

Read off Time Doctor's pricing page, 31 July 2026. A 20 person Standard team adding video, jiggler detection, payroll sync and single sign-on pays $6,240 a year in add-ons on $2,800 of seats.

Fact sheet

Time Doctor and TimeTracker side by side

TimeTracker is ours, so weigh this accordingly. We have put the two next to each other because they answer opposite questions, and the difference is easier to see than to argue about.

Time Doctor

A tracker that collects evidence while you work. Screenshots on every screen, a productivity rating from keys and clicks, site and program logs, and video on the top plan.

Best for: BPOs, outsourcing firms and agencies paying remote staff by the hour who owe a client proof.
Pricing: No free plan, only a 14-day trial. Billed yearly it is $6.67 a user for Basic, $11.67 for Standard and $16.70 for Premium. Monthly it is $8, $14 and $20. Eleven add-ons price separately, four of them at $200 a month.

Screenshots across all monitors
Productivity ratings per person
Website and program usage logs
Video screen recording (Premium)
Jiggler and clicker detection
Attendance, leave and payroll

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Best fit

TimeTracker

Hours that hold up because somebody signed them off, not because somebody filmed them. Nothing on the machine is read, captured or scored.

Best for: Teams whose hours end up in front of a client, a finance review or an auditor.
Pricing: Free for up to 3 people, no card required. After that it is $15 per user a month, or $12 per user a month if you pay for the year. There are no add-ons and no minimum seat count.

Zero screenshots, none exist
Approval locks the period shut
Later edits stay on the record
Rounding keeps the exact duration
Geofence and IP clock-in rules
Leave policies with real accrual

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Head to head

Where Time Doctor wins, and where it does not

Time Doctor takes the top half of this table outright. Printing that is the point. You cannot pick between two tools if one page pretends the other has no strengths.

Comparison dimension	Time Doctor	TimeTrackerBest fit
Screenshots	Yes, every monitor	No, none exist
Video recording of the screen	Yes, on Premium	No
Productivity rating per person	Yes, from keys and clicks	No, nobody is scored
Website and program logging	Yes, on Standard	No, nothing is read
Tracking without a connection	Yes, syncs later	No, a clock-in needs signal
Shift rotas and attendance rules	Yes, on Standard	No rota builder here
Cheapest paid seat	$6.67 yearly, add-ons extra	$12 yearly, nothing extra
Free plan	None, 14 days only	Up to 3 people, no card
Approvals on the cheapest paid plan	No, Standard and up	Yes, we sell one plan
Approved period locks shut	Approvals, no published lock	Yes, and edits are logged
Rounded time kept beside the real time	Not published	Yes, both are stored
Can block a clock-in from the wrong place	Records where, does not block	Yes, and previews who it stops

Checked on each vendor's own site, 31 July 2026. Time Doctor's monitoring can be switched off, but the plans are priced around it, so almost nobody buys it and leaves it off.

Pros and cons

The real strengths and limits of each

Same rule for both write-ups. Limits get as much room as strengths, nothing is guessed at, and every figure was read off the vendor's own site on the date shown.

Time Doctor

Best for

BPOs, outsourcing firms and agencies paying remote staff by the hour who owe a client proof.

Pricing

No free plan, 14-day trial only. Billed yearly: Basic $6.67, Standard $11.67, Premium $16.70 per user a month. Monthly it is $8, $14 and $20. Add-ons price separately.

Checked 31 July 2026

Where it wins

The deepest evidence trail of any mainstream tracker: screenshots on every monitor, site and program logs, ratings, idle alerts and video
Screenshots ship on the cheapest plan, where most rivals gate them behind a mid tier
Tracking keeps running with no connection and uploads once the signal returns
Attendance, leave, breaks, schedules and payroll figures all live in the same tool from Standard up
Premium detects mouse jigglers, auto-clickers and fake keyboard activity, which is a direct answer to the way people game these tools
60+ integrations from the Standard plan, and a client login so an agency can share reports

Where it falls short

No free plan at all, just 14 days, while Clockify, Jibble and Toggl Track all run permanent free tiers
Eleven paid add-ons sit on top of the seat price. Payroll sync, HRIS sync, single sign-on and provisioning run $200 a month each
Video recording and jiggler detection are $3 a user extra unless you are on Premium at $16.70
Basic keeps only 3 months of history and has no attendance, no approvals, no payroll and no integrations
The productivity rating counts keys and mouse movement, so a two hour client call scores near zero
It is the most surveillance-heavy tool we profile, and in some places that carries consent and works-council obligations before you can switch it on

TimeTrackerOurs

Best for

Teams whose hours end up in front of a client, a finance review or an auditor.

Pricing

Three people can use it free, with no card. Beyond that a seat is $15 a month, or $12 a month on a yearly plan. Nothing else to buy.

Checked 31 July 2026

Where it wins

Nothing on the machine is captured, so no manager has to defend a screenshot policy to their own team
An approved period locks against edits, and everything changed afterwards is written down
Rounding to 6, 15 or 30 minutes never overwrites the true duration. Both figures are stored
Geofences, IP ranges and accuracy limits can stop a clock-in outright, and you can see who a new rule will block before you turn it on
Approvals need our paid plan, but we only sell one plan, so there is no higher tier to climb to. Time Doctor holds approvals back to Standard
Notices a session left open and prompts the person, so attendance figures do not quietly rot

Where it falls short

No screenshots, no video, no productivity rating and no site or program logs. If you need proof of work, Time Doctor is the right buy and we are not
Costs more per seat, $12 a month billed yearly against Time Doctor's $6.67
No rota builder, so shift planning happens somewhere else
A clock-in needs a connection. Time Doctor keeps going without one
Payroll leaves as a CSV file. There is no connector to a payroll system
A far shorter integration list than Time Doctor's 60 plus

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Which to pick

Watching the person, or proving the hours?

Choose Time Doctor when…

A client pays for hours worked by people you have never met.
Screenshots, logs and ratings exist for exactly that problem.
You suspect timers are running while nobody is working.
Premium spots mouse jigglers, clickers and fake key activity.
You need attendance, leave, breaks and rotas in one tool.
Time Doctor bundles all of that from the Standard plan.
People work where the connection drops out.
Time Doctor keeps tracking offline. Our clock-in needs a signal.
You want hours pushed into a payroll system automatically.
Time Doctor sells a native connector. Ours exports a CSV file.

Choose TimeTracker when…

Screenshots would cost you good people, but hours still need proof.
Nothing is captured. Sign-off and a locked period do the proving.See how
An invoice gets challenged nine months after the work.
The period is locked and every later edit is dated and named.See how
You round billable time and finance wants the raw figure too.
Both the exact duration and the rounded one are kept.See how
A clock-in should only count from an approved site.
Geofences, IP ranges and accuracy limits can refuse it.
You are three people and will not pay to be watched.
Free for up to 3, then buy the seats you use and nothing else.See how

FAQ

Common questions about Time Doctor

These are the questions Google prints under the Time Doctor results, plus the ones the ranking reviews answer, kept in the wording people actually search with.

What does a Time Doctor do?: Time Doctor tracks how long people work and gathers evidence of how they spent that time. It takes screenshots, counts keys and mouse movement into a productivity rating, logs the sites and programs that were open, and turns all of it into attendance and payroll reports. For tools that count hours without the watching, see our Time Doctor alternatives roundup.
Can Time Doctor see my screen?: Yes, if your admin has turned it on. Time Doctor captures screenshots at intervals during tracked time, and it captures every monitor you have plugged in, not just the one you are looking at. On the Premium plan it can also record video of the screen. Screenshots can be blurred, which softens the detail without removing the capture. Ask your employer what is switched on rather than guessing.
How much does the Time Doctor cost?: Billed yearly it is $6.67 per user a month for Basic, $11.67 for Standard and $16.70 for Premium. Paying monthly costs $8, $14 and $20. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial. Add-ons stack on top, and single sign-on alone is $200 a month. Our own pricing is $12 a user a month billed yearly, with nothing extra to buy.
Can Time Doctor detect mouse jigglers?: Yes, on the Premium plan. Time Doctor advertises detection of mouse jigglers, auto-clickers and irregular keyboard activity, and sells the same thing to Basic and Standard as a $3 per user add-on. The more useful point is what the question means. When a team starts buying jigglers, the score has stopped measuring work and the policy is what needs changing.
Is Time Doctor free?: No. Time Doctor has a 14-day free trial that opens up every Premium feature, then you must pick a paid plan. There is no permanent free tier of any kind. Clockify, Jibble and Toggl Track all run one, and TimeTracker is free for up to 3 people with no card needed.
Does Time Doctor record keystrokes?: It counts them but does not store them. Time Doctor records how many keys were pressed and how far the mouse moved, which feeds the productivity rating. It is not a keylogger and does not keep the characters you typed. What it does keep are the screenshots, the site and program logs, and on Premium the video, which most people find more revealing anyway.
Can Time Doctor screenshot 2 monitors?: Yes. Time Doctor captures every display connected to the machine, so a second or third monitor is included in the same capture. People often assume only the active window is caught. It is not. Worth knowing before you leave anything personal open on a side screen during tracked time.
Can I tell if my employer is monitoring my computer?: Often, yes. Look for software you did not install in your task manager, a machine that slows at odd moments, or network traffic while you sit idle. With Time Doctor, the interactive mode shows a visible timer while the automatic mode runs quietly in the background. In many countries your employer has to tell you either way, so asking directly is fair.
Can Time Doctor be used offline?: Yes. Time Doctor tracks without a connection and uploads once the machine is back online, and that is on the cheapest Basic plan. This is a genuine advantage over TimeTracker, where a clock-in needs a live connection. If your crew works in basements, on the road or on poor rural signal, weigh it heavily.
What is the best alternative to Time Doctor?: It depends what you were buying the monitoring for. If it was evidence for a client, an approval trail that locks does the job without the screenshots. If it was cost, the free tiers at Clockify and Toggl Track go further. We lay the options out in our head-to-head with Time Doctor.

Need the hours proved without the screenshots?

If the monitoring is the part your team will not wear, start free for up to 3 people and time real work first. Approvals that lock are on the paid plan, and we only sell one. No screenshot policy to write, and no add-on list to price.

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