If you’ve searched for a “Timetastic alternative”, odds are half the results are a spreadsheet with extra steps. Timetastic itself isn’t the problem — it’s the market leader, it’s reliable, and plenty of UK teams are genuinely happy with it. What follows is a straight comparison: where the two products are the same, where Recharge is cheaper for the same feature, and where Timetastic still wins outright.
What Timetastic gets right
Timetastic has been doing this for over a decade, and it shows. The shared calendar and wallchart are clean, approvals land in a manager’s inbox and can be approved with one click, and calendar sync to Google, Outlook, and Apple Calendar just works. If a straightforward leave calendar with approvals is all your team needs, it’s a safe, well-run choice — genuinely.
Two things push people to look elsewhere: what’s included at the entry price, and whether they can ask an AI assistant to handle a booking. Both come down to the same decision — what Timetastic treats as a Pro-only upsell, Recharge builds into the plan everyone’s already paying for.
Where the price actually diverges
Recharge Team’s standard price is £1.49 a seat a month (£1.19 if you pay annually). Timetastic Business is £1.20. The comparison that matters is different: Timetastic’s Standard plan doesn’t include TOIL or accrued leave — those need Timetastic Pro at £2.00 a seat. Recharge includes both in Team. Measured against the plan that actually matches feature-for-feature, at the standard monthly price, Recharge comes out about 25% cheaper.
Price per seat, per month (GBP)
Recharge Team
standard monthly · TOIL included
£1.49
Timetastic Business
no TOIL
£1.20
Timetastic Pro
matches Recharge Team's feature set
£2.00
Everything Timetastic Pro charges £2 for — from £1.49, plus the AI.
The feature-by-feature breakdown
Line by line, here’s what each plan actually includes, checked against Timetastic’s public pricing and features pages.