DeskTime tracks automatically and calculates productivity, with screenshots on Premium and Enterprise. AllyTracker is built around the employee's review of every capture.
Sources checked . Prices are per seat per month.
| AllyTracker | DeskTime | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free forever: 3 employee seats, 30-day history, no usage cap | A 1-user Lite plan per a third-party page; DeskTime's own page shows only a 14-day trial |
| Cheapest plan with screenshots | $2.99 per seat / month billed yearly ($3.99 monthly); admin seats are free | Premium $9.17 per seat / month billed yearly ($10 monthly); screenshots are on Premium and Enterprise only (Pro, $6.42 yearly, has none) |
| Employer sees a capture only after the employee approves it | Yes: the employer sees a capture only after the employee approves it | Not documented: blur is optional, and only an owner or administrator can delete a screenshot |
| Employee can delete their own capture | Yes: the employee removes a capture before sharing, and that time is not billed | No: only the owner or an administrator can delete screenshots, one at a time |
| Admin seats are free | Free, on every plan | — |
| Mobile app | Not yet | iOS and Android, manual timer and offline time (no automatic tracking on the phone) |
| Reports and exports | Hours per person and period in the app; no CSV export yet | Yes |
Both plans are real: Free is free forever, Starter is $2.99 per seat a month billed yearly.
| Free | Starter | DeskTime | |
|---|---|---|---|
| History kept | 30 days | 90 days | — |
| Capture interval | 10 min, fixed | 10 min, fixed | — |
| Daily tracked-hours cap | No cap | No cap | — |
| Devices tracked per member | No limit today | No limit today | — |
A dash means the vendor's own pages do not state it.
AllyTracker Starter is $2.99 per seat / month billed yearly ($3.99 monthly); admin seats are free. For DeskTime: Premium $9.17 per seat / month billed yearly ($10 monthly); screenshots are on Premium and Enterprise only (Pro, $6.42 yearly, has none). Prices change, so confirm on DeskTime's site before you decide.
A 1-user Lite plan per a third-party page; DeskTime's own page shows only a 14-day trial. AllyTracker's free plan: free forever: 3 employee seats, 30-day history, no usage cap.
We found no employee approval step documented for DeskTime: blur is optional, and only an owner or administrator can delete a screenshot. In AllyTracker every capture lands in a private review tray on the employee's device, and the employer sees only what the employee approves.
Yes. Free forever: 3 employee seats, 30-day history, no usage cap. Every sign-up starts with a 14-day trial of Starter, and an unconverted trial moves to Free instead of losing access.
Facts come from DeskTime's own pages where we could read them, and are labeled where they come from a third party. Checked 2026-09-30. Plans and prices change, so confirm on DeskTime's site before you decide. Where a page would not load or two pages disagree, we say so instead of guessing. Found something out of date? Email support@allytracker.com and we will correct it.
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