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Tempough vs
QuickBooks Time

Intuit's in-house time tracker (formerly TSheets).

QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets, acquired by Intuit in 2017) is Intuit's answer to time tracking — built to feed payroll and invoicing inside the QuickBooks ecosystem. If you already run all your business software through QuickBooks, the integration is effectively zero-friction. Tempough takes a different approach: be the best-in-class time + project app, then export cleanly into the QuickBooks you already trust for bookkeeping.

Where QuickBooks Time wins

  • ●Native integration with QuickBooks Online + Payroll — clock-in time flows straight to payroll runs without an export step.
  • ●GPS / geofencing for field-services teams that need location-aware time tracking.
  • ●Brand-as-default: if your accountant uses QuickBooks, they probably already know QB Time.

Where Tempough wins

  • Designed for service-business workflows (clients → projects → phases → invoices), not just hours-to-payroll.
  • Forecasting + capacity planning that QB Time doesn't attempt.
  • Project profitability (cost rates + margin) — QB Time is hours-only; profitability would have to come from QBO's own P&L.
  • Modern UX, no Intuit-product upsell carousel inside the app.
  • You can keep using QuickBooks Online for accounting; Tempough exports invoices and time, doesn't replace QBO.

Side by side

Feature
Tempough
QuickBooks Time
Time tracking + timer✓✓
Projects + clients + phases✓Limited
Invoicing✓Via QBO
Forecast + capacity planningTeam+—
Cost rates + margin (P&L)Team+Via QBO accounting
GPS / geofencing—✓
Payroll integration—✓
QuickBooks Online export✓Native sync
Approvals workflowTeam+Basic
Modern UX without upsell✓—

QuickBooks Time Premium: $20/mo + $10/user/mo. Tempough Team: $11/seat/mo (billed annually). Pricing snapshots reflect publicly listed plans and can change — see the source's own site for the latest.

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