Best Leave Management Apps for 2025

We all know the importance of annual leave; giving your team a well deserved break is key to keeping them motivated, and ensures their wellbeing long-term. But great absence policies require great leave management software - which is why we've ranked the top 3 holiday tracking apps for your team.

1) TimeKeeper

'Simple employee timesheet app for your business'

If you're looking for easy holiday management, TimeKeeper's leave tracking is nice and easy to implement for your whole team. With unlimited custom leave types, you can keep track of as many paid or unpaid types of leave as your business offers.

Configuring the system to fit your businesses' rules is easy, with rules on how many days each employee can carry over and how much notice you require for requests. Team leave limits mean you'll never be short staffed in summer again, and important dates can be locked down to give you full control.

Each employee's direct manager can be set, to easily delegate leave approvals. Managers will receive requests straight to their email inbox, and can approve or deny in a few clicks.

Their leave 'wall calendar' gives you an at-a-glance view of your whole company's leave, so you have total visibility of your staffing levels. Important dates are flagged on there too, so you'll never forget a birthday or work anniversary again.

If you're looking for an all-round time and attendance solution, TimeKeeper's leave and time tracking features integrate seamlessly. Paid leave hours are added to each employee's timesheet automatically, so you can be sure that their holiday pay will be correct every time with no manual calculations.

Pricing: TimeKeeper's monthly subscription costs £3.50 +VAT per employee per month, and gives you access to all the workforce management, time and attendance features you could need. You'll have access to leave management, timesheets, project tracking and HR functions too.

If you need time to test it out, try a 14 day free trial with no commitment.

2) Leave Dates

'Putting the whooop into out of office'

Leave Dates is a simple, clear and easy to use tool for booking leave. The live shared wall calendar allows managers to keep track of their teams availability. Leave can be requested in seconds and approved just as quick via the nifty mobile app. Connect your external calendars, such as Google, or integrate with other tools using their APIs.

Never miss an important date again with employee milestones and track TOIL with employees submitting overtime in the app.

Pricing: Leave Dates is free for upto 5 users, with a sliding scale thereafter. Price for 50 users would be £40 + VAT per month.

3) Timetastic

'No more dealing with paper forms and updating messy spreadsheets.'

Timetastic offers comprehensive leave and absence management. From sick leave to jury duty - Timetastic covers it all.

Configure departments, working schedules, global public holidays to plan ahead for busy schedules and get to grips with staff absences.

Clear and easy to use, Timetastic integrates with your calendar, Slack channels, and sends notifications to keep everyone in the know. Streamline your processes and approve leave with the click of a button.

Pricing: Timetastic offers a 30 day free trial. Then £1.20, or £2.00 per user, per month, depending on the package.

Whether you're looking for something simple to manage employee time, or a more comprehensive HR tool, there's bound to be something that works for your business.