Comparison · Time tracking software
TempButton AI vs QuickBooks Time
QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) is time tracking built around QuickBooks payroll, paid per user with a free trial. TempButton AI is free forever for individual healthcare providers, who submit timesheets to any agency and track earnings and expenses, and its paid agency back office verifies every hour against the contract and exports clean data to QuickBooks.
The short answer
Short version: if your agency already runs payroll in QuickBooks and you want time data flowing straight in, QuickBooks Time is the native fit (paid per user). If you are a healthcare provider (locum, travel nurse, CRNA), TempButton AI is free forever for you: submit timesheets from your phone to any agency and track earnings and expenses across facilities. And if you run a healthcare staffing agency, TempButton AI verifies every hour against the contract with AI before payroll and still exports to QuickBooks, which a general time tracker does not do.
TempButton AI vs QuickBooks Time, side by side
| TempButton AI | QuickBooks Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for the individual provider | Free forever | Free trial, then paid |
| Built for healthcare staffing | Yes | No, general time tracking |
| Submit timesheets to any agency | Yes | No, employer based |
| Tracks your earnings and taxes | Yes | No |
| AI verification vs contract (agency) | Yes, paid back office | No |
| Exports to QuickBooks | Yes | Yes, native |
Plans and pricing as of October 2026; verify current details with each vendor. For agencies, TempButton's back office (AI verification against the contract, payroll, and invoicing) is the paid platform.
Which one is right for you
Pick TempButton AI if
- You are a locum, travel nurse, or CRNA who wants a free app of your own.
- You work with more than one agency and want earnings and taxes tracked in one place.
- You run a healthcare staffing agency and want hours verified against the contract before payroll, then exported to QuickBooks.
Pick QuickBooks Time if
- You already run payroll in QuickBooks and want time tracking native to that ecosystem.
- You manage a general team of employees and mainly need clock-ins feeding QuickBooks payroll.
- You do not need healthcare-specific workflows, contract verification, or provider earnings and tax tracking.
Common questions
Is TempButton AI free like QuickBooks Time?
TempButton AI is free forever for individual providers, with no credit card. QuickBooks Time is a free trial then paid per user per month, and it is an employer time-tracking tool tied to QuickBooks payroll rather than a free provider app.
What is the difference between QuickBooks Time and TempButton AI?
QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) is general time tracking built to feed QuickBooks payroll. TempButton AI is built for healthcare staffing: providers submit timesheets to any agency and track earnings and taxes for free, and agencies can add a paid back office that checks every hour against the contract with AI, runs payroll and invoicing, and still exports to QuickBooks.
Does TempButton AI work with QuickBooks?
Yes. Approved, contract-verified time exports to QuickBooks, so you keep your accounting where it is while adding AI verification against the contract that QuickBooks Time does not do.
Free for providers
Start tracking, free
Any provider can sign up free, submit timesheets to any agency, and track earnings and expenses for tax time. Agencies can add the paid back office whenever they are ready.