Introducing Timello Personal: A Free Leave Tracker for Individuals

When we built Timello, we designed it for small businesses that need to manage staff holidays, approvals, and team calendars. But we kept hearing the same question from a different group of people: "I do not manage a team. I just want to track my own leave. Is there something for me?"

The answer is now yes. Timello Personal is a free individual leave tracker built for anyone who wants a simple, organised way to keep track of their own time off.

Who Is It For?

Timello Personal is designed for people who manage their own time and want a reliable record of the leave they take. That includes:

• Freelancers and self-employed workers. When you work for yourself, nobody tracks your time off for you. It is easy to lose track of how many days you have taken, especially when your schedule varies from week to week. A personal leave tracker gives you a clear record so you can plan your year without guessing.
• Contractors. If you work on fixed-term contracts or through an agency, you may not have access to your client's leave system. Keeping your own record helps you manage your time and ensures you are taking enough breaks.
• Remote workers who want their own record. Even if your employer has a leave system, you might want your own personal tracker to keep on top of your remaining days, plan ahead, and have a backup record that is entirely yours.
• Gig workers and portfolio workers. If you juggle multiple clients or income streams, tracking your downtime in one place helps you see the full picture across all your commitments.
• Anyone who just wants to stay organised. Some people simply want a tidy record of when they took time off. No spreadsheets, no scribbled notes, no trying to remember whether that long weekend in April was three days or four.

What You Get

Timello Personal gives you the core features you need to track your own leave, without any of the business management overhead. Here is what is included:

A personal calendar

Your own visual calendar showing the days you have taken off, colour-coded by leave type. You can see at a glance how your year is shaping up and where your time off falls.

Multiple leave types

Track different kinds of leave separately. Annual leave, sick days, personal days, training - you can use the default types or create your own with custom names and colours.

Holiday allowance tracking

Set your annual leave allowance and let Timello keep count. Every time you add a day off, your remaining balance updates automatically. No mental arithmetic, no spreadsheet formulas.

Half-day support

Need to record a morning or afternoon off? Timello supports half-day bookings, so your allowance is always accurate down to the half day.

Custom work days

If you do not work a standard Monday to Friday week, you can configure which days are your work days. The calendar adjusts accordingly, so non-work days are greyed out and do not count towards your allowance.

Flexible holiday year

Not everyone's leave year runs from January to December. You can set your own holiday year start and end dates to match your contract, your tax year, or whatever works for you.

What Is Not Included (And Why)

Timello Personal is intentionally simple. It is a personal tracker, not a team management tool. That means some features from the business version are not part of the personal account:

• No staff management. There is no team to manage. It is just you.
• No approval workflows. Your leave is automatically recorded when you add it. No need to wait for someone to approve your own time off.
• No departments. Departments are a business concept. Your personal account is a single-person calendar.
• No alerts page. With no approvals to process and no team notifications, the alerts page is not needed.

The result is a clean, focused tool that does one thing well: helps you keep track of your own leave.

Why Not Just Use a Spreadsheet?

You absolutely can. A spreadsheet works fine if you are disciplined about updating it and comfortable building the formulas yourself. But most people find that a dedicated tool is easier to stick with because:

• Your remaining allowance updates automatically. No formulas to maintain.
• The calendar view makes it easy to see your year at a glance.
• Half days, custom leave types, and flexible holiday years are built in.
• You can access it from any device with a browser.
• It takes less than a minute to set up.

If your spreadsheet is working well for you, keep using it. But if you have ever lost track of your days, miscounted your allowance, or just wanted something tidier, Timello Personal is worth a try.

Can I Have Both a Personal and a Business Account?

Yes. The same email address can be used for both a Timello business account and a personal account. The two are completely separate. Your personal tracker is private to you and has no connection to any business account you may also use.

This is useful if you already use Timello through your employer but also want to track your own freelance or side-project time off independently.

Getting Started

Setting up a personal account takes under a minute:

1. Go to the personal sign-up page.
2. Enter your name, email, and a password.
3. You are in. Your calendar is ready to use immediately.

From there you can set your holiday allowance, configure your work days, and start adding leave. There is nothing to install and no payment required.

Is It Really Free?

Yes. Timello Personal is completely free with no time limits, no feature restrictions, and no credit card required. It is not a trial. It is the full personal tracker, available to use for as long as you want.