Simple In/Out review

Simple In/Out is an employee in/out board for tracking who is in, out, or away. Staff can update their status from phones and computers, while the board also provides a company directory with email addresses and phone numbers. The aim is to make availability visible without relying on coworkers to ask around.

It can automate some status changes. Phone updates can use geofences, Bluetooth beacons, or Wi-Fi connections, and desktop presence can check someone out when they step away from a computer and back in when they return. Notifications can alert users to workforce activity.

The product also covers timekeeping through its TimeClock app. Employees can scan a badge on a shared device to check in or out. Reports, scheduled statuses, announcements, and active time features round out the offering. So this is more than a directory, but the published information does not establish that it replaces a broader HR or payroll system.

The useful part is the mix of a shared status board and several ways to update it. A manual status board can go stale when people forget to change it; Simple In/Out offers phone-based updates using geofences, Bluetooth beacons, or Wi-Fi, plus desktop presence that can check users out and back in as they leave and return to their computers. Those options give organizations more than one route to keep availability current.

The directory makes the board practical for finding coworkers, with email addresses and phone numbers listed alongside employee status. Notifications can surface workforce activity as it happens, while scheduled statuses and announcements support routine changes and updates.

TimeClock is a useful extension if the organization wants attendance tracking alongside visibility. Employees can scan a badge on a shared device to check in or out, and the product also lists reports and active time features. That combination could reduce the need to maintain separate tools for a basic in/out board and badge-based timekeeping. The published feature list does not specify how reports work or what data they include, so buyers should confirm those details before switching.

The main purchasing problem is price opacity. The pricing information checked for this review lists a 45-day free trial, but no monthly or annual rates, plan names, or add-ons. It also lists no free plan. With no published price to compare, we cannot confirm whether Simple In/Out is good value or estimate what it would cost as an organization grows.

The published pricing information does not disclose plan caps or limits, either. We cannot confirm employee-seat limits, location limits, or whether different features are restricted by plan. That is not proof that such caps exist; it means buyers need to ask before migrating or rolling the product out broadly.

The feature summary also leaves operational details unanswered. It does not specify reporting formats, integrations, or how the phone and desktop status rules are configured. Those omissions make it harder to assess fit from the available information alone. Simple In/Out may cover the core board and badge timekeeping needs, but the undisclosed rates and limits make a cost comparison difficult.

Simple In/Out does not publish its monthly or annual rates, so we can’t confirm what you’ll pay or compare its cost with other in/out boards. The pricing information we have, checked November 7, 2026, lists no plans, plan prices, or add-ons, and is marked low confidence. It records a 45-day free trial, also with low confidence; confirm the trial terms directly before relying on them.

There’s no published tier structure, so there’s no verifiable jump between tiers to calculate. The same gap leaves key buying questions unanswered: whether billing changes by employee count, whether TimeClock or badge-based timekeeping costs extra, and whether annual billing is discounted. Those details are not published in the information available to us.

Treat the trial as a chance to get a written quote, not proof that the product fits your budget. Ask for the total price at your expected headcount, what the quote includes, and what happens when the trial ends. Without those answers, Simple In/Out’s value is unconfirmed.

The available product information describes status updates from phones and computers, geofences, Bluetooth beacons, Wi-Fi, desktop presence, schedules, announcements, and badge-based TimeClock. It does not document migration tools, supported imports, data exports, or the work involved in moving existing employee records and timekeeping history. We can’t estimate migration effort from the published details.

Before switching in, list the statuses, schedules, notification rules, and timekeeping steps your team needs to preserve. Confirm with Simple In/Out what can be imported, what must be recreated, and whether historical records can be exported later. The published information does not answer those questions, so get the answers in writing before committing.

For switching out, don’t assume your employee directory, status history, or time records will transfer cleanly. We also don’t have verified Reddit feedback to cite on why users leave, or documented evidence about lock-in. That makes export access and support response worth checking directly—not reasons to assume either a problem or an easy exit.