Everhour keeps project time, timesheets, and approvals organized without making cost control the whole workflow.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
| Day | Time In | Break Start | Break End | Break | Time Out | Total |
|---|
The calculator gives you the number — Everhour takes it from there.
One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.
Set a budget, assign rates, and get alerted before you're over.
Measurement
Track your budget through time or costs
Every report you need — configured your way, always up to date.
Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.
A budget-friendly time tracking app is for getting accurate work records without paying for a system that your team will barely use. Start with the core outcome: daily hours worked, total hours worked each workweek, project or client assignment, and billable status when work goes to an invoice. U.S. employers covered by the FLSA must keep accurate records for non-exempt workers, but federal law does not require one specific timekeeping format.
The weekly view matters because federal overtime is measured by workweek. Unless exempt, covered employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime purposes. A low-cost app still needs clean daily entries and week totals, not just a running monthly number.
A reliable time record needs a date, person, project or client, task, start and stop time or total duration, billable status, and notes detailed enough to explain the work. Teams that invoice by time should separate billable and non-billable hours. Teams that review payroll should keep working hours distinct from project allocation when both are tracked. U.S. billing and rate fields normally use U.S. dollars.
Manual entry works when people update time daily and describe the work consistently. Timers work better for fragmented work because they capture time as it happens. End-of-week reconstruction creates gaps, rounded entries, and vague notes that weaken billing records. A simple example is clearer than a long description: Monday, 2.5 hours, Client A, onboarding setup, billable; Monday, 1 hour, internal meeting, non-billable.
Budget-friendly does not mean bare. A useful low-cost setup covers the records you must keep and skips features that do not change your workflow. Look for daily and weekly totals, project and client tracking, billable labels, exports, and approval status before you care about dashboards. A freelancer can usually work from a lean tracker. A team needs enough structure to prevent late edits, missing entries, and disputed hours.
Cost also includes cleanup time. A cheap app becomes expensive when someone has to rebuild timesheets, chase missing notes, or correct invoice lines by hand. Employee data also needs care. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance says companies should collect only what they need, keep it safe, and dispose of it securely.
A one-off weekly total is enough for a solo check, a small client invoice, or a short project where the record will not feed another system. Keep the output, verify the dates, and store the backup. Employers must preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records, such as daily start and stop time cards or sheets, for at least two years.
A managed workflow fits recurring payroll review, client billing, project budgets, and approval trails. Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, let users submit time for review, and let managers approve, reject, partially approve, or lock entries. That structure turns time tracking from a weekly reminder into a controlled record that supports billing and payroll handoff.
This content is for general information only, may not be fully up to date, and is provided without any warranty or liability.
High Performer
G2
Summer 2026
Best Ease Of Use
Capterra
Summer 2026
Rated in the top time trackers across G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius — with consistent praise for ease of use, integrations, and support.
Yes, if the records are complete and accurate. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for non-exempt workers, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek, but it does not require a specific system. A budget-friendly app works when it captures the required details and preserves them for the required retention period.
Daily entries, weekly totals, project or client labels, billable status, notes, exports, and approval status matter most. Extra reporting has value after the basic record is reliable. A low-cost app should reduce missing hours and invoice disputes before it adds management views that your team will not use.
Weekly totals alone are incomplete for covered non-exempt employees. Employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek for employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions. Federal overtime applies after 40 hours in a fixed 168-hour workweek, unless the employee is exempt.
Federal law does not require overtime premium pay solely because work happens on Saturday, Sunday, a holiday, or a regular rest day. The weekly overtime rule still applies, and another law, policy, contract, or agreement can create a different premium rule. The tracker should preserve the actual date worked so payroll review can apply the right rule.
A time tracking app should collect the work data needed for payroll, billing, and reporting, then protect and retain it appropriately. U.S. privacy obligations are sectoral and state-dependent. California is a major example because CCPA rights extend to California residents who are employees or job applicants at covered businesses.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, then let users submit time for manager review. Managers can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock entries, which gives payroll and billing teams a cleaner record before hours move into reports or invoices.
Everhour embeds time tracking controls inside supported tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Teams can track against existing tasks while keeping time records connected to one reporting layer for budgets, utilization, and billing.
Use Everhour Timesheets to collect submitted hours, review exceptions, approve entries, and lock completed periods before payroll or client billing, so low-cost tracking becomes an accountable workflow.
14-day free trial · No credit card · Cancel anytime
