Everhour turns tracked hours into reports and billing workflows, while simple setup keeps daily entry fast.
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 |
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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.
You came to record work time without building a complicated admin process. The immediate job is clear: capture hours by person, date, project, task, and billable status, then turn those entries into weekly totals, client billing support, payroll review, or project reports. Easy software keeps the entry step short enough that people use it during the workday instead of rebuilding a week from memory.
For U.S. employers, simplicity still needs record quality. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for non-exempt workers, and records for employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The law does not require one specific timekeeping form or system, so the right choice is the simplest complete method your team will actually maintain.
A clean setup starts with the time fields that support decisions. Track the worker, date, start and stop time or duration, project, task, client, billable status, and notes when the entry needs context. Teams that bill in U.S. dollars should keep rate and invoice fields in USD unless a client contract says otherwise. Payroll review also needs the fixed workweek attached to each entry.
The FLSA workweek is a fixed, regularly recurring period of seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay, unless an exemption applies. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime purposes, so weekly grouping matters even when the software feels simple.
The easiest system removes choices that do not improve the record. A timer works well for people who switch between client work and internal tasks during the day. Manual entry works well when the work pattern is predictable and entries happen daily. End-of-week reconstruction creates gaps, rounded blocks, and missing project detail, especially when one person touches several clients or tasks in the same day.
Sensible defaults keep the workflow light. Use a short project list, clear task names, a billable or non-billable flag, and reminders before the week closes. Avoid tracking categories nobody reviews. Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work does not trigger FLSA overtime premium pay by itself; the federal baseline turns on weekly overtime, another law, or an agreement. That distinction keeps the tracker focused on hours actually worked.
A one-off weekly total is enough for a freelancer checking hours before sending a small invoice or an owner reviewing a short project. It also works for a quick internal check when nobody needs approval history, budget comparison, or recurring reporting. Save the exported record and keep the details behind the total, because U.S. employers must preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records for at least two years.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when tracked time feeds invoices, payroll review, project budgets, or client reporting every week. Everhour fits that longer process by connecting tracked time to customizable reports with columns, grouping, filters, exports, scheduled email delivery, profitability dashboards, and Team Hours views. That gives managers a repeatable reporting layer after the daily entry step stays simple.
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G2
Summer 2026
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Capterra
Summer 2026
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Use the smallest set that supports payroll, billing, and reporting: person, date, hours, project, task, client, billable status, and notes for exceptions. For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.
A timer is easier for work that changes by project or client during the day because it captures time as the work happens. Manual entry is easier for predictable schedules when people enter time daily. Reconstructed weekly entries create the most cleanup because project details and exact daily totals fade quickly.
Yes. Covered nonexempt employees must receive FLSA 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, unless an exemption applies. A simple tracker should still preserve daily hours and weekly totals.
Weekend work needs a clear date and project record, but the FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely for Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work. Premium pay applies when the weekly overtime rule is triggered or another law, policy, contract, or agreement requires it.
Simple tracking should collect the time data needed for payroll, billing, and project records, then protect it properly. 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.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time, budgets, costs, and project data into customizable reports with 45+ columns, metadata filters, grouping, date ranges, and exports to CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF. Teams can schedule recurring email reports instead of rebuilding the same view every week.
Everhour embeds time tracking controls inside supported tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. People can track time against the task they are already using, while the logged hours flow into one reporting layer.
Use Everhour Reporting to turn daily time entries into grouped reports, exports, scheduled emails, and profitability views, so easy tracking becomes a reliable billing and management workflow.
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