Easy time tracker

Everhour keeps time tracking simple with timers and manual entries that support weekly review, billing, and payroll checks.

Calculate your hours

Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.

Employee Time Card
DayTime InBreak Start
Break End
Break
Time OutTotal
Total hours0:00
Regular0:00
Overtime0:00
Double OT0:00
Total hours0:00
Regular0:00
Overtime0:00
Double OT0:00
Total gross pay
Regular pay
Overtime pay
Double OT pay
Calculator options
Document infofor PDF / print
Employee Signature
Date
Supervisor Signature
Date

Everhour does it all — track, budget, report & invoice

The calculator gives you the number — Everhour takes it from there.

Go ahead — start tracking!

One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.

  • One-click timer — browser, desktop & mobile
  • Works inside Asana, ClickUp, Linear, GitHub & more
  • Simple setup, no learning curve
Works with your favorite tool:
Everhour — Time Tracking
Time Entries
01:24:00
00:31:00
01:07:00

No more budget surprises

Set a budget, assign rates, and get alerted before you're over.

  • Real-time cost tracking
  • Set different rates per person or project
  • Alerts before you hit the budget limit
Everhour — Budgeting
Acme Web Project
1
50% of budget used
$2,500.00of $5,000.00
$2,500.00 remaining
75%
Actual costRemaining cost

Measurement

Track your budget through time or costs

Simple, customizable reports

Every report you need — configured your way, always up to date.

  • See who does what in real time
  • Configure any report
  • Scheduled email reports
Everhour — Reports

Your invoice is ready!

Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.

  • Billable hours straight into the invoice
  • Configure invoice templates
  • Copy invoices to QuickBooks or Xero
  • Invoicing dashboard with status
Everhour — Invoices
Your Company LLChello@yourcompany.com
INVOICE
Invoice #1042
Group by:
DescriptionHoursRateAmount
Website Redesign14h$150/h$2,100.00
Brand Guidelines7h$150/h$1,050.00
Marketing Strategy3.5h$150/h$525.00
Total Due$3,675.00
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A practical guide to simple time tracking

Finish a usable weekly record

You came here to record work time quickly, then leave with a clean weekly total. A simple tracker should let you enter hours by day, assign them to a project or task, separate billable from non-billable time, and review the week before you use the data for billing, payroll, budgets, or utilization.

For U.S. employers covered by the FLSA, the recordkeeping baseline matters when the time belongs to covered nonexempt workers. Employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The FLSA requires complete and accurate records, but it does not require a specific form, app, clock, or spreadsheet.

Keep the steps light

An easy workflow starts with the few fields that decide the outcome: person, date, project or client, task, time amount, billable status, and notes when the entry needs context. A timer works well while the task is active. Manual entry works when you record known hours after the work is done and can still identify the correct day and workweek.

The biggest mistake is rebuilding the week from memory after the work has moved on. Reconstructed entries usually lose task detail first, then billable status, then the exact workday. That creates cleanup for invoices and payroll review. A quick daily habit keeps the record usable without turning time tracking into a second job.

Separate workweeks and billing uses

U.S. overtime review under the FLSA uses a fixed workweek, a regularly recurring period of seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Unless exempt, covered employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in that workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay. Hours may not be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime purposes.

Billing uses the same raw hours in a different way. Client invoices usually need project, task, rate, billable status, and notes that explain the work. Payroll review needs daily and weekly hours, employee category, and any policy or jurisdiction rules that apply. A tracker becomes easier to trust when it preserves both views instead of forcing one total to serve every purpose.

Use a tool or a workflow

A one-off tracker is enough when you need a clean weekly total, a quick project summary, or a short-term record for one person. It also works for a freelancer who bills a few projects and reviews entries before sending an invoice. The key is exporting or saving the record before the context disappears.

A managed workflow fits better when several people submit time, managers approve entries, and the same records feed billing or payroll review. Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours, let users submit time for approval, and let admins approve, reject, partially approve, or lock submitted entries before they become reporting or billing inputs.

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

Loved by teams. Proven everywhere.

Rated in the top time trackers across G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius — with consistent praise for ease of use, integrations, and support.

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90K+Installs Everhour extension
196M+Tasks completed
4M+Projects tracked

Frequently Asked Questions

What should an easy time tracker record first?

Start with the fields that change the result: date, person, project or client, task, time amount, and billable status. For FLSA-covered nonexempt workers, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek, so daily and weekly structure matters as much as the total.

Is a timer better than manual entry for simple tracking?

A timer captures work as it happens, which reduces end-of-week reconstruction. Manual entry works when the person records known time promptly and assigns it to the right day, project, and task. Teams often use both, with timers for active work and manual entries for corrections or work captured away from the main device.

Can a simple tracker handle overtime review?

A simple tracker can support overtime review when it keeps daily hours and totals each fixed workweek. Under the FLSA, unless exempt, covered employees receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate. State law, policy, or contract rules can add requirements.

Does weekend work need a separate time category?

Weekend work needs a separate label only when your payroll, billing, policy, contract, or local rule requires it. The FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely for Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work unless the weekly overtime rule is triggered or another law or agreement applies.

How long should simple time records be kept?

U.S. employers must preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records, including daily start and stop time cards or sheets, for at least two years. A simple tracker should leave you with a durable export or saved record, especially when the data supports payroll or billing review.

How do Everhour Timesheets support easy weekly approval?

Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, then let users submit time for review. Managers can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted entries, so payroll or billing review starts from approved records instead of loose notes or unfinished weekly totals.

Can Everhour track time inside project tools?

Everhour embeds tracking controls inside tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Teams can start timers or add manual entries where tasks already live, then use the tracked time for reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review.

Turn weekly time into approved records

Move beyond loose weekly totals with Everhour Timesheets. Collect project and working hours, review submissions, lock approved time, and give billing or payroll a cleaner record.

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