Professional employee time tracking app

Everhour records employee time by task and project, giving teams cleaner inputs for payroll, billing, budgets, and approvals.

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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Building reliable employee time records

Create a clean weekly record

A professional employee time tracking app helps you collect daily hours, weekly totals, project work, billable status, and review notes in one place. For U.S. teams, covered employers must keep accurate records for nonexempt workers under the FLSA, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The system can be digital, manual, or mixed, as long as the records are complete and accurate.

The practical output is a weekly time record that supports payroll review, client billing, project budgets, and manager approval. A usable record shows who worked, the date, the task or project, the time amount, and whether the work is billable. For hourly employees, the weekly total also protects the workweek boundary, since covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

Include details that hold up

Professional records need more than a total hour count. Each entry should connect time to an employee, date, project, task, client, rate category, and billable or non-billable status. For U.S. users, rate and billing fields normally use U.S. dollars. If a manager reviews time before payroll or invoicing, the record should also show submission status, approval status, corrections, and notes explaining unusual entries.

A strong weekly view separates hours worked each workday from the total hours worked each workweek. The FLSA workweek is a fixed, regularly recurring period of seven consecutive 24-hour periods, and hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime purposes. A professional app keeps that boundary visible so a late Friday entry does not disappear inside a blended pay-period total.

Avoid polished but weak records

A polished interface does not make a time record defensible by itself. The record becomes weak when employees reconstruct a full week from memory, skip task detail, merge two clients into one entry, or leave approval changes undocumented. For covered nonexempt employees, a weekly total without daily hours misses a core FLSA recordkeeping detail for employees covered by minimum wage or overtime provisions.

Privacy also belongs in a professional setup. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance says companies keeping sensitive personal information about employees should collect only what they need, keep it safe, and dispose of it securely. California employees and job applicants can also fall under CCPA obligations for covered businesses.

Use tools where process grows

A one-off weekly tracker is enough when you need a short record for a small job, a single employee, or a quick client summary. It works best when the work is simple, the reviewer is the same person every week, and the record does not need to feed payroll, budgeting, invoicing, or approval workflows across several projects.

A managed workflow fits teams that need continuous tracking across clients, tasks, and employees. Everhour Time Tracking supports timers and manual entries, embeds inside supported project tools, and sends tracked time into timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review. Admin controls such as reminders, locked periods, approval workflows, and timer rules give the record a clear review path after the employee logs the time.

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.

10K+Teams worldwide
90K+Installs Everhour extension
196M+Tasks completed
4M+Projects tracked

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes an employee time tracking app professional?

A professional app creates complete, reviewable records instead of loose hour totals. It should capture employee, date, project, task, daily hours, weekly totals, billable status, notes, and approval history. For U.S. covered nonexempt employees, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.

Does a professional app have to use automatic timers?

No. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, but it does not require one specific timekeeping form or system. Automatic timers reduce end-of-week reconstruction, while manual entries still work when employees enter complete, accurate time tied to the right date, project, and workweek.

Which time details matter most for payroll review?

Payroll review needs daily hours, total weekly hours, employee identity, dates, pay period context, and corrections or approvals. 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.

Should weekend and holiday time be treated as overtime automatically?

No. The FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely for Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work. Premium pay is required under the federal baseline when covered nonexempt employees work over 40 hours in a workweek, unless another law, policy, contract, or agreement creates an additional rule.

How long should professional time records stay available?

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 professional app should keep records searchable by employee, date range, project, and approval status so review does not depend on saved screenshots.

How does Everhour Time Tracking create professional employee records?

Everhour Time Tracking lets employees use timers or manual entries against tasks and projects, including inside supported tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Tracked time can feed timesheets, reporting, budgets, invoices, and payroll review.

How does Everhour support manager approval before payroll or billing?

Everhour supports timesheet approvals, locked periods, reminders, and admin time correction. Managers can review submitted time, approve or reject entries, and protect approved records from regular member edits before the hours move into payroll, billing, or reporting work.

Track employee time professionally

Use Everhour Time Tracking to capture task and project hours, review timesheets, lock approved periods, and move cleaner records into reporting, billing, and payroll review.

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