Everhour supports Android mobile time entry, while teams still need clear records for payroll, billing, and budgets.
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.
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Use this page when you need a practical way to capture work hours before the details disappear. On Android, keep the schedule, ticket, or task list open while entering start and stop times, then use the browser or app share flow if payroll or billing needs a file. The outcome is a clean record of who worked, on which task or project, on which date, and for how long.
For U.S. employers, the core issue is accurate recordkeeping rather than a government-mandated clock-in app. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt 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 tracking method can be digital, paper-based, or mixed if it is complete and accurate.
A dependable entry starts with the date, worker, project or job, task, start time, stop time, unpaid break time, and the resulting daily hours worked. Teams that bill clients also need billable status, rate basis, and currency, with U.S. records normally using U.S. dollars. A short note should explain the work performed, not personal details, medical information, or private messages from the worker's device.
The weekly review matters because the federal overtime baseline uses a fixed workweek of 168 hours, made 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 employee's regular rate of pay. Hours from two or more workweeks cannot be averaged to avoid that weekly calculation.
Mobile tracking works best when entries happen at task switches, lunch, travel stops, and the end of the day. Timers fit active work that starts and ends clearly. Manual entries fit work reconstructed from a calendar, ticket, or call log, but each late entry needs a short reason so the reviewer can tell why it changed. A daily reminder beats a Friday memory dump because missing context creates payroll and billing cleanup.
A phone screen also rewards tight field design. Put required fields first, use project and task names that match the source system, and avoid open-ended notes for routine entries. If the same person works on three client tasks in one day, separate the entries by task instead of recording one block called client work. That split gives billing, budget review, and utilization reports a usable trail.
A one-off tracker is enough when you need a personal log, a simple weekly total, or a short-lived client handoff. It stops being enough when the time record drives approvals, payroll checks, budget limits, or invoices that several people touch. At that point, the durable system needs locked periods, manager review, consistent project names, and a handoff path into reports, billing, or payroll review.
Everhour fits the managed side when budgets need to react to logged time. Everhour Project Budgeting supports hour-based and money-based budgets, one-time or recurring budget periods, threshold email alerts at 75%, 90%, 100%, or custom levels, and budget protection that can stop timers and prevent extra logging after a budget is exceeded.
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Yes. The FLSA federal baseline requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, but it does not require a specific timekeeping form or system. A mobile record can work if it captures the required daily and weekly hours, stays accurate after edits, and remains available for the required retention period.
A tracker should use the employer's fixed workweek, a regularly recurring 168-hour period made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods. The workweek does not need to match the calendar week, but FLSA overtime for covered nonexempt employees is measured inside that workweek. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks.
Daily totals are useful, but start and stop times create a stronger audit trail for breaks, schedule questions, and corrections. Federal records for employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions must show hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. Employers must preserve basic time and earnings records, such as daily start/stop time cards or sheets, for at least two years.
The FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely because work happens on Saturday, Sunday, a holiday, or a regular rest day. Covered nonexempt employees still receive overtime at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, unless another law, contract, or policy provides more.
Location trails, screenshots, device identifiers, and long free-text notes create risk when they exceed the business purpose. U.S. privacy duties are sectoral and state-dependent, and Section 5 of the FTC Act addresses unfair or deceptive practices. FTC guidance tells businesses keeping sensitive employee information to collect only what they need, secure it, and dispose of it safely. Covered businesses with California employees or job applicants also need to account for CCPA employment-data obligations.
Everhour Project Budgeting lets logged hours feed hour-based or money-based budgets with one-time or recurring periods. Teams can set threshold email alerts at 75%, 90%, 100%, or custom levels, and budget protection can stop timers and prevent additional time logging after the project budget is exceeded.
Move beyond one-off mobile entries when project limits matter. Everhour Project Budgeting connects logged time to hour or money budgets, threshold alerts, and budget protection for clearer project budget control.
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