Time tracking Asana integration

Everhour adds task-level time tracking to Asana, so teams can log work where project assignments already live.

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
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Employee Signature
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Supervisor Signature
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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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Task-based time tracking in Asana

Track hours on Asana work

This page is for teams that plan work in Asana and need time records tied to the same tasks, subtasks, sections, tags, and custom fields. The practical goal is simple: record the time spent on assigned Asana work without moving every detail into a separate tracker or rebuilding the project structure by hand.

A useful Asana time tracking setup keeps the task as the center of the record. The entry should show the person, date, task, project, time spent, and whether the work is billable. For U.S. payroll review, covered employers still need accurate daily hours worked and total hours worked each workweek for nonexempt workers covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions.

Keep the task record complete

Asana's native time tracking uses Estimated time for planned duration and Actual time for recorded work. Time can be captured with an embedded timer or entered manually on the task, and subtask time rolls up to the parent task. That structure helps managers compare expected work with actual work inside project dashboards.

A stronger task-hour record also preserves the reporting fields around the task. Project, task, parent task, section, task ID, task status, tags, and custom fields help explain where time went. Attachments, comments, and task descriptions are not the same as time records. Use them for context, then keep the time entry itself structured enough for export and review.

Match access to Asana permissions

Asana permissions matter because task access controls who can log time against the work. A user with access to an Asana project can track time on its tasks in an integrated workflow, and removing project access removes the ordinary ability to add more time there. That prevents time from landing on projects the person no longer works on.

Personal Projects are a common boundary. In an Asana integration that syncs workspace projects, Personal Projects do not synchronize, so time cannot be tracked against them through that connection. Renamed tasks and new projects sync periodically, and a manual resync is useful when a project change needs to appear before the next automatic update.

Choose a tool or workflow

A one-off time tracking setup is enough when a small team needs task totals for a short project, a client recap, or a quick estimate review. Asana's Estimated time and Actual time fields cover basic planned-versus-actual comparisons, especially when the team only needs task totals inside the project view.

A managed workflow becomes necessary when tracked time feeds approval, billing, project budgets, invoicing, or payroll review. Everhour Time Tracking captures task and project hours through timers or manual entries inside supported tools like Asana, then those entries can feed timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and review workflows with controls such as approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules.

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

Can Asana track time directly on tasks?

Yes. Asana time tracking uses Estimated time for planned work and Actual time for recorded work. Users can record time with an embedded timer or enter hours manually on each task. Subtask time rolls up to the parent task, so project sections can show totals for related work.

Is Asana task time enough for payroll review?

Asana task time can support review, but payroll still needs complete time records. For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate.

Which Asana fields make time reports more useful?

Project, task, parent task, section, task status, task ID, tags, and custom fields give time reports enough context to answer where work happened. A report that only lists a person and a total hour count is hard to use for billing, project review, or estimate cleanup.

Do Asana subtasks change the time total?

Yes. Time tracked on subtasks rolls up to the parent task in Asana time tracking. This helps teams keep detailed work logs while still seeing a parent-task total. The main mistake is logging the same work on both the parent task and the subtask, which inflates totals.

What should be excluded from an Asana time sync?

Attachments, comments, and task descriptions should stay outside the time sync when the integration does not support them as synced report fields. Use structured task fields for reporting and keep narrative details in Asana. Admins without project access can see limited synced information, such as project title, task title, and who tracked time.

How does Everhour Time Tracking work inside Asana?

Everhour adds timer and manual time-entry controls inside Asana tasks through the Everhour browser extension. Tracked task and project hours can feed timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review, while admins can use approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer behavior rules to control the workflow.

Track Asana hours with less cleanup

Track approved Asana task time before it reaches billing, budgets, or payroll review. Everhour connects task-level timers, manual entries, approvals, and locked periods into one managed time workflow.

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