Timesheet app for managers

Everhour tracks team hours across tasks and projects, giving managers cleaner timesheets for payroll, billing, and budget review.

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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Managing team time with usable records

Manager timesheet work to finish

A manager uses a timesheet app to collect employee hours, review exceptions, and turn scattered time entries into records that support payroll, billing, staffing, and project control. The useful output is a complete week or pay period, organized by person, day, project, task, client, or activity, with totals that a manager can approve without chasing every employee.

For U.S. teams with nonexempt employees covered by FLSA minimum wage or overtime rules, records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The FLSA does not require a specific timekeeping form or system. A time clock, timekeeper, or employee-entered times can work when the records are complete and accurate.

Fields managers should require

A manager-facing timesheet needs employee name, date, workday hours, total workweek hours, project or client, task or activity, billable status when relevant, notes for unusual entries, and an approval status. Teams that bill by time need rate and currency fields, normally U.S. dollars for U.S. users, plus a clean link between direct labor hours and the invoice or contract record.

A practical weekly review can flag a designer with 32 hours on a client launch, 6 hours on internal meetings, and 3 hours of non-billable rework. That record helps the manager compare actual task time against the estimate, decide whether to reassign work, and explain billable time without rebuilding the week from chat messages and calendar notes.

Reviews that prevent late fixes

Managers get the most value when they review time weekly or biweekly. That cadence catches missing days, vague project labels, unusually high daily totals, and work posted to the wrong client before payroll or billing closes. It also gives managers a current view of spent time versus allocated time, so workload imbalance and budget pressure show up while there is still time to act.

Remote and hybrid work makes that review more important. In 2024, 48.1% of U.S. management, business, and financial operations workers who worked on an average day did some work at home on their main job, averaging 5.79 hours at home. Managers need transparent time records across locations without turning the timesheet into surveillance or collecting more employee data than needed.

Free totals versus managed tracking

A free weekly total is enough for a small one-off check, a single contractor summary, or a quick comparison between estimated and actual project hours. It breaks down when managers need approvals, locked periods, reminders, billing handoff, payroll review, or a history of changes that explains who corrected an entry and why.

Everhour fits the managed workflow when hours need to keep moving after capture. Team members track time with timers or manual entries, managers review submitted timesheets, and approved records feed reporting, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll review. Admin controls such as reminders, locked periods, approval flow, and timer rules keep the timesheet from becoming a last-minute reconstruction.

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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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Frequently Asked Questions

Which timesheet fields help managers review payroll?

Managers need employee identity, date, daily hours worked, total workweek hours, pay period, project or department, notes for corrections, and approval status. For U.S. nonexempt employees covered by FLSA minimum wage or overtime rules, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.

Does a manager need a specific time clock system?

No federal rule requires one specific time clock system under the FLSA. Covered employers must keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, and the Department of Labor accepts any complete and accurate method, including a time clock, timekeeper, or employee-entered times.

How often should managers review team timesheets?

A weekly or biweekly review gives managers time to catch missing entries, incorrect project codes, and budget overruns before payroll or client billing closes. Longer review cycles create more reconstruction work because employees forget task details, managers lose context, and project estimates stay wrong until the next reporting cycle.

Can timesheets show project cost problems before the budget is gone?

Yes. Managers compare actual hours with planned or allocated hours to find work that is over estimate, underused capacity, and tasks that need reassignment. Time organized by task, project, client, and activity gives a clearer signal than a single daily total.

Which timesheet mistake creates the most rework for managers?

Loose project labeling creates heavy rework because payroll, billing, and budget reports all depend on the same time entry. A total such as 8 hours worked answers only part of the question. Managers also need the project, task, client, or activity that explains where the time belongs.

How does Everhour Time Tracking help managers approve team hours?

Everhour Time Tracking captures task and project hours through live timers or manual entries, including tracking inside tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Managers can use approvals, reminders, locked periods, and timer rules before time feeds reports, budgets, invoices, or payroll review.

Turn timesheets into approved records

Track team time where work happens, review entries before payroll or billing, and keep approved records connected to reporting. Everhour gives managers cleaner control over task and project hours.

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