The Best Time Card Apps

Where do you spend the majority of your day? In an office, on the job site, or maybe even in your car? Whatever your answer, there’s no denying that time card apps are useful to help employees more accurately keep track of their time and improve productivity overall. This guide provides you with ten of the best time card apps available to today’s businesses so you can find the one that works best for you and your team members.

Time Tracking

But sometimes keeping tabs on how long you work can be a challenge, especially if you’re trying to juggle more than one project at a time. If that sounds like you, there are apps for keeping time (we have some top picks below). Here’s what we recommend: For employees in your organization, go with clocking in via Okta’s time-tracking app, TimeEntry. 

But first let’s cover choosing a time card app: Look for something user friendly. There should be an option for manual input as well as an automatic check-in system, which tells time tracking software when and where workers punch in and out based on their location. One of our favorite new apps, Timely, integrates with both Google and Apple calendars and pays bonuses if someone checks into his or her calendar before 9 AM!

If they punch in after 6 PM?

Clock In/Clock Out

In some companies, employees are required to clock in and out every time they start and end their work day. In other firms, they can use a time card app on their smartphones to log their hours when they come into work and again when they leave for home. Whatever your current situation is at work, there’s probably an app out there that’ll help you keep track of your time without too much hassle.

Export To Excel

One of the first tasks for small businesses is to make sure their payroll is accurate and on time. This can be difficult in a company that has a large number of employees or one with several locations. An easy way to track employee hours and payroll is by using an online time card app, which provides real-time updates from each employee’s mobile device. Here are ten of our favorites!

Multiple Users

If you have multiple employees, you may not want to require them to log in to a website or manually enter their hours every time they clock out. Using a mobile time tracking app will allow you to easily monitor employee activity on your phone and even has GPS features for more accurate data collection. If you’re looking for an easy-to-use, effective way to track employee activity, give one of these apps a try.

Customizable Pay Stubs

Free payroll software is not a must-have—but it sure makes managing employees’ paychecks easier. With tools like Gusto, you can customize your paycheck stubs to include important info like hours worked and total pay.

Cost Saving Features

In addition to being able to track your time, these apps can save you money by helping you avoid getting charged for phantom hours at work. Some of them also provide benefits like clocking in and out right from your smartphone, on-screen tracking of your daily totals, the ability to clock multiple employees simultaneously and—in some cases—even take photographs of your completed timesheets.

Bonus Features

Utilize bonus features to streamline your time-tracking process. Some time card apps have great mileage log or mileage tracking features that make it easy to track miles and also calculate taxes on business mileage, according to an APA resource. Having such a feature can save you time and hassle when tax season rolls around! For example, QuickBooks Self-Employed offers mileage logging functionality.

Phone Support

As you’re starting to scale, having 24/7 phone support is a must. This way if an employee doesn’t show up for work, or has an emergency, you can easily reach someone who will get things handled so your business isn’t affected. Managers at larger companies typically have a dedicated human resources (HR) team to help them with day-to-day tasks such as requesting time off, timecards and more.