Time tracking · Timesheet approval · Leave

Hours you can sign off on.

ClockifyNow records your team’s working time, sends each timesheet to the right manager for approval, and keeps leave in the same record. Payroll and client invoices start from approved hours, not from guesses.

Web app · Windows desktop tracker · No card needed

Timesheet · Weekly

Rafiq Karim

Design lead · Week of 12 Oct

  • MonClient project7h 30m
  • TueClient project8h 00m
  • WedClient project6h 00m
  • WedInternal · not billable1h 30m
  • ThuClient project7h 45m
  • FriClient project5h 15m
  • FriInternal · not billable2h 00m

Work hours

34h 30m

3h 30m internal time recorded, not counted

Approved
N. Islam · Org admin
Sample timesheet. Names and hours are illustrative.

01 / The end of the week

Every week, someone decides which hours are real.

If you pay people or bill clients by the hour, that decision is money. Most small teams make it with a tracker, a chat thread and a spreadsheet.

  1. 01

    Chasing

    Timesheets arrive late, in different formats, through chat and email. Someone spends Friday collecting them.

  2. 02

    Guessing

    Approval is a thumbs-up in a chat thread. Later, nobody can show who agreed to which hours.

  3. 03

    Reconciling

    Leave lives in a separate spreadsheet. Payroll finds out about it after the numbers are already wrong.

ClockifyNow puts all three in one record, with approval rules that do not bend for anyone.

02 / Approval, live

Follow one timesheet to approval.

This sample week runs the same rules as the product. Switch who you are acting as and try to break them.

Acting as

What Rafiq can do

Try this: Change a row to “Internal” and watch work hours drop. Then submit.

Sample timesheet · Weekly

Rafiq Karim

Design lead · Week of 12 Oct

Open
  1. Open
  2. Submitted
  3. Approved
Time entries for the sample week. Only billable activity types count as work hours.
DayActivity typeTime
MonCheckout redesign7h 30m
TueCheckout redesign8h 00m
WedDesign review with client6h 00m
WedTeam planning1h 30m
ThuPrototype handoff7h 45m
FriBug fixes from QA5h 15m
FriAccessibility training2h 00m

Work hours

34h 30m

3h 30m not billable: recorded, not counted

Audit log

The product records every submit, approval, rejection and reopen, with who did it and when.

03 / What it does

Three jobs, one record.

Capture the time, get it approved, account for the days off. Each step uses the output of the one before it.

01 · Capture

Time comes in clean.

  • Desktop tracker. On Windows it records active minutes, keyboard and mouse activity counts, and screenshots on your schedule: every 1 to 60 minutes, or never.
  • Manual entries. Added in your organization’s timezone, checked for overlaps, correct across daylight-saving changes. You can switch them off.
  • Billable or not. Each entry has an activity type. Only billable time counts as work hours, on every page and in every report.

02 · Approve

Every period gets a second signature.

  • Periods open on their own. Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, for each person.
  • The right approver. Managers approve only their reporting line, including indirect reports. Nobody approves their own time, admins included.
  • Reasons on record. A rejection needs a written reason. An approved period can be reopened for 3 days only.
  • Built for volume. Approve or reject many at once. Admins are warned when only one approver is left.
  • Corrections leave a trace. When an admin edits someone’s time, the old value, new value and reason are kept.

03 · Leave

Leave follows the same rules.

  • Allowances and balances. Set leave types with a yearly allowance. People see their balance before they ask.
  • Same approval rules. Requests go through the same scoped approval as timesheets. Nobody approves their own.
  • On the timesheet. Approved leave is marked on the calendar next to logged hours, so a short week explains itself.

04 / Who sees what

Four roles. Each one sees what it should.

Access is checked on the server for every request, not just hidden in the menu. Each organization’s data stays inside that organization.

Employee

Their own time, nothing else.

  • Track and add their own time
  • Submit their timesheet
  • Request leave and see their balance

Department manager

Everything an employee has, plus their team.

  • Approve or reject timesheets in their reporting line
  • Approve leave for their team
  • Correct team time, with a reason on record
  • Team and organization reports

HR specialist

Leave, without timesheet approval.

  • Administer and approve leave
  • HR reports
  • Cannot approve timesheets

Org admin

The whole organization.

  • Members, invites, departments and designations
  • Tracker, leave and timesheet settings
  • All approvals, except their own

05 / The desktop tracker

What the tracker records, and what it doesn’t.

Your team should know exactly what is collected before they install anything. Here is the full list.

Recorded

  • Active minutes in each time slot
  • How many keyboard and mouse actions happened, as counts
  • Screenshots, only if your organization turns them on, at the interval an admin sets (every 1 to 60 minutes)
  • The activity type and memo the person chose

Not recorded

  • Which apps or websites are open
  • Window titles or web addresses
  • What was typed. Only the number of key presses is stored
  • Screenshots, when your organization has turned them off

The tracker runs on Windows. Everyone else uses the web app, and can add time by hand if your admin allows it.

06 / Reports & export

Numbers finance can use.

Reports use your organization’s timezone and the same billable rule as the timesheets, so the totals agree with what managers reviewed.

Integrations, honestly

There are no direct payroll or invoicing integrations yet. CSV export works with any of them. If you need a specific connection, tell us which one.

Available reports and which ones export to CSV
ReportCSV
TimesheetsHours per person by day, week or month.Exports to CSV
ActivitiesEvery time entry with its activity type and billable flag.Exports to CSV
Leave requestsRequests, decisions and dates across the organization.Exports to CSV
DepartmentsHours rolled up per department.On screen only
MembersYour roster with roles, departments and status.Exports to CSV

07 / Pricing

Free for teams of up to 3.

Start with your own team. No card, no trial clock.

Free

$0

Up to 3 people in one organization

  • Web app and Windows desktop tracker
  • Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly timesheets
  • Scoped approval, every decision recorded
  • Leave types, balances and approvals
  • Reports and CSV export
Start free — up to 3 people

More than 3 people

Talk to us.

We set up larger teams directly. Tell us how many people you have and how you run timesheets today. We reply by email.

Email us about your team

08 / Questions

Before you invite your team.

More on the FAQ page, or write to hello@clockifynow.com.

Is ClockifyNow really free?

Yes, for organizations of up to 3 people. No card is needed to start. When you want to invite more people, you will be asked to move to a paid plan.

What does the desktop tracker record?

Active minutes in each time slot, a count of keyboard and mouse actions, and the activity type and memo the person chose. If your organization turns screenshots on, it also takes screenshots at the interval an admin sets, from every 1 to every 60 minutes.

Does it record which websites or apps people use?

No. ClockifyNow does not record app names, window titles or web addresses. Keyboard activity is stored as a number of key presses, never as the text that was typed.

Which devices does it work on?

The web app works in any modern browser. The desktop tracker is available for Windows. There are no Mac, Linux or mobile apps yet; people on those systems can add time by hand if your admin allows it.

Can a manager approve their own timesheet?

No. Nobody can approve their own timesheet or leave request, including organization admins. Managers can only approve people in their reporting line. The admin dashboard warns you when fewer than two people can approve.

What happens when a timesheet is rejected?

The reviewer has to write a reason. The person sees it, corrects the period and submits it again. The rejection, the reason and the new submission are all recorded.

Close this week’s timesheets in ClockifyNow.

Create your organization, invite up to 2 more people, and run your first approval this week.