Ask HN: Time tracking software with punch in/out feature?

[tvirelli]

My company has been looking for a time tracking software (web based) that allows the employees to punch in/out as well as track task time. We have found many solutions for just tracking task time, but nothing that also allows for tracking separate punch in/out time. Any suggestions?

[markhirsch]

CreativeWorx TimeTracker is an automatic time capture tool that can handle most of what you need right away. The cool part is not that it captures what your employees do (for their eyes only) but that it learns their job codes and saves them so much time.

http://www.creativeworx.com

As for the punch in/out: A user could easily mark time in/out by clicking on the timesheet. If TimeTracker users need a simple app or UI to enter the time in/out, that could be easily added by us or via our API.

-Mark, CEO CreativeWorx

[angersock]

For contracting work, I've had good success with Harvest:

http://www.getharvest.com/

Lets you track time by task, project, employee, and calculate rates and whatnot.

Incidentally, if you're tracking time for purposes other than billing clients, what the hell is wrong with you?

[tvirelli]

We are a team of 4. 2 owners and 2 employees. Our employees are paid hourly. They punch in at 8AM and out at 5PM (give or take time, or overtime if needed). We need to track their punch time to pay them their hourly rate. We also need to track their task time to bill for the work they do. Sometimes they work on things that are internal and are not billed out. Price range isn't a major deal. We are flexible in that aspect. I am actually a programmer and could do this custom, but we have 0 time. We are extremely busy, just hired on a new employee to keep up with work and are looking for a solution ASAP. We use quickbooks for billing and payroll, so integration into that would be a plus but not necessary. If we can't find anything, I will plan on building it. Just looking for something to work NOW! Harvest is great, but doesn't do punch time. Thanks.

[tkie]

Try open source Anuko Time Tracker.

See http://www.anuko.com/time_tracker/index.htm

For punch in/out you can use "time only" tracking mode.

[hypo-s]

I use actitime, it doesn't have punch in/out, but it has cool features.

[sharemywin]

how many employees? what kind of price range are you looking to pay? maybe you could get something custom built?

[JesterMom]

www.tsheets.com is perfect for punching in/out

[dylanhassinger]

letsfreckle.com/