Time tracking
Whether you're tracking a project or setting up timesheets, find the right time tracking app to suit your business. Simplify timesheets and tracking actual hours worked to make payroll a piece of cake with direct integration with your Xero account.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingProjectworks
4.86 out of 5 stars72Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingProjectworks is professional services automation software that helps consulting firms grow. Projectworks connects time tracking, resourcing, invoicing, and forecasting in one project intelligence platform - empowering your firm to operate efficiently, protect margins, and scale with confidence.
Reporting and forecasting, Time trackingConnecteam
4.68 out of 5 stars50Reporting and forecasting, Time trackingConnecteam helps business to easily schedule work, track hours, provide professional training and stay connected with their teams. So you can focus on growing the business.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingSortScape
4.95 out of 5 stars63Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingAll-in-one job management for lawn mowing & garden maintenance businesses. Quote, schedule, plan routes, track time, invoice and sync with Xero—without spreadsheets or double data entry.
Payroll HR, Time trackingUpSheets
4.89 out of 5 stars9Payroll HR, Time trackingUpload timesheets, leave and payslips to Xero Payroll and tasks and time to Xero Projects. Save time. Reduce errors. Say goodbye to copy & paste.
Payroll HR, Time trackingPlanday
3 out of 5 stars6Payroll HR, Time trackingBuild employee schedules faster with factors like availability, wage costs, compliance and vacation in mind using Planday from Xero. Accurately track time and keep control of costs using Planday, and sync your employee and payroll data using Xero Payroll.
CRM and marketing, Time trackingCMAP
CRM and marketing, Time trackingEasily transfer relevant accounting transactions between CMap and Xero, eliminating the need to re-key data.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingTimesheet Portal
5 out of 5 stars1Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingTime, expense and holiday tracking for projects and recruitment. Manage your project workforce and budgets better, and instantly generate sales invoices and pay reports with a few clicks, and export straight to Xero.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingConstruction Manager
5 out of 5 stars1Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingSimplify your construction and maintenance job management needs – quote, track costs, manage subcontractors/engineers and invoice, from anywhere.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingLivecosts.com
5 out of 5 stars31Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingConstruction cost management software for real-time budget management & forecasting. Track & control construction project costs and identify exactly where you win & lose money on building projects. Track & control labour, materials, subcontractors, suppliers & plant costs, while connected to Xero.
Payroll HR, Time trackingTimeKeeper
5 out of 5 stars8Payroll HR, Time trackingEmployee time clock, timesheets, time off, leave management, GPS clock ins, facial recognition, geofences, time spent on jobs and more.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingWorkever
5 out of 5 stars9Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingSeamlessly connect your field team, office and clients with Workever, a job and field management software designed for your trade, construction and service success.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingShopVOX
5 out of 5 stars1Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingshopVOX is an easy-to-use online software for custom manufacturers that helps you manage your business quickly, efficiently and all in one place.
Payroll HR, Time trackingTimeDock
4.92 out of 5 stars26Payroll HR, Time trackingPlug and play time clock system for Xero Payroll.
CRM and marketing, Time trackingSuperOps
CRM and marketing, Time trackingProfessional services automation is software designed to help MSPs, IT professionals and consultants with resource management and billing operations for client projects and utilization rate management for billable staff.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingAvaza
5 out of 5 stars1Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingAn all-in-one software suite that includes Project Management, Resource Scheduling, Time Tracking, Expense Management, Invoicing and powerful Reporting.
Payroll HR, Time trackingTimecloud
4.71 out of 5 stars7Payroll HR, Time trackingStreamline time tracking and payroll processes with Timecloud’s seamless integration with Xero. Reduce manual data entry and gain real-time insights into staff timesheets and job costs.
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingOutOnSite
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingEffortlessly manage your jobs and field service engineers with our Job Management Software. Perfect for growing tradesmen and contractors, stay in control of your business with real-time updates on job progress. Streamline your workflow and boost your productivity today.
Payroll HR, Time trackingRotaready
Payroll HR, Time trackingAward winning staff rota software for retail and hospitality. Pay staff accurately for the time they work and run Xero payroll in minutes!
Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingKlipboard
2.33 out of 5 stars3Invoicing and jobs, Time trackingField Service Simplified. Streamline Operations. Supercharge Your Team. Impress Customers.
Payroll HR, Time trackingZelt
5 out of 5 stars21Payroll HR, Time trackingZelt is the go-to HR system for companies wanting to reduce time on payroll & IT. Onboard employees in 2 mins from creating a contract to providing equipment and access to email & tools, and manage employees across the lifecycle with features including time off, performance and benefits management.
Inventory, Time trackingERPAG
5 out of 5 stars3Inventory, Time trackingCombined with ERPAG, Xero gains superpowers that circle full manufacturing and inventory application: lot, serial and barcode traceability, mobile app on a shopfloor level bill of materilas label printing barcode scanning workorder processing backorder processing sales processing
Bills and expenses, Time trackingCapture Expense
Bills and expenses, Time trackingCapture Expense is a cloud-based expense management software platform which supports small to medium businesses to simplify the way expenses are managed. Automate and streamline the process, including receipt capture, reimbursements, vehicle mileage and credit card reconciliation.
Point of sale, Time trackingClient Diary
Point of sale, Time trackingClient Diary - The superbly uncomplicated, affordable appointment booking software. Focused on ease of use yet provides access to plentiful and powerful tools. Completely take care of your bookings, customers, marketing, team, reports & stock management.
Payroll HR, Time trackingSenomix Timesheets
5 out of 5 stars1Payroll HR, Time trackingConnect with Xero Payroll and Projects. Simplify employee time tracking. Import work hours in moments.
What is time tracking software?
When it comes to paying staff, invoicing and quoting for your business, it’s important to your bottom line to take the guesswork out. This is where this software can help, it’s a tool that allows you to automate recording the working hours for you or your employees, so you have a better view of where your team’s time is being spent, helping you make better business decisions and understand your profitability down to the second.
What are the main benefits of a time tracking app?
Streamline your billing process. Send accurate invoices with a few clicks. Work with your accounting software to automatically populate the time spent on a project or job within your invoice, so you can increase accuracy and save time on manual data entry.
Usable insights into employee and project productivity. Track when your employees are clocking in and out for the day, how long it takes them to complete a job and who’s having the biggest impact. Knowing where your staff are spending their time allows you to better understand how to price and run projects, schedule your team and spend your time.
Create concrete estimates and quotes. Gain actionable insights into the time and resources particular projects and tasks take to better inform your next job quote based on concrete numbers. No more overestimating your resources or undervaluing your time.
What are the typical features of a time tracking app?
Time tracking. A fundamental of any time tracking system is the ability to automatically track and monitor hours, minutes and seconds. You and your team should easily be able to clock in and clock out and record active and idle times.
Timesheets and rostering. Easily set up staff schedules and swap around shifts and track exactly how many hours each staff member is working.
Cost and quote estimations. Track how long certain projects and tasks take on average based on past time spent to easily get estimates for project costs.
Project invoicing. Manage every project accurately right to the end with automatic invoices created based on actual time worked.
How time tracking apps work with Xero
Tracking the time you and your employees spend on any project, task or shift is only one piece of the puzzle. Getting paid for that time is the other. Integrating your time tracking app with Xero can help you send off invoices quicker based on accurate hours and get paid sooner, and pay your staff accurately without the double data entry.
Feel more confident that every minute spent at work is being recorded and reflected in your accounting software for simplified payroll, invoicing and tax purposes. Connecting your apps with Xero can allow you to:
Set up staff schedules and track employees actual hours worked vs scheduled hours to feed into your payroll
Import tax rates and account codes from Xero to your timesheets
Automatically raise invoices in Xero for projects and populate time spent
Transfer supplier, expenses and customer information between both apps
Find your fit
Every time tracking apps’ integration with Xero can be different. To learn more, browse through the apps in this category. Click on an app to find detailed information on how it works and integrates with your Xero account, and ratings and reviews by other Xero users. Want to try an app? You can then get started directly from the app listing page in just a few clicks.