10 best work log apps and time sheet apps for Android

There are a lot of reasons to keep a work log. Independent contractors may need them for work and tax purposes. Small businesses may use them in place of a larger, more expensive system to keep track of employees. Regardless of the reason, there is a real need for work log and time sheet apps. There aren’t a ton of amazing options out there. However, there are some good options that should cover most bases. Here are the best work log apps for Android.

Easy Hours

Price: Free / $4.99

Easy Hours is a timesheet app mostly for freelancers and contractors. It lets you manually keep track of your work hours for easy invoicing later. The app also lets you keep track of multiple clients and gives you things like long-term tracking, graphs, and more. The dashboard is pretty simple to use as well once you get the hang of it. There are even nice extras like multiple currency support, rounding your total hours, and app shortcuts to make things easier.

There is a free version with ads and a premium version for $4.99. We love that there are cheap options without subscriptions in this space. Easy Hours is one of the best.

ezClocker

Price: Free / $10-$50 per month

ezClocker is more for small businesses and similar demographics. It comes with a timesheet function as well as a shift scheduler and a GPS map to verify where your employees clock in and out. That’s a handy feature for construction companies and similar jobs where your employees might travel. It’s fairly easy to use and relatively reliable. You can store data online and easily retrieve it. Admins can review and modify timesheets, and you can export to a CSV file for tax season.

This one does require a subscription. The cheapest one is $10 per month, which covers up to 15 employees. You can check the pricing if you need to scale it up, but the app caps out at $50 for 100 employees.

Google Drive

Price: Free / $1.99-$9.99 per month / $19.99-$99.99 per year

There are a lot of timesheet apps, expense trackers, and the like. However, few come close to the simplicity of Google Drive. You can easily create a spreadsheet to log your clock in and clock out times. It includes Microsoft Excel-style cell calculations to keep the guesswork out of calculating your overall time and it’s pretty easy to scale up for years and years of tracking. It can be scaled up for very small business use, although we recommend maybe checking out some professional payroll software at that point.

The only downside is that it doesn’t do anything automatically. You’ll need to learn how to set up any automation yourself and while you can create graphs from your data, you’ll also need to learn how to create it on your own. Those who don’t mind a bit of DIY can use this for free and keep things really simple.

Timeero

Price: Free / $5-$10 per user per month

Timeero is another good solution for small businesses and teams. It replaces the traditional paper timesheets by letting your employees clock in and out straight from the app. You can also use it for a shift schedule that is instantly available to all employees. Some other features include geofencing to ensure your employees are on the job when clocked in, mileage tracking, offline support, and cross-platform use.

The app gives you a 14-day free trial to check things out. After that, you can pay between $5-$10 per employee per month depending on your feature needs. It does scale up higher than 250 employees, but you need to contact Timeero if you want pricing for that many people.

Timesheet

Price: Free / $2.99

Timesheet is a super simple, easy app for tracking your time. The UI won’t win any awards, but it’s effective for what it does despite its minor learning curve. You simply punch in and punch out. The app keeps track of that data. It lets you track multiple jobs and clients, supports multiple pay periods, and it even supports tax deduction stuff like mileage and expenses.

This one is reasonably cheap at $2.99 for the full pro version. It’s designed for freelancers and contractors rather than teams, so a premium purchase only works for the app owner.

Time Squared

Price: Free / $2.99 per month / $29.99 per year

Time Squared is another individual work tracker. It works as you would expect. You can track your clock in and clock out times to see an overall view of your hours worked. There is also a method to track your time with your GPS coordinates. Like others, it works best for freelancers, contractors, and people who travel for work a lot.

The app does require a subscription to use, but luckily it’s not too expensive. It backs up your stuff to the cloud so you can get to it quickly and you can export to a document at any time. The developers also offer some extra free usage to healthcare workers impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, so that’s nice.

Toggl Track is a general time tracker. It’s perfectly usable for tracking your work hours although it’s also useful for tracking other stuff. This is an excellent tool for new work-from-home folks so you can see how much time you spend at work, on break, or goofing off to boost your productivity. Of course, because it is a general time tracker, it omits some of the work-related features that competitors have.

That said, there are reports, a calendar function, and a sync function so you can keep your data safe in the cloud. It’s also completely free with no ads or in-app purchases, so it’s definitely a good, albeit simple option for those on a serious budget.

When I Work

Price: Free / $4-$8 per user per month

When I Work is an employee scheduling app for businesses. It has many of the same features as competitors on this list. You can create employee schedules, track clock in and out times, monitor and approve shift trades, and more. There is even a feature to message employees one on one. You can use this to communicate with your employees about any number of things, from call-offs to asking them if they want overtime.

The app is free to use, but, like most of the others, there is a subscription model for this, ranging from $4 to $8 per employee per month. You can choose the tier that works best based on your business’ needs. This one supports unlimited numbers of users so it can scale up pretty far, but it only allows three total administrators so there is a ceiling before you need something more powerful.

Work Log

Price: Free / $4.99

Work Log is one of the simplest timesheet apps on the list. The front screen has only a few buttons and they all do basically exactly what they say. You can manually enter your shift times, use the app to time your shifts directly, and view previous shifts. The app also includes widget support, some customization in terms of data management, and there is an export to CSV or PDF function for your records. It runs for $4.99 with no subscriptions to get in the way.

Xpert-Timer Mobile

Price: $15.00 + $6-$9 per month

Xpert-Timer Mobile is one of the few apps that works for both individuals and teams. There are subscription models for both, actually. For individuals, you can track your clock in and out times, export data as needed, and manually adjust your work hours. There is also barcode support, check-in and out reports, and more.

For businesses, you get the usual array of features. There’s employee scheduling, a to-do list for employees so they know what needs to be done, and other client management options. The pricing on this one is a little difficult to pin down.

There are general subscriptions for most plans, but there are also additional charges for extras like syncing with your own database with the Windows version of the app. It scales up wonderfully, but it’s also a bit more difficult and expensive to use.