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The Edit Takes Longer Than the Shoot

Time the shoot, the drive and the retouching separately. Each entry keeps its location and mileage, so you see how the job really split.

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Designed specifically for Photographers

Tracking time during shoots is impossible when you're focused on capturing moments

After the shoot, tell your AI assistant 'Log 4 hours photo session for Smith Wedding' via MCP Server.

Manual time tracking wastes valuable work hours and leads to inaccurate billing

Automatic timers with geofencing and Wi-Fi triggers start tracking when you begin working.

Desktop-first time tracking software is left unused when photographers are away from the computer

Native iOS and Android apps with one-tap timer, offline mode and Apple Watch support.

Shoots, editing, and delivery time all blur together, hard to price accurately

Tag time entries by phase (shoot, editing, delivery) and see allocation charts.

Shoots happen on location, editing happens at home

Same timer works everywhere. All project hours in one place.

Editing takes longer than shoots but goes untracked

Track all work types. See true hours in each area.

Without project-level tracking, photographers never know which jobs are actually profitable

Every tracked second is filed against a project, task and client with its own hourly rate.

Shoot days, editing queues, and delivery deadlines overlap, scheduling conflicts hit without warning

Team project sharing shows each photographer's schedule. Visual progress charts reveal editing backlogs per project.

Photographers using AI tools saved 89 million hours collectively in 2025, approximately 12 full work weeks per photographer per year

Source: Aftershoot AI in Photography Industry Report 2025

What Timesheet Handles

Time tracking, reports, invoices, exports, automation, HR rules, and AI logging in one system.

Simplified Time Tracking

The timer runs through the shoot without a signal and syncs later. Take it on to culling and retouching, so the desk half of the job counts too.

  • One-tap time tracking
  • WLAN & Geofencing automation
  • Scheduled break reminders
  • NFC tag support
Timesheet timer with the running task and its live time statistics

Project & Task Management

A project per shoot or per client, with tasks for scouting, the shoot itself, culling, retouching and delivery, and your hourly rate on the project.

  • Unlimited projects
  • Task categorization
  • Team collaboration
  • Calendar integration
Project and task list in Timesheet with tracked hours per entry

Accurate Feedback & Analytics

See what a wedding really took once selection, retouching and delivery are added to the shoot day, and how that compares with your other packages.

  • Daily, weekly, monthly reports
  • Income tracking
  • Trend identification
  • Export to Excel & CSV
Timesheet analytics dashboard with tracked hours and earnings per project

Professional Invoice Generation

Invoice a package or an hourly job on your own template, with venue mileage and hire costs listed as expenses on the same PDF.

  • Generate invoices from time entries
  • Add expenses and notes
  • Track payment status
  • PDF export
Invoice generated in Timesheet from tracked time, expenses, and notes

Comprehensive Data Export

When a client asks what three hundred retouched frames involved, a PDF of that shoot answers it. The year goes to your accountant as CSV.

  • Excel export
  • CSV export
  • PDF reports
  • API access
Timesheet export screen with field selection and output format options

Automatic Time Tracking

A geofence starts the timer as you arrive at the venue. A long wedding day is recorded while it happens, not guessed at on Monday.

  • Location-based tracking
  • WLAN detection
  • Background timer operation
  • Persistent quick actions
Automatic time tracking rules in Timesheet using geofence, Wi-Fi, and NFC

HR-Ready Time Tracking

Bring in second shooters or an assistant and their hours, breaks and days off sit in the same place you settle up from.

  • Contracts & employment models
  • Live working-time limits
  • Leave & overtime balances
  • Absence requests & calendar
Timesheet HR view with contracts, working time limits, and absence requests

AI-First Time Tracking

Log six hours of retouching from chat while an export renders, or ask which client consumed the most editing time this year.

  • Log time in one message
  • Control the timer from chat
  • Instant project answers
  • Reminders, daily & weekly
Chronis AI assistant in Timesheet logging time from a plain language message

Everything You Need

  • Log shoot and editing time through ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
  • One-tap timer on iOS, Android and the web
  • Track from location, studio, or home
  • Unlimited client projects with custom rates
  • Track regular hours, breaks, overtime and billable time
  • Tag time by phase (prep, shoot, edit, delivery)
  • Automatic timesheets, no manual entry
  • Team project sharing shows editing queue status across photographers
  • Ask 'How much editing time for project X?' for breakdowns
  • Professional invoice generation from tracked time
  • Geofence automation for on-location shoots
  • Project distribution charts reveal time per shoot and client

Integrate With Your Favorite Tools

Send tracked time where the rest of your work already happens.

Plans by workflow

Start free, add sync, teams, HR, or AI when you need them.

Multi-user plans

For teams that work together across web, mobile, AI, and HR.

Most Popular

Pro

Best for Professionals

$10/month

per user

  • Everything in Plus
  • Web Access
  • Invoice Generation
  • Team Features
  • API Access
  • Chronis AI assistant (chat-based tracking)
  • MCP server (Claude · ChatGPT)
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Business

HR & AI for growing teams

$20/month

per user

  • Everything in Pro
  • Contracts & employment models
  • Working-time limits & live caps
  • Absence requests, approvals & calendar
  • Leave & overtime balances
  • Rest period & break enforcement
  • Custom approval workflows
  • Flextime & core-time policies
  • Audit logs & compliance reports
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Enterprise

Scale & dedicated support

$35/month

per user

  • Everything in Business
  • Up to 200 team members
  • 24/7 priority support
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Single-user plans

Mobile-first plans for individuals.

Basic

Perfect for personal use

$0/month
  • Time Tracking
  • Unlimited Projects
  • Basic Statistics
  • Excel & CSV Export
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Plus

Great for freelancers

$5/month
  • Everything in Basic
  • Cloud Backup
  • Real-time Sync
  • Unlimited Storage
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Loved by Thousands Worldwide

See what our users have to say about Timesheet.

"Simple, clear and contains everything I need for projects under management: time registration, manually adding working time, automatic price calculation, travel costs, exporting data, etc. Top app!"

Valentijn Schepens

Photographer

"Perfect for me to document my work cleanly. I've been using the free version since 2015 or so. Always been very satisfied."

Kamueone Kamue

Photographer

"Very easy to use and self-explanatory, the app allows you to track working hours for different projects!"

Selina Petrovic

Photographer

"Have been using it now for a long time. Once you get used to it, it's really good. Couldn't live without it"

Kevin Hogan

Photographer

"It would have been better to have a total salary system.🥰 …"

Oli Ullah

Photographer

"Super practical for perfectly tracking self-employed work."

Daniela Oberrauch

Photographer

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Start the Timer Before You Lift the Camera

One tap on your phone or Apple Watch, offline on location, synced the moment you are back on Wi-Fi.

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Time Tracking for Photographers: Shoots and Editing | timesheet.io