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Invoicing software for recruiters billing retainer clients

Each invoice line keeps the date, the search and the note you typed, so a retainer client can check the hours without ringing you.

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Designed specifically for Recruiters

Retainer clients need detailed accounting of how hours were spent

Time logs with descriptions. Invoices show exactly what was done and when.

Time spent sourcing candidates across multiple searches is hard to track

Log time by client and search. Tag sourcing, screening, and interviews. See effort per role.

Clients expect professional invoices that match their corporate standards

Branded PDF invoices with your logo, payment terms, and detailed breakdowns.

Coordinating between candidates and clients takes unbilled time

Track coordination and admin time separately. Bill for all recruiting activities.

Clients want detailed documentation of search efforts

Export professional PDF timesheets. Document every sourcing and screening activity.

68% of recruiters identified time-to-hire as their most important performance metric in 2024, up from 55% in 2022

Source: LinkedIn Future of Recruiting 2025

What Timesheet Handles

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

Simplified Time Tracking

Time each search on its own: candidate outreach, screening calls, profile write-ups and client updates. One tap between calls, so a fragmented day still adds up.

  • 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

Each vacancy gets its own project, with tasks for the briefing, sourcing, interview rounds, shortlisting and the offer stage. One rate covers the search.

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

Accurate Feedback & Analytics

Hours per search, per client and per consultant show what a placement actually took, which is the figure you want before quoting the next retainer.

  • 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

A retained search or an hourly project becomes a PDF invoice, itemised by stage, on your own template with your logo and tax rate.

  • 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

Pull the quarter into Excel to compare hours across searches, or send a client the PDF of everything logged against their vacancy.

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

Automatic Time Tracking

Start and stop the next search from your watch, without breaking off a call to find a phone or a browser tab.

  • 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

Who worked how many hours, whose overtime balance is climbing, who has asked for leave. One view answers all three.

  • 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

Ask Claude or ChatGPT to file it while the notes are fresh: "Add 2 hours sourcing to the senior developer search".

  • 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

  • Generate PDF invoices from tracked hours (Pro)
  • Track by client, search, and candidate
  • Sourcing and screening time separation
  • Professional PDF timesheets
  • Interview coordination logging
  • Track retainer hour usage
  • Client activity reports
  • Track payment status
  • Placement success analytics
  • Export to Excel for bookkeeping
  • Time-to-fill insights

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
Start Free Trial

Enterprise

Scale & dedicated support

$35/month

per user

  • Everything in Business
  • Up to 200 team members
  • 24/7 priority support
Start Free Trial

Single-user plans

Mobile-first plans for individuals.

Basic

Perfect for personal use

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

Plus

Great for freelancers

$5/month
  • Everything in Basic
  • Cloud Backup
  • Real-time Sync
  • Unlimited Storage
Start Free Trial

All prices are net prices. Applicable taxes (VAT) will be added at purchase.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about plans, trials, payments, and data.

Loved by Thousands Worldwide

See what our users have to say about Timesheet.

"Very easy to use. This program is a very helpful tool for me. Many thanks to the team."

Alfred Rühl

"This app totally keeps me on track with my time. Thanks for an awesome and dependable app!! 💜💜"

Shannon Barrier

"Fabulous tool. So easy to use. Has made keeping track of my time on a multitude of projects so much easier!"

Jane Carson

"Great for tracking work time. I'm currently using it for a training project and it gives me no problems and is great to use for free, as long as you don't want to use multiple devices to track time, because you need Premium for that."

Mia Is Drawing

"Excellent app save me so much hassle. What happened?. Now monday log is enter as sunday. Ok that was fast. Issue was fixed"

Stalyn Deleon

"The app has been very slow and sluggish since the last upgrade. I am hopeful this is being corrected. Update: it works great now, thank you!!"

Dana Johnson

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Turn this month of searches into an invoice

Export the same hours to Excel or CSV whenever your accountant asks for the detail.

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