For mobile mechanics

Time tracking for mobile mechanics

Track visits throughout your day

Your work can include swapping brake pads, diagnosing OBD-II codes, recharging A/C systems. You might visit customer driveways, corporate parking lots, roadside breakdown sites in one day. Use your timeline to review each recorded visit before billing.

Common time-tracking challenges

  • Losing track of time spent stuck in heavy traffic between calls
  • Difficulty proving exactly how long a roadside repair took when the customer is watching
  • Missing mileage deductions for those long, unplanned detours to pick up parts
  • The headache of tallying up service call fees versus actual wrench time at the end of a busy day

How TradesTimer handles it

  • Automatically captures every roadside stop as a jobsite without you ever touching the phone
  • Logs every mile driven between customers, ensuring you don't miss tax-deductible transit
  • Reconstructs your entire day of repairs and travel, even when your hands are under a hood
  • Provides rounded billable hours so you can quickly quote the next client

Free

Free time tracking

Record stops and trips, review your hours, and export reports without a subscription.

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Time tracking without a subscription
  • Automatic stop and trip recording
  • Unlimited stops, drives, and days
  • Review and edit stops and trips
  • Rounded billable hours, exported as text or CSV
  • Travel log with estimated distances
  • 7-day summary view
  • History stored on your phone

Your privacy

Control your location history

TradesTimer stores your history on your phone. Address lookups send coordinates to an address provider. You choose where to share your hours and travel exports.

See the privacy policy for details about address lookups, exports, and other data use.