Automatic time tracking for pool service techs.
How a pool service tech's day actually looks
Most time-tracking apps assume a steady, predictable day. A pool service tech's day is the opposite. You're balancing chemicals and cleaning skimmer baskets, switching between addresses like Residential backyard pools, Community clubhouse pools, Hotel pool enclosures, and doing tasks like Testing pH and chlorine levels, Backwashing sand or DE filters, Cleaning pump and skimmer baskets. Timers get forgotten. Manually entering jobsites in advance does not match how calls actually come in.
Friction pool service techs tell us about
- Difficulty distinguishing time spent on chemical adjustments vs. manual cleaning
- Losing track of drive time between scattered residential properties
- Unaccounted mileage between back-to-back service calls
- Inability to justify service fees when drive time isn't documented
How TradesTimer handles it
- Automatic stop detection captures time spent at each pool site without manual timers
- Automatic mileage log tracks every trip between clients for tax season
- Hands-free tracking means no need to touch your phone while handling chemicals
- Provides rounded billable hours for quick, accurate service log entries
Free. The whole app.
The whole time-tracking app is free — no trial, no feature gate, no ads, no per-user fees. (Encrypted cloud backup is on the roadmap.)
- Automatic day reconstruction from background GPS
- Unlimited stops, drives, and days
- Review and edit any block
- Rounded billable-hours summary, shareable as plain text
- Automatic mileage log, exportable for taxes
- 7-day summary view
- All location data stays on your device
Your location history stays on your phone.
There is no TradesTimer server storing your location trails. No account. No sign-up. Your GPS history lives on the device that recorded it — for as long as you want it. The only time anything leaves your phone is when you choose to share your billable-hours summary yourself.
The app does not talk to any third-party service with your location. Nothing about where you've been is uploaded anywhere. See the privacy policy for the full detail.