Automatic time tracking for tile setters.
How a tile setter's day actually looks
Most time-tracking apps assume a steady, predictable day. A tile setter's day is the opposite. You're laying tile and grouting backsplashes, switching between addresses like Bathroom remodels, Kitchen backsplash installs, Custom shower builds, and doing tasks like Mixing thinset and mortar, Cutting tiles to pattern, Installing waterproofing membranes. Timers get forgotten. Manually entering jobsites in advance does not match how calls actually come in.
Friction tile setters tell us about
- Losing track of time spent on tedious substrate prep versus actual tile setting
- Forgetting to log mileage on long hauls between residential bathroom jobs
- Difficulty distinguishing between active tiling time and downtime during mortar curing
How TradesTimer handles it
- Auto-detects stops so you don't have to track prep time versus installation time
- Automatic mileage log for every trip between job sites
- Captures every drive between residential clients without manual input
- Provides rounded billable hours for quick, accurate job costing
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.