Time tracking your team actually uses
Start the timer or type hours in, per project, client or task. Overtime and breaks are calculated automatically. GDPR compliant and calculated under the German Working Hours Act.
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- Ready in a few minutes, no training needed
- Overtime and target hours are calculated automatically
- GDPR compliant, hosted in Germany
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Mara W.Leave, 3 daysAylin Demir · 28–30 OctTraining, 1 dayTobias Krüger · 22 Oct
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Month endSeptember · Krämer payroll officeDone- Made in GermanyDeveloped and hosted in Germany
- Certified data centreISO 27001, located in Germany
- Web, app and terminalBrowser, iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows
- GDPR compliantServers in Nuremberg and Falkenstein
An end to Excel chaos in time tracking
Excel sheets, no overview and legal uncertainty: most small teams know the feeling. MetronHR puts an end to it.
- Problem
Excel formulas and typos
Who worked when? No idea, the formula is broken and the last row is missing.
- Problem
Legal uncertainty
Since the Federal Labour Court ruling of 2022 you have to record working hours in full. With Excel that gets difficult at the next inspection.
- Problem
Hours of administration
The same game every month: collect the hours, recalculate the overtime, correct the mistakes.
Time tracking that simply works
Start the timer or type hours in. Overtime, breaks and compliance are calculated automatically.
Considerably less workLess time spent every week on recording hours and administering them.
The week at a glance
Start, end and break per day. Set Friday's end later: above six hours MetronHR deducts the break itself.
Stopwatch, app or terminal
Clock in from the browser, the app or the terminal. Everything lands in the same list.
| day | Start | End | Break | Working time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 19 Oct | 07:30 | 16:00 | 0:30h | 8:00h |
| Tue, 20 Oct | 07:45 | 16:30 | 0:45h | 8:00h |
| Wed, 21 Oct | 08:00 | 15:15 | 0:30h | 6:45h |
| Thu, 22 Oct | 07:30 | 17:00 | 0:45h | 8:45h |
| Fri, 23 Oct | 07:30 | 13:30 | 0:00h | 6:00h |
| Week | 37:30h |
More than 6 hours on Friday: MetronHR deducts the break under § 4 ArbZG because none was clocked.
| Person | Target | Actual | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Braun | 160:00h | 162:15h | +2:15h |
| Aylin Demir | 120:00h | 121:00h | +1:00h |
| Tobias Krüger | 160:00h | 158:30h | −1:30h |
| Mara Wolf | 160:00h | 173:45h | +13:45h |
| Lena Hoffmann | 128:00h | 130:30h | +2:30h |
This is how time tracking works in MetronHR
From the first click to the finished report, in three simple steps.
Clock In
Start the timer or type hours in, per project, client or task. From the app while you are out, too.
Nothing to add later, no forgotten entries
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All your team's working hours at a glance. Overtime, breaks and target hours are calculated automatically.
You see at once who worked when
Time tracking dashboard StaffingWeek 45 · at least 2 qualified staffShift Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Early shift 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 Late shift 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 Night shift 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 
Wednesday earlyJonas Kelleroffered
Thursday lateOle Jansenoffered2 gaps this week: Wednesday early, Thursday late.
Export reports
Detailed reports per employee, project or period, as Excel or CSV, and for your accountant also as a DATEV payroll file.
Finished reports instead of hours of collecting
Reports and analytics Monthly overviewSeptember 2026 · 12 peoplePerson Target Actual Balance Sophie Braun176:00h 178:30h +2:30h Aylin Demir132:00h 131:15h −0:45h Tobias Krüger176:00h 176:00h 0:00h
What time tracking can do
Everything you need for clean time tracking, without the frills.
- Recording
Flexible ways to enter hours
Type them in or use the timer, whichever suits your team
Start, stop and pause, with a project attached
- Calculation
Automatic overtime management
Overtime is calculated from the working time model
A time credit, a payout or time off in lieu
- Compliance
Validation that follows the ArbZG
Break and working time rules are checked automatically
Maximum daily and weekly hours and rest periods
- Traceability
Change history of time entries
Every change to a time entry is logged, with the person and the time
A GoBD compliant history with the user attached, in the Professional plan
- Analytics
Reports and dashboards
Detailed reports per person, project or period
Project workload, costs and export functions
- Projects
Linked to projects and clients
Book hours straight to projects and clients
Hourly rates, budgets and allowances
- Month end
Lock the month, corrections go through a request
Once handed over, a month cannot be changed quietly any more
Eleven lock options, from "not at all" through "after 7 days" to a fixed cut-off date, plus a separate editing deadline. Anyone who wants to change something after the lock files a change request, and that is decided rather than overwritten.
- Corrections
A ticket system for changes
Structured change requests for locked entries
Approval by the manager with complete documentation
- Automation
Suggestions that help
Faster entry through suggestions from earlier entries
Learns from the entries you have made before
Time tracking for your whole team
Whether you run the company, lead a team or work in it, everyone gets exactly what they need.
- Owner or director
A full overview, no effort
- Who worked how much this week? Is the overtime right? Until now only an Excel search could answer that.
- Every working hour at a glance, with automatic overtime calculation and finished reports.
- Team lead
Project hours and budgets under control
- Noticing at the month end that the project budget ran out long ago.
- A real-time overview of the hours booked per project and client, before it is too late.
- Employee
Recording hours without the frustration
- Complicated tools, forgotten entries and a guilty conscience on Friday.
- Start the timer, done. Or add the hours quickly at the end of the day, from the app too.
- Accountant
Clean figures for payroll
- Every month, incomplete or faulty timesheets from the client.
- Finished exports with all working hours, overtime and absences, at the push of a button.
Security and data protection
Your data is safe: hosted in Germany, GDPR compliant and encrypted.
- Encrypted transfer and storage of data
- Multi-factor authentication for every user
- German employment law (ArbZG) observed automatically
Does your team work without a computer?
In production, in the workshop or in the warehouse nobody clocks in at a screen. There a terminal hangs on the wall, and the card is enough.
Related
Where to go from here, and what waits for you there.
- For your accountant
Getting the hours to your accountant without retyping them
At the month end the report usually goes to payroll. What the accountant receives, how the month is locked and what is still missing today.
See For your accountant - Template
Before you begin: the template for it
With the Excel template you record start, end and breaks by hand, and the daily target and overtime are calculated for you. Free, no sign-up.
See Timesheet template Electronic time tracking
Six ways of recording hours compared, with the effort and the checking involved.
ViewChoosing a time tracking system
Eight criteria, a cost range and the rollout in four steps.
ViewNFC time tracking
What is on the card, and why a card alone signs nobody in.
ViewFor employees
The same time tracking seen from the staff side.
View
Frequent questions about time tracking
Everything you need to know about time tracking in MetronHR.
Question not answered here? Every step is explained in the help centre.
Send us a messageHow flexible is the time tracking?
You can choose between typing hours in and using the timer. The timer even runs past midnight and switches projects by itself.
What happens when working time rules are broken?
The system warns automatically when the maximum daily or weekly hours are exceeded, and deducts missing breaks.
Can entries be changed after the fact?
Yes, with configurable lock periods and a ticket system for approved changes.
How is overtime calculated?
Automatically, from the stored working time model. Overtime can be handled as a time credit, a payout or time off in lieu.
Is the time tracking GDPR compliant?
Yes. All data is stored encrypted on German servers and is accessible only to authorised people.
Can I export reports?
Yes, you can export detailed Excel or CSV reports with every time entry. The change history of the entries comes with the Professional plan.
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