Time tracking

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.

  • Ready in a few minutes, no training needed
  • Overtime and target hours are calculated automatically
  • GDPR compliant, hosted in Germany

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.

Solution

Time tracking that simply works

Start the timer or type hours in. Overtime, breaks and compliance are calculated automatically.

Mo.Di.Mi.Do.
08:0011:0014:0017:00
Pause08:00 - 12:00Dr Lindner practiceSprechstunde4:00h13:00 - 16:45Dr Lindner practiceAdministration3:45h
Pause08:00 - 12:30Ruhrmann law firmDeadline control4:30h13:30 - 17:00Ruhrmann law firmWeber file3:30h
Pause08:30 - 12:00Apotheke am MarktDispensary3:30h13:00 - 16:30Apotheke am MarktDelivery service3:30h
Pause08:00 - 12:00Tierklinik NordstadtTreatment4:00h13:00 - 18:30Tierklinik NordstadtOn-call duty5:30h
32:15h7:45h8:00h7:00h9:30h

Result

Considerably less work

Less time spent every week on recording hours and administering them.

EmployeeTargetActualSaldo
Sophie KramerEmpfang160:00h162:15h+2:15h
Jonas KellerTreatment160:00h158:30h-1:30h
Greta WinklerAdministration120:00h121:00h+1:00h
Mara BrandtTreatment160:00h173:45h+13:45h
Moritz LangEmpfang160:00h159:15h-0:45h
Nele AhrensLabor128:00h130:30h+2:30h
Ben OsterlohTreatment160:00h156:00h-4:00h
Nora VogelAdministration80:00h81:30h+1:30h
Lena FischerLabor160:00h164:30h+4:30h
Tim WagnerEmpfang120:00h118:45h-1:15h
Ida NovakTreatment160:00h161:30h+1:30h
Paul RennerAdministration160:00h157:15h-2:45h
12 Employees1728:00h1744:45h+16:45h

This is how time tracking works in MetronHR

From the first click to the finished report, in three simple steps.

Step1

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
8:12
MetronHRAugust
3:12hToday31:45hWeek+4:30hBalance
00:00:0000:04:18
Dr Lindner practice, consultation hours
Booked todayDr Lindner practiceab 08:003:15hRuhrmann law firmab 11:451:30hPauseab 13:300:30h

Step2

Keep the overview

All your team's working hours at a glance. Overtime, breaks and target hours are calculated automatically.

You see at once who worked when
Who is in when, week 376 dünne Stellen
Mo36746631
Di36757631
Mi25635521
Do36746631
Fr3664542
Sa1221

Step3

Export reports

Detailed reports per person, project or period, as Excel or CSV for your accountant.

Finished reports instead of hours of collecting
Monatsabschluss August10 People
Sophie Kramer160:00h162:15h+2:15hJonas Keller160:00h158:30h-1:30hGreta Winkler120:00h121:00h+1:00hMara Brandt160:00h173:45h+13:45hMoritz Lang160:00h159:15h-0:45hNele Ahrens128:00h130:30h+2:30hBen Osterloh160:00h156:00h-4:00hNora Vogel80:00h81:30h+1:30hLena Fischer160:00h164:30h+4:30hTim Wagner120:00h118:45h-1:15h
The month end is being calculatedZeitkonten-August-2026.xlsx1408:00h Target,1426:00h actual, 34 kBTo the accountant

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

Trust Center

GDPR compliant

Made in Germany, hosted on German servers
Trust Center

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.

To terminal time tracking

Frequent questions about time tracking

Everything you need to know about time tracking in MetronHR.

You can choose between typing hours in and using the timer. The timer even runs past midnight and switches projects by itself.

The system warns automatically when the maximum daily or weekly hours are exceeded, and deducts missing breaks.

Yes, with configurable lock periods and a ticket system for approved changes.

Automatically, from the stored working time model. Overtime can be handled as a time credit, a payout or time off in lieu.

Yes. All data is stored encrypted on German servers and is accessible only to authorised people.

Yes, you can export detailed Excel or CSV reports with every time entry. The change history of the entries comes with the Professional plan.

Question not answered here? Every step is explained in the help centre.

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