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Time tracking for teams that are not at a desk
Most time data is wrong for a boring reason: it gets written down days after the work.
Why end-of-week reconstruction fails
Ask someone on Friday what they did on Tuesday afternoon and you get an estimate. Estimates round to the half hour, drift toward whichever project is easiest to remember, and quietly lose the short jobs altogether.
The cost is not only billing accuracy. Project margins, capacity planning and the next quote are all built on the same numbers.
Record the entry where the work happens
A site visit, a client meeting, a workshop floor: none of these are places where people open a laptop. If recording an hour takes more than a few taps, it waits, and once it waits it becomes an estimate.
In Flipp, an entry made on a phone lands against the same projects and clients as one made on the web. There is one set of records, not a mobile copy to reconcile later.
What to look for in a mobile time tracker
Check that entry takes seconds rather than a form, that projects and clients are structured the way you actually invoice, that approvals happen in the same system rather than over email, and that the app speaks the languages your team speaks.
Be sceptical of tools that treat mobile as a separate product. A phone app with its own database becomes a reconciliation job for whoever closes the month.
How Flipp fits
Time is one module on a platform that also holds the projects, clients and people it refers to. Switch it on and the records connect to work already described elsewhere in the system.
Managers approve from the web or the app, and the numbers feed project reporting without an export step.
Frequently asked questions
- Can employees track time from a phone?
- Yes. The Flipp mobile app includes a time tab for organisations that have the time module enabled, with entries recorded against existing projects and clients.
- Does mobile time tracking stay in sync with the web app?
- There is one set of records. An entry made on a phone is the same entry you see on the web, not a copy.
- Can managers approve time in the app?
- Yes. Approvals appear in the app, and push notifications flag what is waiting for a decision.
- Is time tracking available in German, French and Italian?
- Yes. Flipp runs in English, German, French and Italian on the web and in the mobile app.
More from the blog
- Flipp for iPhone and Android is now available
The Flipp mobile app has been approved by Apple and Google. Record time, submit an expense with a receipt photo, and clear approvals without opening a laptop.
- Expense reports that start with the receipt
Photograph the receipt at the counter, check the details, send it for approval. How Flipp handles expenses, including optional AI extraction.
Bring us the process that slows your team down.
We will show you where Flipp can help, and what it would take to switch the module on.