Clocking in
A clocking in app for teams who work on site.
Your team clock in and out on their own phones, with no machine or tablet at the door. The hours add themselves up for timesheets and, on Pro, payroll. One price for the whole team: see pricing.
Free for up to 5 people. Standard and Pro free for 14 days.
What it does
A clock in clock out app, without the hardware.
A time and attendance system that lives on the phones your team already carry: the clock, who is on site now, and the hours ready for approval.
Clock in on the phone
Open the Clock tab, pick the site and tap CLOCK IN. At the end of the day, tap CLOCK OUT. The hours are worked out for you.
Works with no signal
The time is saved on the phone and sent as soon as the app is back online. Nothing is lost in a basement or a plant room.
Clock in only at the site
Give the project an address and the team can clock in only within a set distance of it: 300 m unless you change it, from 100 m to 2 km.
On shift now
Who is clocked in right now, at which site, across every job.
Forgotten clock-outs
Two hours after the rota shift was due to end, the app asks the person “When did you finish?”. Two hours after that, the managers are told too.
Hasn’t clocked in
15 minutes into a rota shift with no clock-in and no approved leave, the site’s manager is told.
Timesheets
Every shift with its clock-in, clock-out and hours, for managers to check and approve.
Payroll and exports
Pay worked out from approved hours and each person’s rate, with CSV exports for Xero, Sage and QuickBooks.
How it works
A staff clocking in system, set up in an afternoon.
No clocking-in machine to buy, no training day. The team are on it by the morning.
Start freeMake the project and give it its address.
On Standard and Pro, set the Clock-in distance under the address: 300 m unless you change it, larger for a big site such as a housing estate.
Invite the team.
They download the app free on iPhone or Android and join with your invite code or QR code.
They clock in on the Clock tab.
Pick the site, tap CLOCK IN. At the end of the day, tap CLOCK OUT. With no signal, the time is kept on the phone and sent later.
You approve the hours.
Open Timesheets, check the week and tap Approve. On Pro, Payroll works out the pay from the approved hours and exports it for your accounts.
Questions about clocking in
What people ask about the clock.
Can I make staff clock in only when they are at the site?
Yes, on Standard and Pro. Give the project its address when you make it, and the app only lets people clock in within the Clock-in distance of it: 300 metres unless you change it, from 100 metres to 2 kilometres. Someone too far away is told how far they are. The app takes one location reading at clock-in, and nothing more.
What happens if someone forgets to clock out?
Nothing ends a shift by itself, because people work overtime. Two hours after their rota shift was due to end, or 14 hours after clocking in when there is no rota shift, the app asks them “When did you finish?” and sends a reminder. They pick the time they really finished, or say they are still working. Two hours after that, their managers are told as well, and a manager can end the shift at the right time. A long shift is marked on Timesheets, and the app asks before you approve it.
Does it work with no signal?
Yes. Clock in and out as normal: the time is kept on the phone and sent as soon as the app is back online. With a signal, the time recorded is the server’s, not the phone’s. If a time saved offline differs by more than 10 minutes from when it reached the server, the shift is marked “Time changed on phone”, which you and the person can both see.
Does the app track staff all day?
No. It takes one location reading when someone clocks in, and only where the on-site check applies: on Standard and Pro, at a project with an address. It never reads location at clock-out, in the background or at any other time, and the app never asks for background location access.
Can someone clock in at a site they are not rostered on?
Not unless you allow it. The Clock tab offers only the sites where the person is on the rota that day, so nobody clocks in on the wrong job. A manager can switch that rule off for the company, and then every open site is offered.
Does it export to payroll?
Yes, on Pro. Payroll works out each person’s pay from their approved hours and hourly rate, and exports a CSV for Xero, Sage or QuickBooks, or a summary and a shift-by-shift file for your accountant. The exports are files you download and import, not a live link.
How much does a clocking in system cost?
Build Halt is free for up to 5 people and 2 projects, with the clock, the rota and timesheets included. Standard is £35 a month and Pro £69 a month for up to 30 people, or £29 and £59 a month paid yearly. Extra people are £4 each a month. Try Standard or Pro free for 14 days.
Do we need a clocking-in machine or tablet?
No. Everyone clocks in on their own phone, iPhone or Android, and the app is free to download. Managers see the hours in the app or in a web browser. There is no hardware to buy, mount or keep charged.
Pricing
Employee management, one price for the whole team.
Not per person, and not per add-on. Try Standard or Pro free for 14 days, then keep the one your team can’t do without.
Try Standard or Pro for 14 days, free.
Add a card to start; nothing is charged until day 14. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Standard
Recommended£348 billed yearly · save £72
For teams that need to know who is really on site. Up to 30 people.
Everything in Free, plus
- Job chat and photos
- Photo proof and files on tasks
- Announcements and team contacts
- Time off requests
- Forms and daily safety checks
- Clock-in only within a set distance of the site
- Documents and materials
- Up to 30 people, and as many projects as you need
Not included
- Before and after photos, checked by AI
- Site reports and end-of-day summaries
- Payroll and CSV exports
- Job costing
- Clients
- Guest access
- AI assistant
- No charge for 14 days
- Web app on every plan
- Cancel in the trial, pay nothing
- Prices include VAT
- Your data is stored in the EU
FAQ
Questions,answered.
The things people ask before they move their team over.
Still stuck? support@buildhalt.com
Build Halt is a workforce management app for the deskless workforce: teams who work on sites, on the road or on the shop floor rather than at a desk. It covers employee management from the rota and clock-in to timesheets, tasks, time off and pay, on a phone or on the web. It is made by Build Halt Limited, a UK company, and is available now on the App Store and Google Play.