The problem with traditional timesheets isn't laziness — it's that they're filled in long after the fact, away from the work. DuoApp flips that around by tracking time from real site activity, so the timesheet is a record of what happened rather than a guess made on Friday afternoon.

How hours are captured

Rather than asking people to enter hours from scratch, DuoApp builds timesheets from on-site activity through the mobile app — when someone is on a job and working against its tasks. The result is a draft timesheet that already reflects reality, which a person then confirms rather than invents.

Reviewing and editing

Automatic doesn't mean unchecked. Captured hours are there to be reviewed — a manager or the person themselves can adjust for breaks, corrections or anything the system couldn't know. The point is to start from an accurate draft and tidy it, instead of starting from a blank grid:

  • Confirm the hours that are right as captured.
  • Adjust for breaks, early finishes or corrections.
  • Allocate time to the right project where needed.
// Why it's more accurate

Captured, not remembered

  • Hours reflect real site activity, not end-of-week recall
  • Time is tied to the project it was worked on
  • Edits are visible, so the record stays honest
  • Nothing has to be re-typed from scraps of paper

Approval

Timesheets can run through the same smart approvals as everything else, so the right manager signs off the hours before they're used. That sign-off is recorded, which matters when hours feed pay.

Into payroll

Once approved, hours are clean, allocated and ready to use — exportable for payroll rather than re-keyed into it. Because the time is tied to projects, it also feeds the cost picture on each job, so labour isn't a number you only discover at the end.

Honest by design

Every edit to a timesheet is visible in the record. That protects everyone — the worker who's paid for the hours they did, and the business that can show how a timesheet was arrived at. It's the same principle as the rest of DuoApp: capture it once, at the source, and keep the trail.

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