Stop guessing who was actually here.
Timely turns staff hours into something you can trust — a quick QR scan to clock in and out, live shift visibility, and a monthly total that adds itself up.
Built for the way real shops run
Tracking a shift by hand is a slow, expensive guess.
A notebook by the till or a rack of punch cards feels simple — until payday, when nobody can prove who worked what.
“I’m sure I started at 9.”
Hand-written start and end times are an honour system. A few rounded-up minutes per person, per day, quietly becomes hours you’re paying for that nobody worked.
Punch cards lie too.
Stamp clocks get buddy-punched, jammed, or “forgotten.” Correcting one bad stamp means a pen, an initial, and a story you have to take on faith.
You can’t see “now.”
Who’s actually behind the counter this minute? With paper, you find out by walking over. There’s no way to glance and know who is on the clock right now.
Fixing a mistake is a chore.
Someone forgot to sign out, or wrote the wrong day. Editing it means re-copying a whole row, recalculating by hand, and hoping the totals still tie out.
Month-end is a calculator marathon.
At the end of the month it’s you, a pile of sheets, and a calculator — adding fifteen-minute fragments across thirty days for every single person. One slip and a paycheck is wrong.
Disputes have no referee.
When a staff member says they worked more and the sheet says less, whose handwriting wins? Without a trustworthy record, every disagreement is a coin-flip.
Timely replaces the notebook, the stamp clock, and the calculator with one record everyone can trust.
Hours you can trust, without the busywork.
Everything you need to record, watch, correct, and total your team’s time — and nothing you don’t.
QR clock-in you can trust
Staff scan a store code that changes every minute, so a punch can only happen at your counter — not from the bus, not from a friend’s phone.
See who’s on shift, live
A real-time view of everyone currently clocked in. Glance once and know exactly who’s working — from the back office or from home.
Edit a shift in seconds
Forgot to clock out? Wrong time? Open the shift, fix the minutes, done. Every total recalculates itself instantly — no eraser required.
Monthly totals, automatically
Every staff member’s hours add themselves up by the day and the month. When payday comes, the number is already waiting — calculator-free.
Every staff member, one place
Add your team, give each person a simple login, and keep all of their shifts and totals together — per store, neatly separated.
One honest record
No more “he-said, she-said.” Each clock-in is timestamped and tied to a person, so disputes settle themselves and payroll stays fair.
From clock-in to payday, without paper.
Timely follows a shift the whole way — captured at the counter, visible in real time, correctable in a tap, and totalled for you at month-end.
Up and running in three steps.
No hardware to buy, no installer to run. If your team has a phone, you’re ready.
Create your store
Sign up free and pick a short store handle. Add your staff and give each one a simple login — that’s the whole setup.
Staff scan to clock in
Put the store’s rotating QR code at the counter. To start or end a shift, staff scan it from their own phone. The code only works on the spot.
Watch & total automatically
See who’s on shift in real time, correct anything in a tap, and let monthly hours add themselves up — ready the moment you need them.
It’s free. Really.
Timely is free to use. Track your staff’s time without a subscription, a contract, or a credit card.
Every store
No card. No trial timer. No catch.
- Unlimited staff & shifts
- Rotating QR clock-in
- Live “on shift now” view
- One-tap shift edits
- Automatic monthly totals
Provided “as is”, with no warranties. See our Terms of Service.
Good to know.
Yes. Creating a store, adding staff, clocking shifts, and reading your monthly totals are all free to use. There’s no credit card and no trial countdown.
The code on display at your store changes every minute and is unique to that store. A scan only counts if it matches the current code, so staff have to be physically at the counter to start or end a shift.
No. You display the QR code on any screen or printout, and your staff scan it with the phones they already carry. There’s nothing to install and nothing to wire up.
You can open the shift and correct the times in seconds. The daily and monthly totals recalculate themselves the moment you save.
Timely is a free service provided strictly “as is.” We make no guarantees of availability, accuracy, or data retention, and we accept no liability for any loss. Keep your own records of anything important, and please read the Terms of Service before you rely on it.
Give your hours a record everyone can trust.
Set up your first store in minutes and never chase a paper timesheet again.
No credit card required.