QuickBooks Desktop time tracking

Job time from the field to your weekly timesheets

QuickTrack is the time clock for the shop and the road. Techs clock on to open QuickBooks jobs from their phones, add notes and photos as they work, and the office reviews and approves the hours before they post to QuickBooks Desktop. No paper tickets, no re-typing.

Clock screen showing a technician clocked on with a running timer and a work notes box

How it works

Four steps from clock on to QuickBooks

Each hour follows the same clear path, with a review at every step, so the timesheet in QuickBooks matches what happened in the shop.

  1. Step 1

    Clock on

    Techs pick an open QuickBooks job on their phone and start the clock.

  2. Step 2

    Add notes and photos

    Work notes and job photos are attached to the time as the work happens.

  3. Step 3

    Review and approve

    Managers check each day, then the office approves the full week.

  4. Step 4

    Send to QuickBooks

    Approved hours post to the QuickBooks Desktop weekly timesheet.

For technicians

A simple clock that fits in a pocket

Big buttons, clear screens, and only the jobs that are open right now.

  • Clock on and off with one tap, tied to active QuickBooks customer jobs.
  • Switch jobs during the day without clocking off first.
  • Write work notes that save automatically, and add quick updates as you go.
  • Open the Job screen to see the work requested and every tech's corrective action notes.
  • Check My timesheet for daily totals and your available PTO balance.
My timesheet screen showing PTO available, the week total, and each day's hours

For managers and payroll

Review every hour before it's paid

A wide timesheet shows the whole crew's week at a glance: the punch times, the paid times, and the totals, all together.

Admin timesheet showing each employee's entries with punch times, paid times, billable hours, and approve buttons
Sample data. Punch times stay as recorded; paid times follow each person's schedule.

Day and week approval

Managers approve each day. The office approves the week, which queues it for QuickBooks.

Schedule and lunch rules

Start, lunch, and end times round to each person's setup, and overtime needs owner approval.

Send job now

Queue a finished COD job's time right away instead of waiting for Friday.

Notes beside the hours

See each tech's notes right on the timesheet to correct mistakes quickly.

Undo before sync

Undo any day or week approval until the hours are sent to QuickBooks.

PDF timesheets

Print weekly timesheets with lines for O/T, holiday, PTO, and A/R deduction.

QuickBooks Desktop connection

Works with the company file you already use

QuickTrack connects through the QuickBooks Web Connector, so it works with QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise without changing how the office works.

  • Jobs, service items, and employees come over from QuickBooks automatically.
  • Each entry carries the job, service item, payroll item, and the tech's notes.
  • Every entry is tagged, so the same hours are never sent twice.
  • Nothing is sent until the week is approved or a job is sent on purpose.
1

Phone

Tech clocks on and adds notes

2

QuickTrack

Daily review, then weekly approval

3

Web Connector

Picks up approved hours on its next run

4

QuickBooks Desktop

Hours land on the weekly timesheet

The Wall shop display

The whole shop on one TV

The Wall runs on the shop TV and updates on its own, with no sign-in. It shows who's on the clock, open jobs, and part orders, plus the date and time.

The Wall TV display showing parts on order with received status, who is on the clock, and open jobs with their age
Sample data. The Wall shows list prices only, never company costs.
Job numbers and customer names Parts status colors Job age since opened Live clock with seconds

Photos, summaries and documents

Show the customer what was done

Notes and photos collected during the job become clear paperwork when the job is done.

Photo library

Every job photo is named by customer and the time it was taken, so the whole team can find it later.

AI service summaries

Turn a tech's dated notes into a clean service summary that only uses the facts they wrote.

Job documents

Combine summaries, photos, and parts into one PDF or Word file to send to the customer.

Texting and customer inbox

Keep the crew and customers in the loop

Work texts go out from the shop's business number, only to people who said yes.

  • Text reminders to the crew, plus an automatic text at the 8 PM auto clock-out.
  • A shared inbox for customer texts and equipment photos, with replies from the shop number.
  • Delivered and failed status on every message, with one-tap retry.
  • Opt-in, STOP, and HELP handled automatically.

Security and control

The right access for every role

Each person sees only what their job needs, and every important change is checked before it's saved.

Role levels

Crew, manager, admin, and owner levels, each with its own screens.

Two-step sign-in

Admin accounts confirm a code from an authenticator app.

Location check

Punches are checked against the shop location.

Approval locks

Time that's been sent to QuickBooks can't be changed by accident.

Common questions

Good to know

Quick answers to the questions we hear most.

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