Which timesheet software works well for Indian businesses?

It depends on what you need. If you run a service business and want timesheets, attendance, leave and project costs in one tool priced in rupees, Trakkar is built for that.

Does Trakkar fill in timesheets automatically?

For desktop work, yes. When staff track time in the Trakkar desktop app on Windows or macOS, each session goes onto their timesheet under its project and task. If hours need fixing, the person sends a time correction request for their manager to approve.

How do timesheet approvals work in Trakkar?

Managers approve their direct reports' time correction requests and leave. Time tracked in the desktop app goes onto the timesheet as it is tracked, and any change to it goes through a correction request.

Is there free timesheet software in India?

Yes. Some tools have free plans, and Trakkar offers a free weekly timesheet template in Excel and CSV. Trakkar itself has no free plan, but you can try every feature free for 14 days with no credit card needed.

How much does Trakkar timesheet software cost?

Trakkar has one plan, Premium, at ₹120 per user per month plus GST. You pay upfront for 6 months at ₹114 or 12 months at ₹108 per user per month. A 10 person team on a 12 month term pays ₹12,960 plus GST.

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Timesheet Software for Indian Businesses

Trakkar is time tracking, attendance and project software for Indian service businesses, priced in rupees. Timesheet software records the hours each person works and what they worked on, so you stop chasing spreadsheets every Friday. Trakkar builds timesheets from time tracked against projects and tasks in its desktop app, puts leave, overtime and time corrections in one approval queue, and costs ₹120 per user per month plus GST.

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This page covers what timesheet software does, when a spreadsheet stops being enough, what Indian businesses should check before buying, and how Trakkar handles timesheets, attendance and approvals. Prices are in rupees.

What is timesheet software?

Timesheet software records how many hours each person worked, on which day, and on what. Instead of typing hours into a sheet on Friday from memory, people track time as they work, against a client, project or task. Managers check the hours, approve corrections, and use the totals to plan work, check project costs and keep attendance records.

Most timesheet tools capture time in one of three ways:

A timer or desktop tracker that records time while someone works on a task.
Manual entries for work done away from the computer.
Clock in and clock out for attendance, often from a phone.

Spreadsheet timesheet or timesheet software

A shared spreadsheet works for a small team. It gets harder once you're chasing sheets every week, fixing project names typed three different ways, and adding up totals by hand.

Spreadsheet timesheet compared with Trakkar
	Spreadsheet timesheet	Trakkar
How hours get in	Typed in by each person, often from memory	Tracked against projects and tasks in the desktop app
Fixing mistakes	Anyone with access edits the cell	Time correction request, approved by a manager
Attendance and leave	A separate register or sheet	In the same tool, with one approval queue
Hours by project	Totals you add up yourself	Grouped by project and task as you track
Project cost	Worked out by hand	Cost to date and margin in the Project margins view
Price	Free	₹120/user/month + GST

Not ready to switch yet. Start with our free weekly timesheet template in Excel and CSV.

What Indian businesses should check in timesheet software

Price in rupees, with GST. Work out the full cost for your team size, including GST and any forex charge on a US dollar plan.
Attendance and leave in the same tool. When timesheets and attendance sit in different apps, they rarely match at month end.
Approvals. Corrections and leave should go to a manager, not get edited quietly.
Phone and desktop apps. Check which platforms the vendor actually ships, and what each app can do.
Screenshots you control. If a tool takes screenshots, check that they're optional and that your team knows what's captured.
Hours by project and client, if you run client work.

For a side by side look at tools on price and features, see the best time tracking software in India.

How timesheets work in Trakkar

Install the desktop app on Windows or macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel). A Linux version is coming soon. Get it from the download page. Trakkar also runs on the web.
Track time against a project and task. Every session belongs to a person, a date, a project and a task, so the week's timesheet is already grouped by project.
Keep idle time out of project cost. With the idle setting on, idle time is removed from the cost of a project.
Keep working when the internet drops. If you lose your connection, a running timer keeps going and your time syncs when you're back online. Screenshots pause while offline.
Correct hours through a request. If someone needs to fix their time, they send a time correction request and their manager approves it.

Phone apps, boards and standups

The Android and iOS apps handle clock-in, clock-out and leave requests. They are not a general task timer, but on Android, tasks set to Field mode run a GPS timer for work done on site. Screenshots are optional, and screenshots and app usage tracking are desktop only.

Work is planned on a Kanban board with your own status columns, or on a timeline (Gantt-style) view of tasks by project. An async daily standup fills in from yesterday's tasks and time, with blockers and nudges, so everyone stays up to date without a morning call.

Attendance, leave and approvals next to the timesheet

One queue for every request. Leave, WFH, time corrections, overtime and expenses all go to Time > Requests > To approve.
Overdue first. Overdue requests come first, then the ones waiting longest.
Approve from your phone. Managers can approve requests from the mobile app.
Attendance in the same place. Staff clock in and out on the Android and iOS apps, next to the hours they track.

From timesheet to project cost

Set an hourly cost for each person, with effective dates, and a project rate where it differs. For each project, enter its fixed contract value. The Project margins view shows value, cost to date, profit and margin, with a health badge: On track, Margin thin, Loss or No value set. Cost is each session's hours multiplied by that day's cost rate, with overtime multiplied too. You can download the table to Excel. Budget burn is tracked in hours.

Read more on project profitability tracking. If you also bill clients, Trakkar makes GST tax invoices with the client's GSTIN and one tax rate per invoice. Tracked hours don't flow into invoice lines, so you add amounts to each invoice yourself.

Who uses timesheet software like this

Agencies and IT services teams that work on client projects. See time tracking software for agencies.
CA firms and other professional practices that need hours by client and attendance in filing season. See time tracking software for CA firms.
Any Indian team that wants hours, attendance and leave in one tool instead of three sheets.

Pricing

One plan, Premium: ₹120 per user per month plus GST, with all features, billed in INR.
Paid upfront: 6 months at 5% off (₹114 per user per month) or 12 months at 10% off (₹108 per user per month). No monthly billing and no auto-renewal.
Free trial: 14 days, no credit card needed to sign up.
Outside India, the price is $5 per user per month.

For a 10 person team, a 12 month term is ₹12,960 plus GST. See the pricing page or book a 30 minute demo.

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Frequently asked questions

Timesheet software records how many hours each person worked, on which day and on what task, project or client. Managers check the hours and approve corrections, and the totals feed planning, project costs and attendance records.