Mobile auto detailer time tracking, without the timer.
How a mobile auto detailer's day actually looks
Most time-tracking apps assume a steady, predictable day. A mobile auto detailer's day is the opposite. You're buffing paint and deep-cleaning interiors, switching between addresses like Client driveways, Corporate office parking lots, Auto showrooms, and doing tasks like Clay bar treatment, Ceramic coating application, Engine bay decontamination. Timers get forgotten. Manually entering jobsites in advance does not match how calls actually come in.
Friction mobile auto detailers tell us about
- Losing track of transit time between back-to-back detail appointments
- Forgetting to log small mileage increments when moving between different neighborhoods
- Difficulty justifying extra labor time spent on heavy soil removal during a 'quick' wipe-down
- Missing tax-deductible miles when driving between far-flung client locations
How TradesTimer handles it
- Automatic stop detection captures work duration without interrupting your workflow
- Hands-free mileage logging for every trip between clients
- Automatically rounded billable hours for every jobsite visit
- Zero manual input needed, so you stay focused on the paint, not your phone
Free. The whole app.
The whole time-tracking app is free — no trial, no feature gate, no ads, no per-user fees. (Encrypted cloud backup is on the roadmap.)
- Automatic day reconstruction from background GPS
- Unlimited stops, drives, and days
- Review and edit any block
- Rounded billable-hours summary, shareable as plain text
- Automatic mileage log, exportable for taxes
- 7-day summary view
- All location data stays on your device
Your location history stays on your phone.
There is no TradesTimer server storing your location trails. No account. No sign-up. Your GPS history lives on the device that recorded it — for as long as you want it. The only time anything leaves your phone is when you choose to share your billable-hours summary yourself.
The app does not talk to any third-party service with your location. Nothing about where you've been is uploaded anywhere. See the privacy policy for the full detail.