Automatic time tracking for locksmiths.
How a locksmith's day actually looks
Most time-tracking apps assume a steady, predictable day. A locksmith's day is the opposite. You're re-keying cylinders and installing high-security hardware, switching between addresses like Residential homes, Commercial storefronts, Automotive repair shops, and doing tasks like Picking failed locks, Replacing deadbolts, Re-keying entire properties. Timers get forgotten. Manually entering jobsites in advance does not match how calls actually come in.
Friction locksmiths tell us about
- Missing mileage on late-night emergency calls to remote areas
- Losing track of drive time between high-frequency residential stops
- Difficulty justifying labor hours on complex, multi-cylinder re-keying jobs
How TradesTimer handles it
- Automatic mileage log for every trip between service calls
- Auto-detected stops capture every minute spent on-site
- Zero-effort tracking so you can focus on the lock, not the app
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.