Septic service tech time tracking, without the timer.
How a septic service tech's day actually looks
Most time-tracking apps assume a steady, predictable day. A septic service tech's day is the opposite. You're pumping tanks and inspecting leach fields, switching between addresses like Residential properties, Commercial sites, Septic tank installations, and doing tasks like Pumping out septic tanks, Inspecting drain fields, Clearing clogged lines. Timers get forgotten. Manually entering jobsites in advance does not match how calls actually come in.
Friction septic service techs tell us about
- Tracking mileage between remote residential properties and the disposal site
- Justifying service call fees for long-distance travel in rural areas
- Losing track of time spent on unexpected repairs discovered during a routine pump-out
- The difficulty of logging trips to the treatment plant while managing heavy hoses and equipment
How TradesTimer handles it
- Automatically logs every trip to the disposal site for tax-ready mileage
- Captures every stop from the first pump-out to the last inspection without touching a timer
- Provides a clear record of time spent at each site to justify service call fees
- No need to manually log stops while handling heavy equipment or clearing lines
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.