GPS timecards for field crews

The timecard is now a matter of record.

Handwriting hours from memory made sense when the alternative was nothing. Punchless writes the record from GPS while the work happens — to the minute, no rounding — and keeps the original next to every edit. Payroll disputes end where the paper trail begins.

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Certified TimecardNO. 04-1042
07:48Left shop — transit beginsDRIVE
08:12Arrived Job #1042 — geofence entryON-SITE
09:02Break — 30 minEDITED ✎
→ Break — 45 min. Changed by R. Merrill, “crew waited on inspector.” Original kept.
11:26Left Job #1042 — geofence exitDRIVE
RECORDED BY GPS
NOTHING TYPED FROM MEMORY
EXACT · NO ROUNDING
RECORDING LIVE
To the minute
ROUNDING REMOVED ENTIRELY
Every edit kept
ORIGINAL · REASON · NAME
Crew sees it too
SAME RECORD YOU APPROVE FROM
Payroll-ready
GUSTO · ADP · PAYCHEX · CSV
Exhibit 01 · Keep scrolling

Watch the record write itself.

● AT SHOPTRIGGERED BY A BOUNDARY, NOT A CLOCK
Draft timecard — TueM. TORRES · CREW 2
07:48Left shop — transit beginsDRIVE
08:12Arrived Job #1042 — geofence entryON-SITE
11:26Left Job #1042 — geofence exitDRIVE
11:47Back at shop — shift pausedSHOP
Drive
0m
On-site
0m
REVIEW-READY
EXACT TIMES · NO ROUNDING · EVERY EDIT KEEPS THE ORIGINAL
Exhibit 02 · How the tracking works

Triggered by a boundary, not by a clock.

Punchless tracks four states. Geofence crossings at your shop and job sites trigger the transitions — the events that build the timecard. No punch-ins, no end-of-day forms, no second-by-second trail of your whole day.

● AT SHOP

At shop

The day starts inside the shop geofence. Time here is logged as shop time — loading trucks counts.

● IN TRANSIT

In transit

Crossing out of a geofence starts drive time. Every minute between sites lands on the draft, classified.

● ON SITE

On site

Entering a job-site geofence starts on-site time against that job — exact entry, exact exit, no rounding.

● UNKNOWN STOP

Unknown stop

A stop that matches no geofence gets flagged for review instead of guessed — the manager decides, and the decision is recorded.

One tap to pause tracking anytimeNothing collected off shift — evenings and weekends are yoursTechnicians see their own record, the same one you approve from
Exhibit 03 · The case for switching

Punchless vs. the pencil.

~5%OF PAYROLL LOST TO GUESSED HOURS, ON OUR MODEL
Manual timecardsPunchless
Where the record comes fromWritten down afterwards, from memoryWritten as the work happens, from GPS
How exact it isEstimates that land on the half hourTo the minute — rounding removed entirely
If someone disputes the hoursYour word against theirsShow where the crew was, and who changed what
If a manager edits itNothing records that it changedThe edit keeps the original, the reason, the name
What the worker can seeWhatever they are shownTheir own record — the same one you approve
Manager time per week2–4 hours chasing and re-entering15–20 minutes reviewing and approving

The full calculation is published and every input is yours to change — our default of 22 minutes a day is deliberately below the figures the industry quotes. Run your own numbers →

Exhibit 04 · Who you are buying from

No logo wall. Just my name on it.

Punchless is new. We don't have thousands of logos to show you, and we're not going to borrow anyone else's. What you get instead is the person who wrote it: I answer the support email, I take the setup calls, and if the product can't do something I'll tell you on the call instead of after the invoice.

Kruz Merrill, founder of Punchless
Kruz Merrill
Founder, Punchless · Merrill Digital Systems · Utah
The 30-day promise

Run one crew for one pay period. If Punchless hasn't cut the time you spend chasing and correcting timecards, email me and I'll export your data in a format your next tool can read — and help you move it. No retention call, no cancellation form.

01We publish the math

The savings calculator shows every assumption and lets you overwrite all of them. Our default of 22 minutes a day is deliberately below what the industry quotes, because we cannot trace where those figures came from.

02We say where rivals win

Timeero does automatic clock-in for roughly a third of our price. busybusy has a genuinely free tier. Both are on our comparison pages, in writing, because you will find out anyway.

03We tell your crew first

There is a page written for technicians, not for you: what gets recorded, what never does, and how to pause it. Send it to your team before you enrol them.

Exhibit 05 · Pricing

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Every plan starts with 30 days free — full access, no credit card. Priced per crew, never per person: unlimited workers on every plan. No contracts, cancel anytime. Full feature matrix →

Solo

One crew, and a record that holds up.

$0/ month
  • GPS-built draft timecards
  • Your state's overtime and break rules
  • Exact time, never rounded
  • Every edit kept beside the original
  • Up to 3 workers, one crew
Start 30 days free
MOST POPULAR

Core

The whole field-service office.

$99/ month
  • Everything in Solo, unlimited workers
  • Payroll export — Gusto, ADP, Paychex, CSV
  • Jobs, customers, invoicing and estimates
  • Route optimization and live dispatch board
  • 2 crews included, then $39 each
Start 30 days free

Compliance

For when somebody asks you to prove it.

$299/ month
  • Everything in Core
  • More than one state's rules at once
  • Meal, rest and split-shift premiums
  • Pay periods with locking
  • Wage-claim defence pack
  • QuickBooks sync and API access
Start 30 days free

Prevailing Wage

Public works, with the hours to match.

$799/ month
  • Everything in Compliance
  • Per employee, per project, per day hours
  • Straight, OT and doubletime in each day
  • Davis-Bacon fringe kept separate
  • Journeyworker and apprentice designations
Start 30 days free
For resellers & HR firms

Run Punchless as your own product

Wholesale per-seat pricing, every client from one login, full white-label branding on your own domain. Schedule a partner call →

Need a full operations system?

Custom build by the same hands

Merrill Digital Systems builds custom platforms that replace multiple subscriptions. Scope a custom system →

Exhibit 06 · FAQ

Questions your crew will ask.

Especially the ones about being tracked. There's a page written for technicians, not for you — send it to your crew before you enrol them.

Does it track employees all day long?+

Only during shift hours. When a shift starts, GPS activates and location is visible to the manager on the live crew map. When the shift ends or the app closes, tracking stops completely. Nothing is collected on personal time, evenings, or weekends.

What about lunch breaks and personal time?+

If a technician needs privacy during the workday, the one-tap Pause button stops all tracking until they resume. Off shift, tracking stops entirely.

What if the GPS clock-in time is wrong?+

Managers can edit any GPS-generated entry before approval — the GPS record is always a draft, and human review is the final step. Every change keeps what it said before, what it says now, who changed it and why.

Will background GPS drain the battery?+

Less than continuous tracking — the app samples at most once a minute, and only after the phone has moved about 30 metres. We do not publish a battery percentage we have not measured; run one crew for a week during the trial and measure it on your own phones.

Is GPS tracking of employees legal?+

In most U.S. states, yes — with proper written disclosure to employees before enrollment. We recommend a written GPS policy in your employee handbook. We are not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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CREWS RUN ON iOS & ANDROID · GPS SIGNALS IN → TIMECARDS OUT