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Timecards from memory aren't timecards. They're guesses.

Punchless turns GPS signals into draft timecards automatically. Your crew stops guessing, you stop chasing. Review and approve in minutes, not hours.

No credit card required. 30 days free, then from $29/tech/month.

Weekly time sheet

WK 28

MON8h … ish
TUE7:30–4? left early
WED8h
THUcan't remember
FRIfrom memory
A guess

The record

Watch a timecard build itself

GPS · LIVE

At shop

Job #1042

Shift started — 7:48 AM

ShopJob siteShop

Draft timecard

Building…

Drive time0m
On-site — Job #10420m
Total0m

RECORDED BY GPS · NOTHING TYPED

01How GPS tracking actually works

Triggered by a boundary, not by a clock.

Punchless tracks four states: at shop, in transit, on site, and unknown stop. Geofence crossings at your shop and job sites trigger the state transitions - the events that build the timecard.

GPS is active during shift hours. Managers can see live crew locations on the map. Drive time is logged as in-transit, time at a job site is on-site. Both end up in the draft timecard - without anyone touching the app.

Job site arrivals and departures
In-transit drive time between jobs
One tap to pause tracking anytime
No second-by-second trail of your whole day
SHOPIN TRANSITdrive time loggedJOB SITEgeofence boundaryEntryon-site startsExiton-site endsIN TRANSITdrive time loggedSHOPTIMECARD AUTO-BUILT8:12 drive · 3h 14m on-site · Job #1042

02The case for switching

Punchless vs. Manual timecards.

Manual timecards cost field service companies an average of 5% of payroll in overpayments, disputes, and admin time. Here's why it keeps happening.

Feature
Manual timecards
Punchless
Time entry
Employee fills out form from memory
GPS builds the record automatically
Accuracy
Estimate-based - rounded to nearest 30 min
GPS-verified arrival and departure times
Disputes
Common - no source of truth
Rare - GPS audit trail resolves them fast
Manager time
2–4 hours/week chasing, correcting, re-entering
15–20 minutes reviewing and approving
Payroll errors
Regular - buddy punching, forgotten hours
Near zero - system-generated records
Employee friction
Daily forms, reminders, end-of-week scramble
Zero daily input - app runs in background

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03The engine

Three signals replace the entire timecard conversation.

GPS does the remembering

Every movement, stop, transit, and job arrival is captured automatically while your crew works. The engine cross-references that data with geofences, scheduled jobs, and work-order history to draft a review-ready timecard by end of shift.

No punch-ins. No end-of-day forms. No calls asking what time someone left a job. The system builds the record; your team confirms it.

01GPS patterns
02Work mode signals
03Job geofences
04Scheduled shifts

Live

Live crew visibility

See who is on site, in transit, or flagged for review right now - with job context attached.

Fit

Adapts to your workflow

Custom fields, configurable sensitivity, and industry defaults baked in from day one.

Payroll export

QuickBooksCSV import
ADPCSV export
GustoCSV export
PaychexCSV export
Any payrollStandard CSV

04Setup

Up and running before your next pay period.

Most teams are fully set up in an afternoon. We configure your workspace around your industry, then you invite your crew and the engine starts learning.

01

Answer a short intake

Tell us your industry, team size, and how jobs are structured. Takes about 5 minutes.

02

Get a configured workspace

Your account arrives pre-shaped with sensible defaults instead of a blank system to configure from scratch.

03

Invite your crew

Managers get dashboard access. Technicians download the mobile app and sign in with their work email.

04

Watch timecards build themselves

GPS, work mode, schedules, and geofences build draft timecards. You review and approve - no data entry.

Built for

HVACPlumbingPool serviceLandscapingElectricalProperty managementPest controlGeneral contracting

05Pricing

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial — full access, no credit card. Pay per tech, per month. No contracts, cancel anytime.

Essentials

GPS timecards that write themselves.

$29 / tech / mo

GPS-built draft timecards
Certified payroll, OT & break compliance
Live crew map, review & approval
Technician + manager mobile app
Jobs, work orders & customers
Price Book & Pool Service modules
QuickBooks & CSV payroll export
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Most popular

Pro

The full field-service office.

$49 / tech / mo

Everything in Essentials
Invoicing & estimates (1-tap approval)
Memberships & service agreements
Customer self-service portal
Inventory & purchasing
Marketing & reputation dashboard
Online booking, reviews, QuickBooks & API
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Elite

Optimize every route and dispatch.

$79 / tech / mo

Everything in Pro
Route optimization & auto-scheduling
Live dispatch board + mobile dispatch
Emergency job dispatch
Full module marketplace
Priority support & onboarding
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For resellers & HR firms — Partner

Run Punchless as your own product

Wholesale per-seat pricing, manage every client from one login, and full white-label branding — your name, logo, colors, and your own domain for your customers.

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Custom build

Need a full operations system?

Merrill Digital Systems can build a custom platform that replaces multiple subscriptions and connects the rest of your business.

Scope a custom system

For HR and payroll teams

Your clients are rebuilding timecards from memory every week.

Partner accounts let you deploy Punchless across multiple client workspaces, with reporting and controls scoped to each client. White-label discovery paths available.

06FAQ

Questions your team will ask.

Especially the ones about being tracked.

Q01

Does Punchless track employees all day long?

Only during shift hours. When a technician starts their shift, GPS tracking activates and their location becomes visible to their 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.

Q02

What about personal time and lunch breaks?

Punchless is only active during shift hours. During a shift, a technician's location is visible to their manager - that is how the live crew map works. If a technician needs privacy during the workday, the one-tap Pause button stops all tracking until they resume. When the shift ends, tracking stops entirely.

Q03

Can employees see their own location data?

Yes. Technicians can review their own timecard entries and the GPS events that generated them directly in the mobile app. There are no hidden records.

Q04

What if the GPS clock-in time is wrong?

Managers can edit any GPS-generated timecard before approval. The GPS record is always a draft - human review is the final step. The override is logged in the audit trail.

Q05

Is GPS tracking of employees legal?

In most U.S. states, yes - with proper written disclosure to employees before enrollment. Our Terms of Service require administrators to obtain any consent required by their local employment law. We recommend a written GPS policy in your employee handbook. We are not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

Q06

Will background GPS drain the phone battery?

Geofence-based tracking uses a fraction of the battery that continuous GPS polling does. The app relies on the phone's native geofencing APIs rather than constant GPS polling. In practice, most technicians see between 8–15% of daily battery used over a full work shift — comparable to having Maps open occasionally.

Q07

What happens to GPS data when an employee leaves the company?

GPS location data is retained for 12 months then permanently deleted. Approved timecard records are kept for 7 years for payroll compliance. When an employee is removed from your account, their data remains associated with your company account, not their personal profile.

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