Remote hourly-work transparency tool

Help small teams reconcile remote hours without spyware-style monitoring

Problem

After hiring their first remote hourly workers, small shop owners found self-reported timesheets didn't match reality—but they didn't want screenshot or screen-recording tools that feel like surveillance and damage trust. There's no middle ground between accurate hours and respectful tracking.

Solution

A lightweight time tracker: workers start and stop work sessions with one click, and the system records active windows and focus duration, showing aggregated trends rather than screen contents. Owners see reconciliation gaps and can ask for confirmation; workers see their own data. Transparent, not invasive.

Users

Small teams of 5–20, shops, and agencies with remote hourly workers and no HR system, who need accurate hours but care about how staff feel.

MVP

One-click start/stop timer for workers; record active periods, not screenshots; weekly auto-summary with anomaly flags; both sides can confirm discrepancies; export CSV for payroll.

Revenue

Monthly per-seat subscription with free worker accounts; or tiered by number of tracked workers.

Why now

With remote and hybrid work normalized, small teams genuinely need non-invasive time tools, while existing products are either heavy surveillance or plain spreadsheets. An indie dev can build an MVP with a browser extension and simple backend in weeks.