The overtime nobody remembers
Weeks of staying late, covering shifts, swapping rotas. At the end of the quarter you ask about time off in lieu — and no one kept count. Without your own timesheet, it's your word against the shift book.
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You've put in extra hours again — but nothing's written down?
Your working hours.
Every shift on record.
Clock in, clock out — WageGuard is the timesheet app that automatically calculates your net hours and overtime against your personal daily target. With an optional GPS stamp, a monthly PDF timesheet, and everything stored completely offline.
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What WageGuard tracks for you
One-tap time clock
Start and end your shift with a single tap. Your net working time updates live as the shift runs — a timesheet that keeps itself.
Automatic overtime tracker
WageGuard works out your overtime automatically against your personal daily target hours, so every extra minute is on record.
Optional GPS stamp
Attach a location when you clock in or out — foreground only, no background tracking, no geofencing.
PDF timesheet export
Monthly report with all shifts and overtime — export as a clean PDF in one tap (Premium).
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Why you should keep your own timesheet of working hours
End of the month and your hours don't add up, overtime doesn't appear on your payslip, and no one was keeping track. Many employees face exactly this. Without your own complete timesheet, it becomes your word against the rota. That's what WageGuard is for: a work hours tracker and personal time clock that keeps a full log of every shift and overtime hour so you stay in control.
Tap to start a shift, tap to end it. WageGuard deducts your breaks, calculates net hours and compares them to your personal daily target — the overtime tracker does the maths automatically. Missed shifts can be added manually, and at month end you export a clean PDF timesheet. Following the EU Court of Justice ruling on working-time records (C-55/18), employees across Europe have a recognised interest in keeping their own contemporaneous log.
All your data stays on your device. No account, no server, no cloud, no data sharing. The optional GPS stamp only activates while you are actively using the app — no background tracking, no geofencing. WageGuard documents your hours as a timesheet app for employees; it tracks and calculates, it is not a substitute for legal advice.
Keeping a timesheet: what belongs in every entry
A timesheet is your proof in a dispute — but only when it is complete. “Worked as usual today” helps no one when it later comes down to overtime or missing pay. Every entry should hold at least this much:
- Date and the weekday of the shift
- Start and end of the working time, to the minute
- Breaks with their duration — they do not count as work time
- Task or project, if you need to tell several apart
- Overtime marked separately, so it never slips through
- Place or site, if it changes
Scribbled on a note in your jacket pocket, that soon gets lost. WageGuard asks for the same fields every shift and totals the hours automatically — offline and private on your device. So at the end of the month you have a clean record instead of a guess from memory.
Why your own timesheet pays off
Only your own record lets you check the payslip in the first place. Are the paid hours right? Is the overtime captured? Are the breaks correctly deducted? Without a record of your own you often miss an error entirely — and if you do notice, the evidence is missing.
Overtime especially. To be paid for it, in case of dispute you must set out and prove when and how long you worked — your own gapless timesheet is the natural basis for that. Germany also has recording duties: § 16 Abs. 2 ArbZG requires employers to record hours beyond the standard workday, and § 17 MiLoG prescribes documentation of working time in certain sectors.
Whether you are owed overtime or back-pay depends on the case and on your contract. WageGuard gives you the ordered basis, but it is not a substitute for legal or tax advice — a works council, a union or an employment lawyer can help when it gets serious.
How to record your work time properly
A good timesheet is built shift by shift, not from memory at the end of the month. Here is how to go about it:
- Record immediately: enter start and end straight away rather than estimating them later.
- Note breaks honestly: breaks correctly deducted make your record credible.
- Mark overtime: note whatever went beyond the agreed time — with date and duration.
- Reconcile regularly: compare your hours against the payslip while everything is still fresh.
- Keep it protected: your records stay offline on your device, with no account.
That way you do not walk into a conversation about your pay with a vague feeling, but with a record anyone can follow — the best basis for making sure every hour you worked is paid in the end.
Three situations many workers will recognise
The payslip that doesn't add up
Your payslip arrives and the hours are short. You're certain you worked more — but all you have is a few scattered notes on your phone. A complete monthly timesheet would give you the figures in black and white.
The tradesperson on site
Changing job sites, long commutes, no terminal to clock in. Tradespeople and field workers rarely have a central time-tracking system and end up reconstructing hours from memory each evening. A tap when you arrive and when you leave, logged by a shift tracker, removes all the guesswork.
All three situations share the same pattern: without your own timesheet you lose track — and in a dispute, you may lose the hours too. With a clear work hours tracker, your working time stays where it belongs: with you.
Frequently asked questions
Does WageGuard work without internet?
Yes, WageGuard is 100% offline. Every shift, break and overtime entry stays exclusively on your device. No account, no registration, no cloud, no data sharing — a timesheet app that answers to you alone.
How is overtime calculated?
You set your personal daily target — for example eight hours. WageGuard deducts your breaks from the clocked time and compares net hours against your target. The difference is your overtime. The monthly summary shows contracted hours, actual hours and the balance at a glance.
Am I being tracked by GPS?
No. The GPS location stamp is optional and activates only while you are actively clocking a shift. There is no background tracking, no geofencing and no hidden location monitoring. You decide per shift whether a location is saved.
What does WageGuard cost?
Time tracking is unlimited — all core features of the work hours tracker with no shift limit. The PDF timesheet export and an experience without ads unlock with a single one-time in-app purchase. No subscription, no recurring charges.
Which languages does the app support?
WageGuard is available in 24 languages — all official EU languages. This makes the timesheet app ideal for mobile workers and tradespeople who work across borders.
More tools around work
Working time is only one part of your working day. Anyone who wants to track time per client and project as a freelancer, document business trips and mileage or record problems at work will find equally data-sparing tools for it — offline and with no account.
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