New in Working Timer: Smarter Notifications (Fully Customizable)

Time tracking only works when it’s consistent—and consistency is hard when you’re busy. That’s why we’re rolling out a new set of Working Timer notifications you can enable and fine-tune right from the app.

You can configure them in two places:

• Notification Settings screen (your control center: what’s enabled, when it triggers, and how often)

• Counter screen (quick access while you’re actively tracking time)

These alerts are designed to be helpful, not noisy—with clear triggers and practical actions (start, stop, take a break, submit report).

What notifications can you enable?

1) Start Work Time

Purpose: Helps you start tracking on time—no more “I forgot to clock in.”
Typical triggers:

• At a specific time (e.g., 8:00 AM on workdays)

• Based on your routine (optional, if you use schedules)

Best for: People with regular shifts or anyone who forgets to start the timer.

2) End Work Time

Purpose: Prevents accidentally leaving the timer running into the evening.
Typical triggers:

• At a set time (e.g., 5:00 PM)

• When your planned work window ends (optional)

Best for: Anyone who’s ever discovered an “11-hour workday” they didn’t actually do.

3) Overtime Alert

Purpose: Keep overtime under control—or track it intentionally.
Typical triggers:

• Notify when you’re approaching overtime (e.g., 15 minutes before)

• Notify when overtime starts (threshold reached)

Best for: Hourly workers, shift workers, and anyone tracking compliance or payroll accuracy.

4) Break Start

Purpose: Reminds you to take breaks on time—especially useful when you’re focused.
Typical triggers:

• After X minutes of work (e.g., every 2 hours)

• At a scheduled time (e.g., lunch break)

Best for: Long sessions, routine-based workdays, and avoiding burnout.

5) Break End

Purpose: Helps you return to work on time and keep break duration accurate.
Typical triggers:

• After your break duration ends (e.g., 30 minutes)

Best for: People who want clean timesheets and accurate break accounting.

6) Missing Punch

Purpose: Catches common timekeeping mistakes before they ruin your log.
Examples of “missing punch” situations:

• You started work but never started the timer

• You ended work but forgot to stop the timer

• You took a break but didn’t record it

Best for: Everyone—this is one of the highest-impact notification types for improving accuracy.

7) Daily Summary

Purpose: A quick overview of your day—without opening reports.
Typical content:

• Total worked time

• Break time

• Overtime (if any)

• Last tracked activity

Best for: Anyone who wants a simple daily “closure” routine.

8) Work Report Submit

Purpose: Turns time tracking into a completed workflow: track → review → submit.
Typical triggers:

• End of day

• End of week (optional, depending on your reporting flow)

Best for: Contractors, teams, and anyone who needs to send timesheets regularly.

9) Inactivity (3 days)

Purpose: A gentle nudge if you stop using the app—so you don’t lose the habit.
Trigger:

• No activity for 3 days

Best for: New users, people building a routine, or anyone who tracks intermittently.

Why this matters (and how it helps)

These notifications are built to solve the most common time-tracking problems:

• Forgetting to start/stop → Start Work Time, End Work Time, Missing Punch

• Overrunning work hours → Overtime Alert

• Breaks not being recorded → Break Start, Break End

• Lack of consistency → Inactivity (3 days), Daily Summary

• Time tracking not “closing the loop” → Work Report Submit

In practice, this means:

• cleaner timesheets

• fewer manual fixes

• better weekly reporting

• more accurate overtime and break accounting

Tips to set them up without getting spammed

If you want notifications that stay useful long-term:

• Enable Missing Punch + End Work Time first (highest accuracy boost)

• Add Daily Summary if you like a daily ritual

• Use Overtime only if you actually track thresholds

• Keep Inactivity on (it’s rare and helpful)

Where to find it

Open Working Timer → Notifications or Counter settings → Notification Settings to customize everything.
And when you’re tracking time, you can quickly manage key alerts from the Counter screen.