TSheets is a cloud-based time tracking app now officially called QuickBooks Time. Intuit acquired TSheets and rebranded it in February 2021, folding it into the QuickBooks product family. The software itself didn’t change, just the name. If you’ve seen “TSheets” referenced on a job site, in a payroll setup, or by your employer, you’re looking at QuickBooks Time.
The tool lets businesses track employee hours across mobile devices, desktops, and shared kiosks. It’s used heavily by companies with field workers, hourly staff, or teams spread across multiple job sites.
What QuickBooks Time Actually Does
At its core, QuickBooks Time is a digital punch clock. Employees clock in and out from their phones, a web browser, or a shared tablet set up as a kiosk. Every entry gets logged with timestamps, and managers can review, edit, and approve timesheets before they flow into payroll.
Beyond basic time tracking, the platform includes several features aimed at businesses that manage mobile or distributed teams:
- GPS tracking: When employees clock in through the mobile app, they can share their location data while on the clock. The app does not track location when they’re clocked out. Admins can require employees to enable location sharing in order to punch in.
- Geofencing: You can draw a virtual boundary around a job site so employees get automatic reminders to clock in when they arrive and clock out when they leave.
- Shift scheduling: Managers can build schedules organized by job or shift and push them out to the team.
- Project tracking: Employees can log time against specific jobs, clients, or tasks, which helps with job costing and billing.
How Employees Clock In
There are three main ways employees interact with the system, and most businesses use a combination depending on where their people work.
The mobile app (QuickBooks Workforce) runs on iPhones, iPads, and Android phones and tablets. This is the go-to option for field workers, delivery drivers, or anyone who isn’t sitting at a desk. It’s where the GPS tracking features live.
For office or warehouse environments, the time kiosk turns a shared tablet or computer into a communal punch clock. It runs on iPads (iPadOS 9.0 or later), Android tablets (OS 4.4 or later), and desktop browsers like Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. If you want to enable photo capture at clock-in to verify identity, you’ll need Chrome 45 or later, Firefox 33 or later, or Microsoft Edge. The kiosk works best on screens at least 1024 by 768 pixels in landscape mode.
Employees can also track and edit time through a standard web browser on any laptop or desktop with an internet connection.
Pricing and How It Fits With QuickBooks
QuickBooks Time is sold as an add-on to QuickBooks Online subscriptions rather than as a fully standalone product. The QuickBooks Time Elite tier costs $5 per employee per month on top of your base QuickBooks subscription.
The base QuickBooks Online plans range from $38 per month for Simple Start (one user) up to $275 per month for Advanced. If you also run payroll through QuickBooks, assisted payroll adds $2.50 per employee per pay period. So for a company with 10 hourly employees on a QuickBooks Plus plan with time tracking and payroll, the monthly software cost adds up quickly. It’s worth mapping out the full stack before committing.
Integrations Beyond QuickBooks
Despite the QuickBooks branding, the platform connects with several third-party payroll providers. If your company already uses a different payroll system, you can often sync time data directly rather than switching everything to QuickBooks. Supported integrations include ADP, Square Payroll, Paychex Flex, OnPay, Justworks, and PaymentEvolution. The idea is that hours tracked in QuickBooks Time flow into your payroll provider without manual re-entry.
Who TSheets Is Built For
QuickBooks Time is designed primarily for businesses that need to track hourly labor, especially across multiple locations or job sites. Construction companies, landscaping crews, cleaning services, staffing agencies, and field service businesses are the core audience. The GPS and geofencing features exist specifically because these employers need to verify that workers are where they’re supposed to be.
If you’re a salaried employee at a desk job and your company uses QuickBooks Time, it’s likely for project tracking or billing purposes rather than attendance monitoring. And if you’re a business owner evaluating it, the main question is whether your team works in the field or across multiple sites. That’s where the platform’s features deliver the most value over a simple spreadsheet or basic clock-in system.