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Timesheet Software Development Services
for Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane businesses.

Timesheet software development services for Australian businesses — custom timesheet app services and time tracking software services that replace paper timesheets, spreadsheets and manual payroll data entry. Workers clock on from their phone. Supervisors approve with a tap. Award rates, overtime, and allowances are calculated automatically. Payroll gets accurate data without anyone re-typing a single number.

Perth-based. Australia-wide. Fixed-price quotes after discovery. Built around your award rates and your payroll workflow.

  • AU-wide Perth-based · servicing Australia
  • 18+ yrs Building business software
  • Fixed Price scopes, no surprises
  • Award Rate compliance built in
How it runs

Your timesheet software development services project, end to end

Three stages. No surprises. Every custom timesheet app services project is delivered personally by the founder, from award-rules scoping to payroll cutover.

  1. Week 0

    Timesheet & Payroll Audit

    15-minute scoping call. We map your current setup, the gaps causing pain, and the path forward. Fixed-price quote inside 48 hours.

  2. Weeks 1–N

    Build & Parallel-Run

    New system built in a sandbox and parallel-run against your live operations. Every workflow, validation and integration verified before production.

  3. Cutover

    Go-Live & Handover

    Production cutover on a planned window — typically a weekend. Team training, monitoring active, 30 days post-launch support. Documentation and source code handed over in full.

Founder profile

Kasun Wijayamanna

Founder · Perth, WA · Started HELLO PEOPLE in 2008

18+ Years running HELLO PEOPLE

Founded in 2008. Two decades of technology-driven business transformation across Australia.

100+ Projects delivered

Startups to government agencies across mining, healthcare, legal, education and more.

HDR Researcher · Curtin University

Postgraduate research in Artificial Intelligence and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

MBA Oil & Gas

Deep technical expertise combined with strong business and financial acumen.

Perth Based in WA

Serving businesses across Western Australia and nationally.

AU+TH International experience

Professional background in Bangkok, Thailand before migrating to Perth.

PHF Paul Harris Fellow · Rotary

Former President of Rotary Club of Booragoon. Over a decade of community service.

Read the full bio — research, career, community involvement and how HELLO PEOPLE runs projects.

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What We Build

Timesheet software development services, module by module

Mobile clock-on, award rate calculations, approval workflows, project costing and payroll integration. Our time tracking software services ship in modules so you start with mobile clock-on and layer on the rest. Pick a tab to see how each piece works.

GPS-stamped clock-on from any phone, even without signal

Workers tap a button on their phone to clock on when they arrive at site. The system records the time, GPS location, and date automatically. No paper timesheets to fill in, no buddy punching, no arguments about who was where.

Works offline for remote sites, mine camps, and construction zones with poor reception. The data saves on the device and syncs when signal returns. Automatic lunch break deductions are applied based on your company rules. No manual adjustments needed.

Mobile app development

Australian award rates, overtime, penalties, and allowances calculated automatically

The system knows your award rates. Ordinary hours, overtime triggers, Saturday rates, Sunday rates, public holidays, shift loadings, travel allowances, site allowances. All calculated automatically as hours are recorded.

When a worker clocks 8.5 hours on a Wednesday, the system splits it correctly: 8 hours at ordinary time, 0.5 hours at time-and-a-half. No spreadsheet formulas. No payroll officer manually checking every timesheet against the award. The rules are built in.

Custom software development

Supervisor approval chains with exception flagging and audit trails

Timesheets go to the supervisor for approval before payroll sees them. Exceptions get flagged automatically: unusual hours, overtime above a threshold, clock-ons outside the expected geofence, missing breaks.

Supervisors approve or reject from their phone. Timesheet lock-off dates prevent edits after approval. Every change is tracked with a full audit trail. Who edited what, when, and why. Pay disputes get resolved with data, not arguments.

Workflow automation software

Hours allocated against projects, jobs, and cost centres. Actual vs budget.

Workers select which project, job, or cost centre they are working on when they clock in. Labour hours are allocated in real time so you can see actual costs against budget for every project, every day.

For businesses running multiple projects (construction sites, client accounts, maintenance contracts) this means you know which jobs are profitable and which are bleeding hours before the invoice goes out. No more finding out a job lost money after the fact.

Job management software

Direct feed to payroll. No spreadsheets, no manual data entry.

Approved timesheets flow directly into your payroll system. Xero, MYOB, KeyPay, Employment Hero. The approved hours, rates, allowances, and deductions push straight through. No one re-types hours into a spreadsheet on Thursday afternoon.

Pay runs that used to take a full day now take an hour. The data is already checked, approved, and formatted. Your payroll officer reviews and clicks process instead of manually entering hundreds of timesheet lines.

Xero integration
Worker clocking on from a mobile phone at a construction site
Award rate engine automatically calculating penalty rates and overtime
Supervisor reviewing and approving timesheets on a tablet
Project costing dashboard showing labour hours against budget
Approved timesheet data flowing automatically into payroll software
Capabilities catalogue

Timesheet software services we deliver

Every capability below has been delivered for a real Australian business — from a single-award mobile clock-on app to a multi-site award-engine platform with deep payroll integration. If your scenario is not listed, ask — we build bespoke.

Custom timesheet & approval workflows

  • Bespoke timesheet entry, edit and submission flows
  • Multi-level supervisor approval chains
  • Exception flagging for unusual hours, overtime or missing breaks
  • Timesheet lock-off dates and full audit trail
  • Self-service leave, RDO and TOIL requests
  • Bulk-edit and bulk-approve tooling for payroll teams
  • Real-time exception dashboards for ops leaders

Mobile timesheet apps for field staff

  • Native iOS / Android clock-on apps with offline support
  • GPS-stamped clock-on and geofence validation
  • Photo capture and shift-note submission
  • Push notifications for shift start, end and approval status
  • Shared-tablet kiosk mode for remote sites
  • Biometric and facial-recognition clock-on hardware
  • Driver and travel-time logbook capture

Award rule & EBA timesheet validation

  • Modern Award interpretation engines (Building, MA000020, MA000100 etc.)
  • Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) rule sets
  • Saturday, Sunday and public-holiday rate logic
  • Overtime threshold, double-time and shift-loading rules
  • Site, height, dirt and travel allowance automation
  • Sleepover, on-call and split-shift handling
  • Annual award-rate refresh and rule version control

Timesheet + payroll integration

  • Deputy shifts and timesheet sync
  • Employment Hero employee, payroll & leave sync
  • MYOB payroll hours and allowances feed
  • KeyPay / Employment Hero Payroll bulk timesheet push
  • Xero Payroll timesheet sync with award rules
  • Single Touch Payroll (STP) compatibility
  • Custom payroll-export CSV and API connectors

Project / job cost timesheet workflows

  • Hours allocated to projects, jobs and cost centres
  • Actual-vs-budget labour cost reporting
  • Job-cost feeds into accounting tracking categories
  • WIP and percentage-complete labour reporting
  • Billable-vs-non-billable hour tracking
  • Project profitability dashboards for ops leaders
  • Client-billable timesheet exports for invoicing

Timesheet + accounting workflow

  • Approved hours → Xero payroll and tracking categories
  • Approved hours → MYOB payroll and job-cost ledger
  • GST and PAYG-compliant payroll-to-accounting flow
  • Allowances, super and tax mapped to correct accounts
  • Reimbursable-expense capture alongside timesheets
  • Labour cost feeds into Power BI / Looker Studio dashboards
  • Multi-entity payroll consolidation across ABNs
Pricing

How we price timesheet software development services

No hourly billing, no vague estimates. Here is how custom timesheet app services and payroll timesheet software services are scoped and quoted, from the first call to a fixed proposal.

Free 15-minute call

Tell us how your workers record hours today and where the problems are. We will give you an honest answer on what a custom timesheet system would involve.

Fixed-price quote

After a free consultation and paid discovery phase, you get a fixed price for the full build. No hourly billing. You know exactly what it costs before we start.

Staged delivery

Mobile clock-on, GPS recording, and supervisor approval go live first. Award rate engine, project costing, payroll integration, and reporting are layered on in phases.

Why HELLO PEOPLE

Timesheet Software
HELLO PEOPLE vs the alternatives

Custom software is a big call. Here is how HELLO PEOPLE compares to the three other realistic paths.

Concern HELLO PEOPLE Off-the-shelf SaaSOffshore developerIn-house build
Fit to your award rates Your awards, allowances and RDOs coded in Generic timesheet, misses awardsGeneric build, you code the rulesSlow, tied to hires
Timesheet live in 6-10 weeks + GPS Timesheet + GPS clock-in in 6-10 weeks Live today, wrong 20% foreverTimeline slips, disputed scope6 to 12 months to first production
AU award rates + STP fit Award rates + STP handled Generic, misses AU quirksGeneric, you code the rulesDepends on the hire
Ongoing cost One-off + optional support plan Per seat, per month, foreverHourly + scope creepSalary + super + overhead
When Fair Work rules change We patch award updates, fixed scope Vendor roadmap onlyChange order every timeHire another head
Direct access to the builder Email Kasun, get Kasun Support ticket queueTime-zone gapInternal team
Timesheet + employee data ownership You own the code and every timesheet Vendor holds the tenancyOften disputed at handoverYou own it
HVAC field service mobile application with time tracking
Case Study

Field app with time tracking for an HVAC service company

We built a mobile field app for a Perth HVAC company. Digital job checklists, compliance forms, photo capture, time tracking, and automated invoicing replaced paper-based workflows.

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40% Faster job completion
100% Digital compliance
25% More jobs per week

We had 40 guys filling in paper timesheets. Every fortnight our office manager spent two full days checking hours, calculating overtime, and typing it all into MYOB. Now the crew clock on from their phones, supervisors approve on the spot, and payroll takes two hours instead of two days. We have not had a single pay dispute since we switched.

Director Perth commercial construction company · 40+ crew
Business Outcomes

What time tracking software services actually change

Timesheet software is not about the tech. It is about paying people correctly, paying them on time, and knowing what the labour is really costing you before the invoice goes out.

Payroll dashboard showing accurate timesheet calculations with zero errors

Award rates, overtime, and allowances calculated right the first time

Manual timesheet processing is where most payroll errors start. Someone mis-reads handwriting. A penalty rate gets applied at the wrong tier. An allowance gets missed. The worker gets underpaid and the next pay run includes a correction, which introduces another error.

When the system calculates rates automatically based on clock times and award rules, the most common payroll mistakes disappear. Workers get paid correctly. You stop fixing last fortnight's problems every pay cycle.

Fast payroll processing with pre-approved timesheet data

Payroll processing drops from days to hours

In businesses still using paper timesheets or spreadsheets, pay-run day is an event. Someone collects all the sheets, deciphers the handwriting, enters hours into a spreadsheet, checks the rates, transfers to payroll, and runs the pay. That is a full day. Sometimes two.

With approved timesheets already calculated and formatted, the payroll officer opens the system, reviews the approved data, and processes the run. A two-day task becomes a two-hour task.

Real-time labour cost dashboard showing current project spending

Know what the week is costing you. Today, not next Friday.

Waiting until payroll is processed to see labour costs means you are always looking backwards. By the time you see that a project went over budget on hours, you have already paid for it.

Real-time timesheet data means project managers and business owners see accumulated hours and costs as they happen. If a job is running over, you know on Tuesday, not the following pay run.

GPS-stamped attendance proof on a mobile device showing site location

GPS records, timestamps, and photos. Proof that stands up.

When a client questions whether your team was on site for the hours billed, you have GPS-stamped clock records to show them. When a worker disputes their hours, the data is there. Location, time in, time out, approved by supervisor.

For businesses in construction, mining, or any industry where site attendance records matter for safety and compliance, digital timesheets with GPS are not optional any more. They are the baseline.

How We Deliver

How our timesheet software development services actually run

We start with your award rates and payroll workflow, design around them, then build in stages. Mobile clock-on goes live first so crews stop using paper, then we layer on reporting, project costing and payroll integration.

Requirements

We map your current timesheet process. How workers record hours, how supervisors approve, what award rates apply, how payroll is processed, and where the errors and delays happen. You end up with a clear picture of the system you need.

System Design

We design the mobile clock-on screens, approval workflow, award rate rules, project allocation, and payroll integration. You see wireframes and approve the design before any building starts.

Core Build

Mobile clock-on, GPS recording, and supervisor approval are built first. Your team starts using the core timesheet system while we build out award rate calculations, project costing, and reporting.

Integrations

We connect to your payroll system: Xero, MYOB, KeyPay, or Employment Hero. If you use rostering or job management tools, we connect those too so hours flow without re-entry.

Testing & Migration

We test every scenario: ordinary hours, overtime triggers, public holidays, split shifts, offline sync, and edge cases. If you have existing timesheet data or employee records, we migrate them into the new system.

Launch & Support

We launch, train your supervisors and field workers, and provide ongoing support. Award rate changes, new allowances, rostering rule updates, and additional integrations are handled as your business evolves.

FAQs

Common questions about timesheet software

How much do timesheet software development services cost in Australia?

It depends on scope. A straightforward clock-on app with Xero payroll integration is a different project to a multi-site system with award rate engines, project costing and offline capability. Book a free 15-minute call, we run a paid discovery, then you get a fixed-price quote for the full build.

How long do custom timesheet app services take to build?

About 8 to 14 weeks for a core system with mobile clock-on, approval workflows and payroll integration. More complex builds with award rate engines, project costing and biometric hardware run 14 to 20 weeks. Core features go live first so your crews stop using paper straight away.

Does the mobile timesheet app work offline for remote sites?

Yes. Clock-on, clock-off and break recording all work without signal. Data saves on the device and syncs when connectivity returns. This is why mining, construction and regional work crews use it. Poor coverage does not stop the clock.

Do your time tracking software services handle Australian award rates?

Yes. The award engine is configured with your specific award: ordinary hours, overtime thresholds, Saturday and Sunday rates, public holiday penalties, shift loadings, site and travel allowances. When rates change at the Fair Work annual review, we update the rules.

How does GPS tracking work on the employee timesheet software services side?

When a worker clocks on, the app records their GPS coordinates. You set geofences around job sites so the system flags clock-ons from unexpected locations. Every timesheet record carries the GPS data for proof-of-attendance reporting when clients or auditors ask.

Which payroll platforms do your payroll timesheet software services integrate with?

Xero, MYOB, KeyPay and Employment Hero are the most common. We also connect to other payroll platforms via API. Approved hours, rates, allowances and deductions flow directly into payroll. No spreadsheet exports, no re-typing on Thursday afternoon.

Do your construction timesheet software services replace paper and Excel?

That is exactly the point. Workers clock on from their phone with GPS. Supervisors approve on the spot. Payroll receives clean data automatically. The paper trail becomes a digital audit trail with timestamps, locations and approval logs. Most builders drop paper timesheets in the first fortnight.

What ongoing support do you provide after launch?

Monthly support plans covering bug fixes, security patches, award rate updates, new integrations and feature additions. Most timesheet systems evolve as businesses add sites, change awards or bring on new payroll providers. We already know the code, so changes are fast.

Tell us about your timesheet needs

How your workers record hours today, which award applies, what payroll platform you run, and where the process breaks down. We will come back with a practical plan and clear pricing on the right build for your team.

Prefer a quick chat? Call 0425 531 127. We answer the phone in Perth.