Time Tracker for Gig Workers and Side Hustles
Gig work and side hustles are great for extra income, but they make your week messy. A main job, weekend shifts, a few hours of freelance work, maybe some cash jobs on the side. Each pays differently and on its own schedule. A good time tracker turns all of that into one clear picture: how much you worked, where, and what you earned.
Why side income is hard to track
- Different rates for different gigs. One pays $16 an hour, another $30.
- Short, scattered blocks of time. Two hours here, ninety minutes there.
- Different paydays. Weekly, every two weeks, or whenever a client pays.
- No employer timeclock. For freelance and self-employed gigs, your record may be the only record.
How to track hours across gigs and side hustles
Give every gig its own job
Set each one up with its own name and rate, so earnings are always calculated correctly. See how to track hours across different jobs and projects.
Clock in for every block, even short ones
Short gigs are the easiest to forget. One-tap clock-in makes them painless. See the easiest app to clock in and clock out.
Check your combined week
Looking at all your work together shows your real workload and income, and helps you notice when you're stretching yourself too thin.
Keep records for tax time
If some of your gigs are self-employed income, keep your hours and earnings organized all year. See can I export my work hours for accounting.
Is the side hustle worth it?
Tracking every gig lets you compare what each one actually pays per hour once you include all the time it takes. Over a few months, you may find one gig is worth far more of your time than another. Our guide on how to compare your hours across weeks and months shows how.
How Hours Tracker Time Clock helps gig workers
- Unlimited jobs and rates: main job, side gigs and freelance clients in one place.
- Home-screen widget to clock in and out fast between gigs.
- Live earnings across every job.
- Calendar view with hours, earnings and notes for each day.
- Stats by date range to see what each stretch of time earned.
- PDF and CSV export for clients, bookkeeping or taxes.
Keep every income stream in one place
Download Hours Tracker Time Clock on the App Store or Google Play and set up each of your gigs in a couple of minutes.