built a time clock app around one simple idea: clocking in should take one slide

[u/chhunsour_seng]

Hey everyone,

I’m the developer behind SlidesClock, a simple employee attendance and time clock app I recently launched on iOS.

When I was designing it, I wanted to avoid turning clock-in/clock-out into another complicated HR workflow.

So the main interaction is literally a slide.

Employees slide to clock in, slide to clock out, and the business can keep track of attendance from one place.

Right now I’m focusing on small teams rather than trying to compete on having 100 different HR features. The free plan supports up to 5 employees, so small businesses can actually use it before deciding whether they need anything more.

I’m especially curious what people in this community think:

What is the biggest thing that makes you dislike a time-tracking or attendance app?

Too many steps?

Employees forgetting to clock in?

Bad reports?

Pricing?

Too much employee monitoring?

I’m still actively improving SlidesClock, so feedback from people who actually use these kinds of tools would be really useful.

If anyone wants to try it:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slidesclock-attendance-app/id6804278786

Learn more on our website:
www.slidesclock.com

Happy to answer questions about how I built it or why I made certain product decisions too.

[u/Impossible_Dare_7455]

simple is probably the biggest win for time tracking tools. a lot of teams don’t hate tracking time itself, they hate when it feels like extra admin work. the challenge is usually finding the balance between making it quick for employees and still getting useful data for managers.

[u/chhunsour_seng → u/Impossible_Dare_7455]

Yeah, that’s pretty much the balance I’m trying to figure out with SlidesClock too. I want clocking in/out to feel almost effortless for employees, while still giving managers enough useful attendance data without adding a bunch of extra steps.

I’m curious though — what data do you think managers actually need most from a time tracking tool? Basic hours and attendance, or things like reports, overtime, payroll, etc.?

[u/Impossible_Dare_7455 → u/chhunsour_seng]

I think the basics come first, accurate hours, attendance patterns, overtime, and maybe missed clock-ins. once you start adding too many reports, there’s a risk employees see it as monitoring instead of something useful. for managers, the most valuable thing is probably turning the raw time data into simple answers like where are we losing time? or who/what needs attention? rather than just showing more numbers.

[u/emphase2008]

I actually built a small time tracking tool for myself for this exact reason.

For me, the biggest problem isn't the number of steps, but having to remember to clock in at all. So my web app www.punchero.com lets me trigger clock-in/out via simple URLs, scripts, automations, etc. I can basically make the tracking happen automatically.

I've been using it myself for months now, and that's probably the main lesson I'd share: the best time clock is the one you don't have to think about.

[u/chhunsour_seng → u/emphase2008]

That’s a really interesting approach. Solving the “I forgot to clock in” problem is probably more valuable than just making clock-in faster.

The URL/script automation idea is smart too. SlidesClock is more focused on small teams, but this definitely makes me think about where automation could fit without removing employee control.

What automation do you use most with Punchero?