8hrs
8hrs Support
Updated September 17, 2026
Answers to common questions about 8hrs, the work hours tracker for iPhone. 8hrs is available now on the App Store. Can't find what you need? Email support@apphunt.app.
Choose how you get paid
When you first open 8hrs, it asks How do you get paid? Choose By the hour for shifts, breaks, overtime and pay periods, I bill clients for billable time, rates and timesheets, or Just tracking my time to keep money out of sight. You can change it anytime in Settings → Work → How you work.
Start, stop and switch timers
Type what you're working on and tap the green button. The timer keeps running when you leave the app. Starting another timer stops the current one at the same moment, so switching tasks never leaves a gap.
To start something you did before, tap it under Continue, or tap the play button next to any entry.
Breaks
When you're paid by the hour, the running timer has a Take a Break button with a cup. Tap it and your shift pauses while a break starts.
- Back to work: tap the play button. The same shift starts again, with the same title, project and tags.
- Done for the day: tap the stop button during a break to end the shift.
- Fix a break: tap it in the list to change its start or end, or to delete it.
Breaks show on your timeline and in your lists, but every total, report, export and pay estimate leaves them out.
Overtime and pay periods
Open Settings → Work and set Pay period to every week, every 2 weeks, twice a month (the 1st to the 15th and the 16th to the end of the month) or every month. For every 2 weeks, also set when the current period started. Then choose an Overtime rule. Workweeks begin on the day set in Workweek starts on.
| Overtime setting | Time and a half (×1.5) | Double time (×2) |
|---|---|---|
| Over 40 hours a week | Hours past 40 in a workweek, as federal law requires | None |
| Over 8 hours a day or 40 a week | Hours past 8 in a day or 40 in a workweek, as in Alaska and Nevada | None |
| California rules | Hours past 8 in a day or 40 in a workweek, and the first 8 hours on the seventh day in a row in one workweek | Hours past 12 in a day, and past 8 on the seventh day in a row |
| No overtime | None | None |
The This Pay Period card on the Timer shows the hours you've worked so far, your overtime and your estimated pay. Tap it, or choose Pay Period in Reports, to see regular hours, overtime and double time with what each pays. Pay uses each project's hourly rate, or Hourly pay in Settings when a project doesn't have one.
Overtime and estimated pay need 8hrs Pro. Estimates are before taxes and deductions, so your paycheck will differ. Your employer's policy or your state's rules may also differ from the rule you choose.
Log hours in plain English
Quick entry reads projects, tags, times and days from what you type. Tap a highlighted word to keep it as plain text.
| You type | 8hrs does |
|---|---|
Wireframes @Acme #design | Starts a timer in the Acme project, tagged design |
Client call 2-3pm yesterday | Logs 2:00–3:00 PM yesterday |
Invoices 45m | Logs 45 minutes ending now |
Email since 9:15 | Starts a timer that has been running since 9:15 |
Research 20m ago | Starts a timer that began 20 minutes ago |
Standup at 9:30 for 15m | Logs 9:30–9:45 |
Kickoff @"Big Client" $ | A project name with spaces, marked billable |
Fix time you forgot to track
- Forgot to start: type “since 9:15” or “20m ago”, or tap Since on the running timer to move its start.
- Forgot to stop: touch and hold the Stop button and choose how long ago you stopped.
- Missed a stretch: open Timesheet, pick the day and tap an untracked gap.
Lock Screen, Dynamic Island and Control Center
The running timer appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as soon as it starts. If it doesn't, turn on Live Activities in Settings → 8hrs.
To add the timer toggle to Control Center, open Control Center, tap +, choose Add a Control and search for 8hrs. You can also assign it to the Action button in Settings → Action Button → Controls.
Widgets
Touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit → Add Widget and search for 8hrs. The small and medium widgets stop the running timer or continue a recent one. Lock Screen widgets show the timer and today's total.
Rates and billable time
Set an hourly rate on a client, a project, or as your default rate in Settings. A project's rate wins over its client's rate. When you bill clients, mark time as billable in quick entry with $, in the entry editor, or by making a project billable by default. When you're paid by the hour, every hour you work counts toward your pay.
Reports and export
Open Reports, choose a week or month (or a pay period when you're paid by the hour), then tap Export for a CSV of the entries. Settings → Export All Entries (CSV) saves your whole history. CSV export is always free.
8hrs Pro adds PDF timesheets, whole-year reports, a client filter, time by tag and rounding of billable time to 6, 15 or 30 minutes. Rounding applies to billable time in reports and exports; your tracked time itself never changes.
Import from Toggl, Clockify or Harvest
Import is free. Export a detailed report as a CSV file from the app you're leaving, then open Settings → Import from Toggl, Clockify or Harvest and choose the file. 8hrs shows what it will add before anything is imported.
| From | How to export |
|---|---|
| Toggl Track | On the web, open Reports → Detailed, set the dates, then Export → CSV. CSV export needs a paid Toggl plan; “CSV (Legacy)” includes clients too. |
| Clockify | Open Reports → Time → Detailed, set the dates, then Export → Save as CSV. On Clockify's free plan, export up to a year at a time. |
| Harvest | Open Reports → New report → Detailed time, choose the timeframe, then Export → CSV. If Harvest has only hours for a day, 8hrs lines up that day's entries from 9 AM. |
Projects, clients, tags and hourly rates come along and are matched by name to the ones you already have. Entries already in 8hrs, with the same start, end and title, are skipped, so importing the same file twice adds nothing. If 8hrs doesn't recognize a file, export a detailed report as CSV and try again.
8hrs Pro
8hrs is free to download, with no limit on history. 8hrs Pro adds overtime and pay estimates, PDF timesheets, year reports, client filters, tag reports and rounding of billable time. Timers, timesheets, widgets, iCloud sync, import and CSV export stay free.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Yearly | $19.99 a year, starting with a 7-day free trial |
| Monthly | $2.99 a month |
| Lifetime | $49.99 once, with no subscription |
Prices are in US dollars. The App Store shows the price in your currency before you buy.
Buy 8hrs Pro
Open Settings → Get 8hrs Pro, or tap any feature marked PRO. Choose a plan and confirm with Apple. Apple handles the payment and charges your Apple Account.
Restore a purchase
On a new iPhone or after reinstalling 8hrs, tap Restore Purchases in Settings or Restore at the bottom of the 8hrs Pro screen. Use the Apple Account you bought Pro with.
Redeem a promo code
Got a code through AppHunt? Open the 8hrs Pro screen, tap Redeem Code at the bottom and enter your code. Pro unlocks as soon as Apple confirms it.
Cancel a subscription
Apple manages subscriptions. On your iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions → 8hrs, and tap Cancel Subscription. Cancel at least a day before your subscription renews or your free trial ends to avoid being charged. Deleting the app doesn't cancel a subscription. For a refund, contact Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Reminders
Turn on Remind me to start in Settings for a nudge on weekday mornings; it's skipped on days you've already tracked time. The long-running timer reminder asks if you're still working and lets you stop the timer from the notification.
Contact support
Email support@apphunt.app with “8hrs” in the subject. Tell us your iOS version, your 8hrs version (Settings, at the bottom) and what you expected to happen. We usually reply within one business day.