Shift templates

Make regular shifts quicker to begin

A shortcut earns its place by saving the details you would otherwise rebuild. HoursKit shift templates let you save the familiar shape of repeat work, from a regular opening shift to a weekly client visit or a standard weekend block.

Start from that prepared set of choices, then let the completed entry reflect the actual day. Regular work begins faster without flattening every shift into the same generic timer.

Shift templates

What you can do with HoursKit

Save the parts of a regular shift that repeat, then begin the next similar day with the job, break, and labels already selected.

Save the pattern behind repeat work

Create a template for the shifts you know you will see again: a weekday opening, a recurring service call, an evening class, or a Saturday route. Keep the job and the details that usually travel with it so the next start feels familiar. A repeat shift can begin with more than a blank timer, even before the day gets busy.

It is a good fit for work that repeats every week but still needs its own final times.

Save the labels that distinguish the shift

A template can hold the job, task, tags, break pattern, and pay settings you commonly use. That helps when two shifts have similar hours but belong to different clients, roles, or types of work. The shortcut remembers the small choices that make one recurring shift distinct from the next.

A Saturday route can open with its own labels even if Friday used the same hours for another client.

Bring common shifts closer to the start of the day

Quick Start templates bring frequently used patterns close to the clock-in flow.

Someone who works the same café shift every Thursday or visits the same client each month can move into the right setup promptly, with fewer taps through familiar options before work begins.

Change only what changed

A saved pattern is a head start, never a prediction. Adjust the start or end time, break, task, tags, or job if the schedule changes. A template works just as well for the Thursday that runs late as it does for the one that follows the usual plan.

The shortcut disappears into the background once the real shift takes over, and each completed entry remains its own.

Track your hours on iPhone and iPad

Save the parts of a regular shift that repeat, then begin the next similar day with the job, break, and labels already selected.

For iPhone and iPad