Automático

Your phone starts and ends your shift automatically when you enter or leave your workplace area. In the app: «My phone starts and stops my shift automatically when I arrive at work».

• Ideal if you always work at the same place or at a few fixed places (up to 5).
• Ideal if you forget to clock in or out.
• Ideal if you want your actual arrival and departure times without opening the app.
• Not ideal if you work at different places every day (use Timer).
• Not ideal if you do not want to grant Always location permission (use Timer or Manual).

Under the hood, Automatic mode is Timer mode with location detection enabled; that is why some screens say Automatic mode only works in Timer mode.

1. 1

   When enabling the mode: Settings → Work → Clocking mode → Automatic. TimeCash shows this message; choose Continue.

   TimeCash · Enable automatic mode?

   TimeCash will use your location to start and stop your shift automatically when you enter or leave your workplace. Location is processed only on your phone and is not sent to anyone in the background. You can turn it off whenever you want.

   Next, your phone will ask you to allow location access. This message is from TimeCash; the next dialog is from your phone's operating system.

   Not nowContinue ←

2. 2

   First iOS dialog. Leave Precise: On and choose Allow While Using App. iOS does not offer Always in this first dialog.

   Allow “TimeCash Tracker” to use your location?

   TimeCash uses your location in the background to clock you in when you arrive at work and out when you leave, so you never miss a shift. Coordinates stay on your phone. You can turn this off at any time in Settings.

   Allow OnceAllow While Using App ←Don’t Allow

3. 3

   Switch to Always. iOS may ask later; choose Change to Always Allow.

   Allow “TimeCash Tracker” to also use your location even when you are not using the app?

   Change to Always Allow ←

   If iOS does not ask, TimeCash shows:

   Almost ready — 2 taps

   To start your shift automatically with your phone in your pocket, choose Always for location.

   1. Open Settings 2. Tap «Location» 3. Choose «Always»

   Take me to SettingsLater

   Manual path: Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → TimeCash Tracker → Always and Precise Location enabled (shorter: Settings → TimeCash Tracker → Location → Always). Also check the main switch in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services.

4. 4

   Notifications. TimeCash says «To notify you when your shift starts and ends.» and then iOS asks; choose Allow.

   “TimeCash Tracker” Would Like to Send You Notifications

   Don’t AllowAllow ←

   Afterwards: Settings → Notifications → TimeCash Tracker → Allow Notifications. From the app: Settings → Notifications → Open phone notification settings.

5. 5

   Background App Refresh (recommended): Settings → General → Background App Refresh → enabled, with TimeCash Tracker enabled too.

6. 6

   Low Power Mode: Settings → Battery. While it is on, iOS limits background activity and departure detection may arrive later. Turn it off on workdays if you notice delays.

7. 7

   Storage: with storage almost full, iOS closes background apps more often and reports departures later (real case: over 10 minutes late; after freeing 2 GB, around 1 minute). Settings → General → iPhone Storage: keep several GB free.

Other: an advertising tracking dialog may appear, with TimeCash's text «TimeCash Tracker uses this data to show personalized ads and improve your experience. You can use all features without allowing tracking.» Either answer is fine: it does not affect clocking in or out.

1. 1

   Same TimeCash dialog as on iPhone → Continue.

2. 2

   System dialog: choose Precise (not Approximate) and While using the app.

   Allow TimeCash Tracker to access this device’s location?

   Precise ← · Approximate

   While using the app ←Only this timeDon’t Allow

   If you choose approximate, TimeCash warns: «You have not granted precise location access. Automatic tracking needs it to detect your workplace.»

3. 3

   Allow all the time: from Android 11 onwards, you must change this in settings (on Android 10 a second dialog may appear). TimeCash shows:

   Almost ready — 2 taps

   To start your shift automatically with your phone in your pocket, choose Always allow for location.

   1. Open Settings 2. Tap «Permissions» → «Location» 3. Choose «Always allow»

   Take me to Settings

   On your phone, the option is usually called Allow all the time. Path: Settings → Apps → TimeCash Tracker → Permissions → Location → Allow all the time and Use precise location enabled.

4. 4

   Notifications (Android 13+): choose Allow.

   Allow TimeCash Tracker to send you notifications?

   Allow ←Don’t Allow

   Path: Settings → Apps → TimeCash Tracker → Notifications. Keep at least Shift start/end enabled.

   Channel	What it is for
   Shift start/end	«Confirmations when your shift starts or ends (timer or automatic mode).»
   Reminders and summaries	«Daily reminder and weekly/monthly summaries.»
   Company messages	«Notifications sent by your company and changes to your records.»

5. 5

   Unrestricted battery. In TimeCash's Settings → Location, the Battery optimization card appears: «Some phones stop apps in the background. Exclude TimeCash from battery optimization so your shift does not close on its own.» with the Open battery settings button. It disappears once excluded.

   Brand	Battery	Auto-start
   Samsung (One UI)	Settings → Apps → TimeCash Tracker → Battery → Unrestricted. Also: Settings → Device care / Battery → Background usage limits → TimeCash must not be in Sleeping apps or Deep sleeping apps.	Not needed.
   Xiaomi / Redmi / POCO (MIUI / HyperOS)	Settings → Apps → Manage apps → TimeCash Tracker → Battery saver → No restrictions.	Same screen → Auto-start enabled.
   Huawei / Honor (EMUI / MagicOS)	Settings → Battery → App launch → TimeCash Tracker → disable Manage automatically and leave Auto-launch, Secondary launch and Run in background enabled.	Included.
   Google Pixel and stock Android	Settings → Apps → TimeCash Tracker → App battery usage → Unrestricted.	Not needed.
   OPPO / realme / OnePlus / vivo	Settings → Battery → Optimization / Background usage → TimeCash Tracker → allow background activity.	Settings → Apps → Auto-start → TimeCash Tracker.

6. 6

   Auto-start (Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO, vivo…). TimeCash shows:

   Allow TimeCash to auto-start

   Your phone prevents apps from starting on their own. Until you enable Auto-start for TimeCash, your phone will not detect your workplace with the app closed: shifts will only start when you open the app. Settings → Apps → TimeCash → Auto-start.

   Open auto-start settings

   Detected brands: Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO, Huawei, Honor, OPPO, realme, vivo, iQOO, Meizu, Asus, LeTV, OnePlus. The warning remains visible even after you enable it (the app cannot read that setting).

Settings → Location and automatic clocking → Automatic mode card → Status.

Warnings

On the Dashboard

• Geofence card: Monitoring or Active — {place} = correct; «Monitoring stopped — automatic shift open» (amber) = problem.
• Location card: the place name if you are inside; {place} · 120 m if nearby; Far from workplaces or Waiting for location.
• The circular arrow (Refresh location) requests a new position.

1. 1

   Choose the mode. The first time, the Welcome to TimeCash questionnaire asks How do you want to clock in? → Automatic («Your phone starts and ends your shift automatically, based on your workplace.») → Set up your workplace now? → Yes, set up now.

   If you choose Later, the Dashboard shows «Automatic mode is not configured / Add your workplace so shifts start automatically.» with Set up.

   Afterwards: Settings → RECORDING → Work → Clocking mode → Automatic. Without a place: Automatic — set up your workplace with Mark on map.

2. 2

   The Location and automatic clocking screen (Settings → RECORDING; the row shows Set up workplace or 1 place · Active).

   Location card

   Attach location to record (switch): «Saves where you worked alongside the record. It stays on your phone and helps recognize company locations.» Not needed for Automatic. Permission: … shows the status.

   Automatic mode card

   • Automatic start/stop by location (switch): «Starts and stops recording automatically based on where you are. You do not need to open the app.» Below: «When you enter your workplace, the timer starts automatically; when you leave, the shift is saved. Location is processed only on your phone.» Warning: «Battery usage may increase. Some phones close apps in the background — allow TimeCash to run in the background in battery settings.»
   • Status.
   • Workplaces with 0/5 counter: name (or My workplace), coordinates, Rename pencil (up to 40 characters, Confirm), Delete place trash icon («Are you sure you want to delete this workplace?»), Radius control from 110 to 400 m (in steps of 10 up to 300 m, then 350 and 400).
   • Add: Use current location, Choose on map, Choose a company location (if connected to a company with locations). At 5: Maximum number of places reached.
   • Active hours (off by default; when enabled, 06:00 — 22:00, editable): «This is a time filter, not a work schedule. Outside these hours automatic recording does NOT start. If you are already in a shift, it continues as usual — it does NOT close at the end time.»
   • Ask me when I leave early: «If you leave work before 8 hours, the app asks whether you have finished instead of closing the shift automatically. If you do not answer or return within 90 minutes, the shift closes at the time you left and you can correct it in the Calendar.»

   Battery optimization card

   Only on Android and only if needed.

3. 3

   The map (New workplace / Edit workplace). At the top Cancel · title · Save.

   • Search address search field (Address not found). Move the pin to your workplace entrance.
   • Label: Finding your location…, You are in the {name} area or {distance} to {name}. Center on my position and My location buttons.
   • Radius (meters) from 110 to 400 m, default 150 m: «The size of the circle around your workplace. Recording starts when you enter and stops when you leave. The minimum is 110 m: phones cannot reliably detect smaller areas, and too small a radius means shifts may not start. Too large a radius may trigger just by passing nearby.»
   • From 300 m: «Large radius: your shift may start before you reach the door (for example, from the parking lot or street).»
   • Place name (up to 40 characters; empty = My workplace). Save → Workplace saved.
   • No position: «We could not read your location. First move the pin to your workplace.»

   Tip: start with 150 m; if your shift does not start when you arrive, increase it to 200 m; if it starts from the street, decrease it.

   If an old place had less than 110 m, the app increases it automatically: «Workplace radius adjusted to 110 m / Your phone cannot reliably detect areas smaller than 110 m, so recording would not start.»

1. 1

   You arrive: the shift opens at your arrival time. Notification Shift started / «📍 {place} · Your shift started at {time}. Have a great shift! 💪». On the Dashboard: a time ring, Working, Since HH:MM and, with a company, Your company can see you are on shift.

2. 2

   You do not need to open the app during your shift. If you do: End shift, Started at HH:MM, Correct start time, Cancel shift.

3. 3

   You leave: the shift closes at your actual departure time. Notification Shift ended / 📍 {place} · Your shift ended at {time}. or Today: {time} worked, {amount} earned. In the app Shift saved ✅.

4. 4

   If you leave before 8 hours and Ask me when I leave early is enabled:

   Android

   Notification Have you finished? / «You left {place} after {duration}. Have you finished for the day?». In the app, the dialog:

   Have you finished for the day?

   End time (editable)

   I will be back: «The shift stays open. When you return, the same shift continues.»

   I will be backFinished, with breakFinished, without break

   No answer or return within 90 minutes: Shift closed automatically / «With no response, the shift closed at your departure time ({time}). You can correct it in the Calendar.»

   iPhone

   iOS closes the shift when you leave. Since version 2.7.3 When you open the app:

   Your shift closed at {time} (after {duration}). Is that correct?

   You left {place} before 8 hours. Your phone closed the shift automatically.

   Yes, that is correctChange time

   Change time opens End time → Save time / Back. You also receive the notification Shift closed at HH:MM / Tap to change the time.

5. 5

   Cases where the app asks:

   • What time did you start?: «The shift at {place} is open, but the app did not detect your arrival. Enter the time you actually started.» → Save start time / Keep this time.
   • Automatic shift is still open: «You are no longer at your workplace. Last detected inside at HH:MM.» → Close at HH:MM, Edit closing time, Close now, Continue shift.
   • Very long shift: «Your shift has been active for more than 16 hours. Did you forget to press Stop?» → End now, Correct start time, Cancel shift.
   • Since version 2.7.3 Dashboard suggestions: Unrecorded workday (Add record / Ignore) and Shift without an end time (Started at …, What time did you leave?, Save / Ignore).
6. 6

   One record per day: Record already exists / «A record for {date} already exists. Do you want to overwrite it?» → Cancel / Overwrite.

7. 7

   Rounding: applies to automatic records if you enable it (Settings → Work → Time rounding). The actual time is always saved. Rounding options: None · 15 minutes · 30 minutes · 1 hour. Rounding never applies to manual records.

Your phone detects arrival and departure without internet and records are saved on your phone.

With a company: online Records sent to company; offline Pending sync («Records will be sent to your company when you are back online», Try now / Resync buttons).

If your phone has no network at all, opening the app shows Connection Required with Try Again; background detection keeps working.

• Large warehouses, basements or buildings with a lot of metal: without GPS, an arrival or departure may be missed. Check your shift on those days.
• The system decides when to notify, and departure detection may arrive minutes late (iPhone with almost full storage, Low Power Mode, phone stationary for a long time).
• Manufacturer battery saving without Unrestricted or Auto-start: the shift only starts when you open the app.
• Minimum radius 110 m; maximum 5 places.
• Without Google Play Services, only while the app is open.
• Active hours does not close the shift.
• Automatic uses a little more battery.

The geofence is processed only on your phone.