Products
HourFlow - Time Tracking and Employee Self-Service for Hourly Teams
A fast, clean web + mobile experience for clock-ins, schedules, timesheets, pay, benefits, and profile management - backed by a secure, modern API.
Support: contact@novinsdev.com
Product overview
HourFlow is a cross-platform workforce time management solution built for hourly employees, managers, and admins. Employees clock in and out in seconds, view schedules, track weekly totals, and review pay estimates. Managers approve timesheets with audit trails. HR-style benefits and profile details are accessible in one place. One shared backend powers both web and mobile experiences for consistent data and operations.
Built for
Hourly teams, managers, and admins
Who it is for
Teams that run on hourly shifts
- - Hourly workforces (retail, hospitality, operations, facilities, logistics)
- - Managers who need fast approvals and visibility
- - Admins who need secure access, audit history, and consistent reporting
Key outcomes
Clearer operations, faster approvals
- - Faster, more accurate time tracking
- - Clear schedules and shift visibility
- - Streamlined approvals with auditability
- - Transparent pay insights and year-to-date totals
- - Unified employee profile and benefits view
Core modules
Everything hourly teams need in one product
Time Tracking
- - One-tap clock in/out
- - Break minutes and session history
- - Today and weekly totals
Schedule
- - Auto-generated upcoming shifts
- - Default two-week view
- - Shift visibility per assigned type
Timesheets
- - Status flow: open, submitted, approved, rejected, paid
- - Edit requests and manual past shifts
- - Bulk approvals with audit logs
Pay
- - Biweekly pay overview
- - Pay period history
- - Hourly rate and year-to-date estimates
Benefits
- - Health, financial, time-off, and wellness categories
- - Descriptions with highlights
- - Single view across benefits
Profile
- - Role and contact info
- - Client and site assignments
- - Self-service profile updates
Web app
Employee + manager/admin
- - Employee dashboard with live clock status and daily/weekly summaries
- - Schedule view and personal timesheets
- - Manager approvals with approve/reject actions
- - Pay overview and period history
- - Benefits catalog and profile management
Mobile app
Employee experience
- - Fast clock in/out flow
- - Upcoming schedules
- - Pay summaries and recent periods
- - Benefits overview
- - Profile + secure sign-out
- - Role-gated access (manager/admin features are web-only)
Roles and permissions
Employee
Manager/Admin
Security and data integrity
- - Role-based access enforced by JWT and middleware
- - Login rate limiting
- - Password hashing (bcrypt)
- - Audit log for timesheet actions
- - Timestamps stored in UTC for consistency
Tech stack
Web
Next.js (App Router), React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Mobile
React Native (Expo), Zustand, Axios, SecureStore + AsyncStorage
Backend
Node.js, Express, MongoDB (Mongoose), REST API
Auth
JWT + role guards
Observability
Request logging and server-side error handling
Deployment
- - Always-on backend server (not serverless)
- - Hosted on AWS / Render
- - Public HTTPS API shared by web and mobile apps
- - Designed for scalable, persistent API services and future real-time features
Support
We are ready to help
Reach out for onboarding, account setup, or a product walkthrough. HourFlow is supported by NovIns Dev with ongoing product support and roadmap planning.
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