A punch clock to help with hourly household workers
My wife & I have a housekeeper who works flexible days and hours during the week. She has other commitments, so she comes to our house when it works best for her, within “agreed reasonable hours” (she doesn’t come on the weekends, or before 8am). Both of us are usually working in our home offices when she shows up, so I needed a way to track her hours so I could pay her every 2 weeks. I was afraid of losing a piece of paper (especially to our dog as he is fond of those), so I started keeping track of her hours in a spreadsheet. At the end of each day, I’d scrub the driveway video from our…
A punch clock to help with hourly household workers launched on August 16, 2026 with 6 votes, #1,590 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Simple time tracking for helpers at home whose hours change from week to week: a kiosk, two buttons, and one record you both can see. Adults only. U.S. only.
For the people who help out at home: a cleaner, a gardener, a caregiver, a tutor. A home kiosk, a personal PIN, and one record you both can see, with no spreadsheets and no paperwork. The kiosk is a screen at your home, not an app on anyone's phone. Free to use · No credit card · No ads · Adults only · Available in the United States. Set it up once on a device at home. From there, every shift is captured automatically. On your own computer or phone: add the adults whose hours you want to track (a house cleaner, gardener, dog walker, tutor, or caregiver) and give each one a personal PIN. They never need an account. Open your private kiosk link on a spare tablet or old phone and leave it…from punchy.live
In the maker’s words, at launch
My wife & I have a housekeeper who works flexible days and hours during the week. She has other commitments, so she comes to our house when it works best for her, within “agreed reasonable hours” (she doesn’t come on the weekends, or before 8am). Both of us are usually working in our home offices when she shows up…
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