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Work journal - Smart Work Time Journal
GPS work tracker with biometric checks & lateness alerts.
Work Journal is a sleek, battery-optimized work time journal. It features precise GPS & biometric verification, real-time earnings, and one-click PDF/CSV reports. It stands out by automatically alerting managers in the background when employees are late for their shifts or continue working past their scheduled shift-ends. It is designed to simplify daily timesheet and shift management.
I am Petras, a software developer and IT PM. I want to share the real, personal story of why and how DARBIS was born.
It started with my girlfriend, who is a Quality Manager at a commercial cleaning company. She supervises about 15 sites across the city. Cleaners work various 4-hour shifts—some in the morning, others late at night.
Frankly, I hated our lifestyle back then. At any moment—even 10 PM on a Friday—she’d have to rush out across the city just to verify if the cleaners had actually showed up. While the buildings had magnetic entry cards, asking building managers for access logs was slow and looked unprofessional. Even worse, workers would share cards to clock in for absent friends.
We decided to change her life. I built a simple app with key rules: 1. Log exact start and end times. 2. Capture GPS coordinates upon checking in/out. 3. Require biometric (fingerprint) verification to prevent "buddy-punching." 4. Keep it dead simple (a 1-button interface) since cleaners are often non-tech-savvy workers who need zero complexity.
Once deployed, the company could literally not live without it. The data revealed that workers were, on average, arriving 30 minutes late and leaving 30 minutes early. On a 4-hour shift, that’s 1 hour lost—representing a massive 25% loss in paid working hours! Today, the company operates at least 25% more efficiently.
As the team adapted, the features evolved. Once tardiness stopped, the manager requested background alerts (why manually monitor an app when it can notify you if someone is late?). Later, we added "Tasks" for roving workers (mowing grass, clearing snow across multiple objects), allowing them to easily log what they did and where, creating a perfect timeline.
Today, the company’s CEO is absolutely amazed by how we managed to optimize their business by 25% quickly and at no cost, using simple technology that even the cleaners adapted to instantly. And most importantly—I finally got my quiet, planned evenings back with my girlfriend.
I'd love to hear your thoughts, feature requests, or honest feedback! How does your team handle field work tracking?
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About Work journal - Smart Work Time Journal on Product Hunt
“GPS work tracker with biometric checks & lateness alerts.”
Work journal - Smart Work Time Journal was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #76 on the daily leaderboard. Work Journal is a sleek, battery-optimized work time journal. It features precise GPS & biometric verification, real-time earnings, and one-click PDF/CSV reports. It stands out by automatically alerting managers in the background when employees are late for their shifts or continue working past their scheduled shift-ends. It is designed to simplify daily timesheet and shift management.
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PetrasMo
Hey Product Hunt community! 👋
I am Petras, a software developer and IT PM. I want to share the real, personal story of why and how DARBIS was born.
It started with my girlfriend, who is a Quality Manager at a commercial cleaning company. She supervises about 15 sites across the city. Cleaners work various 4-hour shifts—some in the morning, others late at night.
Frankly, I hated our lifestyle back then. At any moment—even 10 PM on a Friday—she’d have to rush out across the city just to verify if the cleaners had actually showed up. While the buildings had magnetic entry cards, asking building managers for access logs was slow and looked unprofessional. Even worse, workers would share cards to clock in for absent friends.
We decided to change her life. I built a simple app with key rules:
1. Log exact start and end times.
2. Capture GPS coordinates upon checking in/out.
3. Require biometric (fingerprint) verification to prevent "buddy-punching."
4. Keep it dead simple (a 1-button interface) since cleaners are often non-tech-savvy workers who need zero complexity.
Once deployed, the company could literally not live without it. The data revealed that workers were, on average, arriving 30 minutes late and leaving 30 minutes early. On a 4-hour shift, that’s 1 hour lost—representing a massive 25% loss in paid working hours! Today, the company operates at least 25% more efficiently.
As the team adapted, the features evolved. Once tardiness stopped, the manager requested background alerts (why manually monitor an app when it can notify you if someone is late?). Later, we added "Tasks" for roving workers (mowing grass, clearing snow across multiple objects), allowing them to easily log what they did and where, creating a perfect timeline.
Today, the company’s CEO is absolutely amazed by how we managed to optimize their business by 25% quickly and at no cost, using simple technology that even the cleaners adapted to instantly. And most importantly—I finally got my quiet, planned evenings back with my girlfriend.
I'd love to hear your thoughts, feature requests, or honest feedback! How does your team handle field work tracking?
Thanks for the support! 👔🧑🔧