# Logging time

> Track time with the timer, add it by hand, or fill in a weekly timesheet.

Source: https://cruxy.io/support/time/ (updated 2026-10-14)

## Use the timer

1. Tap **Timer**. Pick the client, project and task.
2. Tap **Start Timer**.
3. Tap **Pause** for a break and **Resume** to carry on.
4. Tap **Stop & Log** to save the time as an entry.


Time is rounded to the nearest minute, with a minimum of 1 minute. Paused time isn't counted. The pickers are locked while the timer runs.

A running timer survives closing the app. If you start it on your phone, you can stop it from another device.

## Add a time entry by hand

1. Tap **Entries**, then **New**, then **Time Entry**.
2. Choose the date, client, project and task.
3. Enter the hours and minutes. Add a note if you like.
4. Tap **Add Entry**.


The smallest entry is 1 minute.

## Edit or delete an entry

Tap an entry in Entries (or in "Your entries today" on the Timer) to open it. Change what you need and tap **Save Changes**. To remove it, tap the trash icon and confirm. Deleting can't be undone.

A few things to know:
- Entries for an inactive client are view only.
- If the time is already on an invoice, a note tells you which one. You can still edit or delete the entry, but the invoice does not change.
- Each entry keeps the rate it was logged at. If you change a client's rate later, old entries keep their original rate. Tap **Use Current Rate** on an entry to switch it.

## Change the rate on a single entry

If the client has an hourly rate, the timer and the entry form show a rate row. Tap it to choose **Default Rate**, **Custom Rate** (an hourly rate you type in) or **Non-Billable**. Non-billable time never goes on an invoice.

## Resume an earlier entry

In "Your entries today" on the Timer, tap **Resume** on an entry. The timer starts, and when you stop it the time is added to that entry. If another timer is running, it is logged first.

## Use the weekly timesheet

On **Entries**, tap the calendar icon to switch to **Timesheet view**, which shows the week as a grid, one card per client. Tap the list icon to switch back.
- **Add Row** picks a client, project and task to list.
- **Copy Last Week's Rows** brings over last week's rows (not the time) to save setup.
- Tap an empty cell and type a time such as `1h 30m`, `1:30`, `1.5` or `90m`. The most you can add at once is 24 hours.
- Tap a cell that already has time to edit it. A cell with several entries opens a list.


The week starts on the day you choose in [Settings > Profile](https://cruxy.io/support/account/#profile).

## Filter your entries

On Entries, tap the filter button (the sliders icon). You can show:
- **Unbilled** or **Billed** time
- Time, fixed fees or expenses
- One or more clients, including inactive ones


The client filter also applies to the Summary tab.

## Change the period you are viewing

The bar at the top of Entries and Summary switches between **Week**, **Month** and **Custom**. Use the arrows to step to the previous or next period, and the double arrow to jump back to today. Both tabs share the same period.

## See your totals on Summary

The **Summary** tab shows your hours and **Total Billable** for the period: time at your rates, plus fixed fees (retainers included) and expenses, before tax. It's what an invoice for the period would total. The **Fixed Fees** and **Expenses** tiles show the breakdown.

Below that are a chart of hours by day and breakdowns **By client**, **By project** and **By task**. By client includes each client's fixed fees and expenses. Fees and expenses belong to a client, not a task or project, so By project and By task show time only. Amounts are shown per currency.

## Export your time

On Summary, use the two download icons at the top right.
- The **CSV** icon saves every entry in the period: date, client, project, task, hours, rate, earnings, currency, whether it's billable, invoice number and note.
- The **PDF** icon saves a summary for the period with one section per client, including fixed fees and expenses.


Free PDFs carry a small "Generated with Cruxy" credit. Pro PDFs don't.

## Manage your tasks

Tasks (like Design or Meetings) are shared across all your clients. Open **Settings > Tasks** and tap **New task** to add one, or tap a task to rename it.
- You can also add a task from the Timer's task list with **+ Add new task**.
- Renaming a task changes its name on every entry, including old ones.
- A task that has entries can't be deleted, and its trash icon is crossed out. Rename it instead.

## Work offline

New time entries are saved on your device first, then sent when you're online. A banner shows when entries are waiting to sync and confirms when everything is saved.

Editing or deleting entries, and anything in Clients, Settings and Invoices, needs a connection. If an entry can't be saved (for example, its client was deleted), the banner offers **Retry** or **Discard**.

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