Timesheets your team confirms and you approve — backed by the device record, meetings from the calendar, reading labeled by the person. Idle time is never silently deducted. Payroll, invoices and contractor payouts from approved hours.
14-day full trial · No card required · Free forever for 3 seats · macOS & Windows
Hours confirmed by each person, approved by you
Nobody scored on activity| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mia | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 38.3h |
| Ken | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 38.4h |
| Ana | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 33.7h |
Press “Approve week”. Meetings come from calendars, reading is confirmed by the person, unlabeled time never counts.
FocusUp records the day, asks the person about the gaps, and hands you hours you can pay with confidence.
Start free — no cardNo Start button, no macOS permissions on day one, no report to write.
A small Mac / Windows app records only during working hours, from the OS idle clock — never keystrokes.
In the evening the timesheet is drafted. Meetings come from the calendar; the person labels reading, thinking and offline work — or a break.
Review the exceptions, approve the week, export payroll hours, invoice lines and contractor payouts.
Evidence for you, fairness for your team, exports for payroll and clients.
Every day shows how much is backed by device input or calendar meetings and how much is the person's own statement.
FocusUpapp7:02 AM
Good morning, Mia — here's your standup draft for Thu, Oct 1
✅Yesterday
🎯Today
🚧Blockers
JJira worklog on approve: ACME-231 · 1h 35m
Reconstructed work · Mia · yesterday
not in JiraPricing page v3
2h 10mevidence: Figma · Chrome (figma.com)
ACME-231Login redirect loop after SSO
1h 35mevidence: VS Code · Chrome (acme.atlassian.net) · GitHub PR #482
not in JiraQ3 hiring plan
45mevidence: Google Sheets · Notion
not in JiraDesign sync with Ken
30mevidence: Google Meet · Calendar
Nothing typed by Mia. Reconstructed from app, document, ticket and calendar activity.
Time without input is never deducted silently — the person labels it, reviews the day first, and sees when you open their record.
Inbox · 4 to review
Needs your OK🔥 Overload — Ana tracked 9h+ on each of the last 3 days
Mon 9h 24m · Tue 9h 41m · Wed 10h 05m. Two sessions ended after 22:00. Burnout risk 72 (was 41 last week).
Proposed DM, in your voice
Hey Ana — noticed the last few days ran long. Anything I can take off your plate this week? Happy to move Friday's review if that helps.
Nothing reaches Ana until you press Send.
Approved days turn into the files you actually need — and a portal your clients can open.
FocusUp
nowFocus copilot
12+ app switches in the last 10 minutes. Lock in for 45 minutes?
Team Focus Health · this week
Switches / hour
6.2
↓ 18% vs last week
Top interruption source
Slack DMs · 41%
Team aggregates only — no per-person view.
14-day full trial · No card required · Free forever for 3 seats · macOS & Windows
Manual timesheets are memory. Activity trackers are mistrust. FocusUp is evidence the person confirms.
| FocusUp | Manual timesheets | Activity trackers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timesheet drafted from the device record | Yes | No | Partial |
| The person reviews the day before the manager | Yes | Yes | No |
| Meetings & reading counted — idle never silently deducted | Yes | Partial | No |
| Approve the week, export payroll / invoices / payouts | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| No Start button, no macOS permissions on day one | Yes | Yes | No |
| One plan, everything included — $6 per seat | Yes | Partial | Partial |
Connect once from Settings. Every integration is optional — the desktop app alone is enough to start.
Slack
Bot DMs, one-tap channel posts, Do Not Disturb
Jira Cloud
Reads assigned issues, writes worklogs back
Google Calendar
Meetings in, Focus Blocks out
Microsoft 365 Calendar
Outlook meetings in, Focus Blocks out
Desktop app
macOS and Windows
Transparency is a product spec, not a policy page.
Screenshots can be disabled or blurred org-wide. URL capture can be limited to domains. Retention is configurable. Members see everything collected about them.
Read our security & privacy commitments →No stealth mode — members always know when tracking runs
Data parity — members see 100% of their own data
Consent recorded before the first minute is tracked
EU compliance mode: screenshots off, domain-only URLs, no window titles, 90-day retention
Screenshots off by default for every new workspace — opt in, never opt out
Running in production today
3,206+
Hours of work measured
6,027+
AI reports delivered
Live production numbers — updated hourly
Free for up to 3 seats. One paid plan with everything included — and a 14-day free trial, no card needed.
Free
$0up to 3 seats
Desktop app, personal work history and the focus copilot for up to 3 seats.
Start freeTeam
$6per seat / month
Everything included: verified timesheets, approvals, payroll / invoice / payout exports and the client portal. Annual billing = 2 months free.
Start free trialNo — and that is a product decision, not a marketing line. There is no stealth mode, members see 100% of the data collected about them, consent is recorded before the first minute is tracked, and screenshots are off by default. Managers get aggregates and proposed actions, not a live feed of anyone's screen.
A Slack DM from FocusUp every morning with three sections — Yesterday, Today, Blockers — drafted from what you actually worked on: apps, documents, tickets and meetings. You tap Approve & post, Edit, or Skip today. Approved standups go to your team channel and, if connected, log time back to Jira.
Everything is also available on the web: your standup draft, the manager inbox and the focus copilot all work without Slack. Slack adds the DM delivery, one-tap posting and Do Not Disturb sync. Microsoft Teams delivery is on the roadmap.
Yes. FocusUp reconstructs work from desktop activity, documents, meetings and calendar — Jira is optional. Connect Jira Cloud and it also reads assigned issues, links them to the work it sees and writes worklogs back automatically.
EU compliance mode is built in and turns on automatically for EU-based signups: screenshots off, domain-only URLs, no window titles, 90-day maximum retention. A DPA and DPIA template are available, and members can export or delete their data at any time.
No. Signup starts a 14-day full trial automatically — no card required. When it ends you keep the Free plan (3 seats) and all your data. Add a card only if you want to keep the AI features running.
The desktop app runs on macOS and Windows. Standups arrive in Slack; managers and members use the web app from any browser. Integrations: Slack, Jira Cloud, Google Calendar and Microsoft 365 Calendar. No keystroke logging — only whether input was active.
We would rather tell you now than after setup. If you want covert monitoring, keystroke logging or insider-threat forensics, FocusUp deliberately does not do that — look at security products instead. If your whole workflow already lives in Jira and GitHub, a ticket-based standup bot may be enough. FocusUp fits teams whose real work happens in design tools, documents, spreadsheets, calls and research — the work that never gets logged.
Timesheets they confirm, you approve, payroll exports. Free for 3 seats, then $6 per seat.
14-day full trial · No card required · Free forever for 3 seats · macOS & Windows