TSheets is now QuickBooks Time, a broader tool that also covers crew scheduling. FieldTimesheet does less on purpose: clean hours from your crew, a line about what got done, and invoices your customers don't fight.
If you are searching for TSheets, here is the short version: TSheets does not exist anymore as a standalone product. Intuit acquired TSheets in 2018 for $340 million and rebranded it as QuickBooks Time in 2021. The app still works, the core features are still there, but a lot has changed — and not all of it for the better if you are an electrical contractor.
When TSheets was independent, it was a lean, straightforward time tracking tool that contractors loved. You clocked in, clocked out, and the data went where it needed to go. After the Intuit acquisition, the product expanded to serve a wider audience. New features were added for office workers, remote teams, and enterprise customers. Pricing increased. The interface got busier. And electrical contractors — the kind of customers who made TSheets successful in the first place — started feeling like an afterthought.
If you are searching for TSheets by name, you are probably not looking for more features. You are looking for the tool that did one job without making you configure it first. That is the gap: QuickBooks Time now serves office teams, remote workers, and enterprise payroll, and a 15-person electrical shop pays for all of it — in setup time, in monthly cost, and in a phone screen a journeyman has to squint at on a ladder.
FieldTimesheet was built to fill that gap. It is the simple, contractor-focused time tracker that TSheets used to be — with native QuickBooks sync, real-time job costing, printable job reports for when a customer wants to see the hours behind an invoice, and pricing that makes sense for a 10 to 30 person electrical crew. Here is how they compare.
| Feature | FieldTimesheet | TSheets |
|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks Online Sync | Native sync via TimeActivity API. One-click connection, one-click push from the Time page. | Native Intuit integration (same company). Multiple sync paths including payroll. |
| Interface Simplicity | One-tap clock in. Minimal screens. Built for workers on job sites, not office desks. | Feature-rich interface with scheduling, PTO, projects, and more. Can feel overwhelming for field workers. |
| Job Costing | Real-time labor vs. budget tracking. See profitability before the job ends. | Job tracking available but real-time costing requires QuickBooks Online Advanced. |
| 1099 Contractor Tracking | No worker-classification field and no 1099 report. Subs' hours export to CSV for prep. | Not a native feature. Must use QuickBooks or manual tracking for 1099 prep. |
| Scheduling & PTO | Not included. Focused on time capture and job costing. | Scheduling on every plan; time off management from Premium up. |
| GPS & Geofencing | Optional GPS capture on clock in/out. No geofencing. | Real-time GPS tracking plus geofencing with automatic clock in/out reminders. |
| Crew Onboarding | Send email invite, worker clicks link, sets password, clocks in. Under 2 minutes. | Admin creates user, assigns role and group, worker downloads app, creates Intuit login. |
| Pricing Transparency | Starter $39/mo for up to 3 workers. Crew $99/mo for up to 10, then $8 per extra worker. Same features on both. | Two tiers (Premium and Elite) with different feature sets. Per-user pricing from $10-12/mo. |
| Setup Complexity | 5-minute setup. Connect QB, invite crew, start tracking. | 30-60 minutes. Multiple config screens, permission hierarchies, integration settings. |
FieldTimesheet
Native sync via TimeActivity API. One-click connection, one-click push from the Time page.TSheets
Native Intuit integration (same company). Multiple sync paths including payroll.FieldTimesheet
One-tap clock in. Minimal screens. Built for workers on job sites, not office desks.TSheets
Feature-rich interface with scheduling, PTO, projects, and more. Can feel overwhelming for field workers.FieldTimesheet
Real-time labor vs. budget tracking. See profitability before the job ends.TSheets
Job tracking available but real-time costing requires QuickBooks Online Advanced.FieldTimesheet
No worker-classification field and no 1099 report. Subs' hours export to CSV for prep.TSheets
Not a native feature. Must use QuickBooks or manual tracking for 1099 prep.FieldTimesheet
Not included. Focused on time capture and job costing.TSheets
Scheduling on every plan; time off management from Premium up.FieldTimesheet
Optional GPS capture on clock in/out. No geofencing.TSheets
Real-time GPS tracking plus geofencing with automatic clock in/out reminders.FieldTimesheet
Send email invite, worker clicks link, sets password, clocks in. Under 2 minutes.TSheets
Admin creates user, assigns role and group, worker downloads app, creates Intuit login.FieldTimesheet
Starter $39/mo for up to 3 workers. Crew $99/mo for up to 10, then $8 per extra worker. Same features on both.TSheets
Two tiers (Premium and Elite) with different feature sets. Per-user pricing from $10-12/mo.FieldTimesheet
5-minute setup. Connect QB, invite crew, start tracking.TSheets
30-60 minutes. Multiple config screens, permission hierarchies, integration settings.$139/mo — 15-person crew, everything included
$170/mo — 15-person crew on Premium ($220/mo on Elite)
TSheets was a great product for contractors. Simple, affordable, and reliable. When Intuit acquired it and rebranded it as QuickBooks Time, the product evolved to serve a broader market. That is not inherently bad — but it means the tool is no longer optimized for the contractor who just needs to clock their crew in and out, track job costs, and sync to QuickBooks.
If you are one of those contractors who has been searching for "TSheets" because you miss what the product used to be, FieldTimesheet is worth a look. It captures the simplicity that made TSheets popular in the first place, adds real-time job costing and a crew note recording what got done, and costs less for a typical electrical crew.
The switching cost is low. Your historical data stays in QuickBooks. You add your active jobs once, by hand. Your crew learns the new tool in under two minutes because there is almost nothing to learn — tap a button, pick a job, go to work.
Try the 14-day free trial and see if it feels like the TSheets you remember, but built for the way your electrical business actually works today.
TSheets is not available as a standalone product anymore. Intuit acquired TSheets in 2018 and fully rebranded it as QuickBooks Time in 2021. If you visit tsheets.com, it redirects to the QuickBooks Time page. The underlying technology still exists within QuickBooks Time, but the branding, pricing, and feature set have changed significantly since the acquisition.
TSheets is now QuickBooks Time, priced as a base fee plus a charge for every user. Intuit's pricing page lists Time Premium at a base fee plus $10 per user per month and Time Elite at a base fee plus $12 per user per month. The product also grew to include scheduling, PTO management and deeper payroll integration. For electrical contractors who only need clock in/out and QuickBooks sync, much of that is built for a different customer.
If you had a TSheets account, it was migrated to QuickBooks Time automatically. Your data, settings, and configuration should still be intact. However, the interface, branding, and login process have changed. You now sign in through Intuit and the product is managed as part of the QuickBooks ecosystem.
FieldTimesheet shares the simplicity that made TSheets popular — easy clock in/out, straightforward job tracking, and QuickBooks sync. But it goes further for electrical contractors specifically: real-time job costing so you know if you are over budget before the job ends, and a crew note on every entry that turns into a billing packet your customer can read. TSheets was a general time tracker; FieldTimesheet is purpose-built for the trades.
No. Your QuickBooks Online data is completely independent of which time tracking tool you use. All historical time entries, invoices, and reports remain in QuickBooks. Connecting FieldTimesheet does not read or alter any of it — the sync runs one way, pushing new time entries out. You add your active jobs in FieldTimesheet once so the crew has something to clock in against. You can even run both tools side by side during a transition period.
Yes. FieldTimesheet uses the official QuickBooks Online API to create TimeActivity records — the same standard data format. The sync is direct: one click from the Time page and the completed entries are in QuickBooks. Because FieldTimesheet focuses exclusively on time tracking (unlike QuickBooks Time, which also handles scheduling, PTO, and payroll), there are fewer moving parts and fewer things that can go wrong with the sync process.
The main features you give up are: shift scheduling and team calendars, PTO and time-off management, real-time GPS tracking with geofencing, mileage tracking, and phone-based customer support. If your electrical business depends on any of those features, QuickBooks Time may still be the right choice. If you primarily need clock in/out, job costing, and QuickBooks sync, FieldTimesheet gives you those at a lower cost with a simpler experience. Note that neither product classifies workers as W-2 or 1099 for you.