FREE TIMESHEET TEMPLATE
A free contractor and freelancer timesheet template with daily hours by client and task, overtime notes and client approval. Download it for Excel or Google Sheets (with formulas), Word or as a CSV, without an email gate.
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Name, period, client and the person who approves the timesheet.
Mon: On-site work for Elmstead Systems, 3.5 hours, billable.
Total hours, billable hours, non-billable hours and utilisation.
Submitted by, approved by and the date, ready to attach to the invoice.
For contractors billing by the hour or day, the approved timesheet is what gets the invoice paid. Agree who approves it and how quickly in your contractor statement of work.
| Date | Client / project | Task | Hours | Billable (Y/N) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | [Client — project] | [Task] | [0.0] | [Y/N] | [ ] |
| Tue | [Client — project] | [Task] | [0.0] | [Y/N] | [ ] |
| Wed | [Client — project] | [Task] | [0.0] | [Y/N] | [ ] |
| Thu | [Client — project] | [Task] | [0.0] | [Y/N] | [ ] |
| Fri | [Client — project] | [Task] | [0.0] | [Y/N] | [ ] |
| Sat | [Client — project] | [Task] | [0.0] | [Y/N] | [ ] |
| Sun | [Client — project] | [Task] | [0.0] | [Y/N] | [ ] |
Use Print or save as PDF in the template section above to print just the template, or fill it in Word or Google Docs first and export it (File → Save As → PDF in Word, File → Download → PDF document in Google Docs).
A filled-in example. The companies are fictional.
| Date | Client / project | Task | Hours | Billable (Y/N) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Elmstead Systems — network upgrade support | On-site work | 3.5 | Y | |
| Tue | Elmstead Systems — network upgrade support | Remote support | 2.25 | Y | |
| Wed | Elmstead Systems — network upgrade support | Documentation | 4 | Y | |
| Thu | Elmstead Systems — network upgrade support | Travel | 1.5 | N | Internal |
Turn approved hours into an invoice with the hourly invoice template.
Angelwood’s time tracking runs timers or manual entries against clients and projects, routes timesheets for approval and reports billable hours and utilisation.
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MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU
A few minutes at the end of each day beats an hour of guesswork at the end of the week, and recovers time you’d otherwise forget to bill.
Knowing your non-billable hours shows where time really goes and whether your prices cover it.
An approved timesheet behind every hours-based invoice means fewer queries and faster payment.
If you bill by the hour or day, yes. A timesheet approved by the client is the evidence behind each invoice and the quickest way to get paid without queries.
Yes. Download the CSV version and open it in Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers, then add a SUM formula to the hours column. The Markdown version is easy to edit in any text editor.
Weekly is the most common for client work: it’s frequent enough that people remember what they did, and it lines up with weekly or monthly invoicing.
Billable time is work you charge a client for. Non-billable time is everything else, such as admin, sales and internal meetings. Tracking both shows your real utilisation.
Yes. Download the Word (.docx) file and open it in Microsoft Word, or upload it to Google Drive and choose Open with → Google Docs. There’s also a Markdown version for any text editor. No account or email address is needed.
Fill it in, then export it: File → Save As → PDF in Word, or File → Download → PDF document in Google Docs. On this page you can also print just the template or save it as a PDF from your browser’s print dialog.
Yes. Enter quantities, hours and rates and the amounts, subtotal, tax and total calculate automatically. It also works in Google Sheets: upload it to Drive and open it with Google Sheets.
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