# Fold Time: staff clock in with a tap

> Canonical page: https://foldpos.com/fold-time · Markdown mirror.

A small wall device your staff tap with their own phone to clock in, take breaks and clock out. No app, no time-clock terminal, no PINs to share. It arrives set up and switches on with its first tap.

- **$39 a device, your first one free**: Added to your next Fold POS bill when it ships. Shipping included. With Growth and Pro.
- **A copied link won’t work**: Every tap carries a one-time code from the chip.
- **No app for your staff**: The tap opens a page on their own phone.

## Getting started: Order, unbox, tap.

Four steps, all from Fold POS.

- Order in Fold POS. Schedule › Time clock › Tags › Fold Time devices › Order devices, 1 to 20 at a time. You see the total before you order, and a confirmation with the price comes by text or email.
- We ship it ready. Each device is set up at Fold, labeled and boxed. You get an “on the way” message with the tracking link.
- Tap to switch it on. The first tap of any device with your own phone switches on the whole box for your store and turns on phone clock-in.
- Add your staff. In Fold POS, Time clock › Phones, add each person. They get a text to set up their phone, then tap any Fold Time device to clock in.

Nothing to pay at checkout: the devices are added to your next Fold POS bill when the box ships.

## For your staff: Tap, pick, done.

Staff tap their phone on the device and a page opens. No app to install.

- Clock in, start a meal or rest break, end a break, clock out.
- A 10-second Undo after every tap.
- Phones set to Spanish see the page in Spanish.
- After clocking out they get a text with today’s hours and a link to My hours: this pay period and the last, week by week, each day with start and end times and breaks, overtime, and whether you approved the period.
- An optional selfie at clock-in, if you turn it on. Only managers see it, it is never face-matched, and it is deleted after 30 days.

## Why the hours hold up: Hours you can trust.

Built for the questions that come up on payday.

- No buddy punching by copied links. Every tap carries a one-time code from the chip (NTAG 424 DNA). A copied or replayed link is refused.
- Only registered phones. A phone you have not added in Fold POS can’t clock anyone in.
- Records can’t be quietly changed. Punches are never overwritten. A manager’s correction is recorded next to the original, and the staff member sees “Changed by your manager” in My hours.
- California mode. Daily overtime over 8 hours, double time over 12, the seventh-day rule, and meal and rest premiums flagged for you.
- Payroll. Approved hours go to QuickBooks by kind of pay. A CSV export works with any payroll.
- If a phone is dead. Use the rotating clock-in QR on the POS, or the POS PIN clock.

## The device: Small, and nothing to plug in.

It screws to the wall by the door or station where people start work.

- 80 × 110 × 12 mm. The screws are hidden under the cover.
- “TAP YOUR PHONE / TOQUE CON SU TELÉFONO” on the front, and a label with the station name.
- No batteries, no power, no Wi-Fi: it works through the housing.
- Devices arrive named Fold Time 1, 2 and so on. Rename them in Fold POS.

Shown: a render of the housing. Photos of the real device are coming.

## Try it

A walkthrough of a shift, from the first tap to the hours in QuickBooks. https://foldpos.com/time-clock-tour

## Fold Time questions

**Do my staff need an app?** No. The tap opens a web page on their phone.

**What does it cost?** $39 a device, your first one free, added to your next Fold POS bill. Shipping included. Fold Time comes with Growth and Pro.

**What if someone copies the link?** It won’t work. Each tap carries a one-time code from the chip, so a copied or replayed link is refused.

**Can staff clock in from home?** Not by tap: they have to tap the device at the store. The backup clock-in QR is on the POS screen, at the store.

**What if an employee’s phone dies?** Use the clock-in QR on the POS or the POS PIN clock.

**How do staff see their hours?** The link in their clock-out text, or the My hours button after any tap. It shows this pay period and the last.

**How many do I need?** One for each door or station where people start work. Most shops need one or two.

**Does it work with payroll?** QuickBooks directly; any other payroll with the CSV export.

## Where to next

- [Pricing](https://foldpos.com/pricing): Fold Time comes with Growth and Pro.
- [Hardware](https://foldpos.com/hardware): What else your shop may need.
- [Help center](https://foldpos.com/help): Short answers for the counter.

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