# QELM — Built for the trades.

> Built for the trades. (iPhone/iPad app by Christopher Hudson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qelm/id6762642772 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Christopher Hudson](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894927149)
- Category: Business, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-04-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qelm/id6762642772/reviews.md

## What is QELM?

QELM is the time clock your crew actually uses. One tap to start the day, one to end it, and the hours land straight on the timesheet your office sees.

CLOCK IN AGAINST THE JOB
Pick the job, tap once, and you are on the clock. The app remembers the last job you worked, so most mornings it is one tap and nothing else. Every punch says back the job and the time it booked, so you know it went through before the phone goes in your pocket. Working somewhere the office has not set up yet? Type the address and punch against that instead.

START THE DAY WITHOUT OPENING THE APP
On iOS 18 and later, clock in and out from Control Center or the Lock Screen. One press, no unlocking, no hunting for the app. Once you are on the clock the running time sits on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on a Home Screen widget, so you can check the shift without opening anything.

WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL
Basements, new builds, the far end of a site. Punches taken with no bars are held on the phone and sent the moment signal comes back, and they book the time you actually took them, not the time they arrived. Your pay does not move because the site had no service.

SEE YOUR WEEK BEFORE PAYDAY
Every shift in the week, grouped by day, with the punch times and the hours behind each one. The week's total sits at the top. No surprises on payday.

ASK FOR A CORRECTION
Forgot to clock out? Tap the shift, put in the times you actually worked, say what happened. It goes to your manager as a request. Nobody edits their own hours, which is what keeps the timesheet worth trusting. If the office changes one of your shifts, the timesheet shows that it was changed, who changed it, and when.

PHOTOGRAPH A RECEIPT
Buy materials, photograph the receipt, and the app reads the vendor, the total and the date off the paper for you. Check it, pick the job, done. The receipt is filed against that job for the office.

SIGN IN WITHOUT A PASSWORD
We email you a link. Tap it once and you are in. After that it is Face ID. There is no password to forget on a job site and none to write inside a hard hat.

EN ESPAÑOL
The whole app is in Spanish as well as English, and follows whatever your phone is set to.

WHAT YOU NEED
QELM is used by construction and trade companies. Your employer sets up your account and adds you to the workspace; you cannot sign yourself up. If your company does not use QELM yet, ask your office about it.

ABOUT LOCATION
The app records where you were at the moment you punch, so your employer can verify the hours they are paying for. That is the only time it reads location. There is no geofence, nothing is recorded between punches, and nothing is recorded while the app is closed.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.2 — 2026-08-12

Fixed a bug that asked you to sign in again every time you opened the app.

Clocking in from the Lock Screen, and punches sent after a long stretch without signal, are more reliable too.

### 3.0.1 — 2026-08-12

CLOCK IN FROM THE LOCK SCREEN
Start the day without opening the app. On iOS 18 and later you can clock in and out from Control Center or the Lock Screen with one press, and once you are on the clock the running time sits on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on a Home Screen widget.

THE PUNCH TELLS YOU WHAT IT RECORDED
Every clock in and clock out now says back the job and the time it booked, so you know the app heard you before you put the phone in your pocket.

OPENS ON THE SHIFT YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON
No blank screen while it works out where you stand. The app opens on the QELM mark and lands on the shift the server last confirmed.

SEE WHEN THE OFFICE CHANGED YOUR HOURS
If a manager edited one of your shifts, the timesheet now shows that it was changed, by whom, and when.

FIXES
- A punch taken with no signal reaches the offline queue straight away instead of sitting on "Sending" for a minute first.
- Punches the server would have accepted are no longer thrown away.
- Receipt scanning reads the vendor, total and date off the photo again, and reads amounts in your own number format.
- Bigger tap targets on the quiet buttons, and the text stays readable at the largest accessibility sizes.

### 3.0.0 — 2026-08-04

QELM is a rebuild. The old app tried to put the whole office in your pocket; this one does the thing crews actually need on site, and does it properly.

- Clock in and out against a job, or against a site address you type yourself
- Punches taken with no signal are held and sent later, keeping the time you took them
- Your running shift on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
- Your full timesheet, week by week, with the punch times behind every hour
- Ask a manager to correct a shift you got wrong
- Photograph a receipt and let the app read the vendor, total and date
- Sign in with an emailed link, then Face ID after that
- Spanish throughout

### 1.3.0 — 2026-05-14

Employees can now request timesheet edits from the app. Managers can
review, approve, or reject requests directly on the Timesheets screen.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-04-24

Added GPS location capture at clock-in, Face ID login support, and electronic signature on estimates and invoices.

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