# TimeMachine - TVC Calculator — TVC crew pay & invoicing > TVC crew pay & invoicing (iPhone/iPad app by DECLAN PATRICK DUFFY.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timemachine-tvc-calculator/id6775970098 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [DECLAN PATRICK DUFFY](https://appshunter.io/developer/6775970100) - Category: Business, Productivity - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 5 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-24 - Data updated: 2026-09-08 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timemachine-tvc-calculator/id6775970098/reviews.md ## What is TimeMachine? Built by a spark who was fed up of paying for multiple different subscriptions to work out pay, manage crew and track and send invoices. TimeMachine works out UK commercials (TVC) pay to the APA recommended rates: every day type, overtime grade, penalty, weekend and bank holiday multiplier, night rate and cancellation tier. Enter your call and wrap, and know exactly what you're owed. TimeMachine is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Advertising Producers Association (APA). It applies the publicly available APA recommended rates as a reference for your own calculations. THE PAY ENGINE Current recommended rates built in, including the September 2026 update, applied automatically from your shoot's start date. Negotiated rates are never touched. Overtime in half-hour steps, exactly as the rate card says. INVOICING INCLUDED Turn a shoot into a clean, branded invoice in seconds. Waive a fee but still show it on the invoice. Track sent, paid and overdue. And when they pay late, add statutory interest and the fixed recovery fee to the invoice in one tap, plus a ready-written chase email with the invoice attached. READS YOUR CALL SHEET Point your camera at a call sheet, or share a PDF straight from your email, and TimeMachine fills in the shoot details for you, so a new job is ready to invoice in seconds. It all happens on your phone, so the call sheet never leaves your device. Requires a supported iPhone (iPhone 15 Pro and later). ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN A Live Activity shows your running day total, when overtime kicks in, and one-tap lunch and wrap. FOR BEST BOYS AND HODs Run your whole department's times from one phone. Set the day once, it applies to everyone, and each crew member's timesheet exports clean. STEPS ON SHOOT DAYS Legwork uses Apple Health to read your step count between call and wrap, so you can see how far you actually walked on a shoot day. Read only. Your health data stays on your phone and is never sent anywhere. YOURS, PRIVATELY No account. No tracking. Everything is worked out on your phone and backed up automatically to your own iCloud. Nothing is ever sent to us, because there is no us to send it to. Free while we grow. Built on real jobs, for the people on the call sheet. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 2026.11 — 2026-08-27 ### Ready for September 2026 APA rates TimeMachine now supports the September 2026 APA terms and rate card automatically, including the new 8 or 10 hour prep day rules, updated overtime grades and UK bank holidays based on production location. ### Pact/Bectu film & TV support, in beta New support for the Pact/Bectu Scripted TV Agreement and Major Motion Picture Agreement, with role rates, weekly timesheets, overtime, travel, mileage, expenses, kit and invoicing. ### Also new • Custom rates for prep, recce and other non shoot days • Standalone invoices for work not tracked in TimeMachine • “Still on set?” reminders when a planned wrap passes • Improved Best Boy sharing and weekly exports • Clearer day breakdowns showing how mileage, overtime and other amounts are calculated • More accurate earnings, invoice and payment stats • Siri wrap times now settle the day correctly • Fixes for mileage rates, overtime calculations, crew editing and navigation Plus groundwork for TimeMachine’s future year in review stats. ### 5.4.0 — 2026-08-06 NEW TIMEMACHINE JUST DROPPED 8-) Redesigned invoices and timesheets — cleaner, sharper, with a full day-by-day breakdown. Share a shoot to a mate with a single link. A new swipe-through tutorial to show you around. Turn the Live Activity off for shoots that don't need it. Plus a fresh Poppy theme, a tidier settings screen, and various improvements. ### 5.3.0 — 2026-07-24 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*