TimeMachine vs CrewDock

Work out what you're owed on a TVC, then invoice it. Built by a spark who was fed up paying three subscriptions to do it. 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. Works on every iPhone. On iPhone 15 Pro and later, Apple Intelligence helps with unusual layouts. 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. LONG FORM TOO Pact/Bectu TV and film agreements, tracked and invoiced by the week. YOURS, PRIVATELY No account. No tracking. Everything is worked out on your phone and backed up automatically to your own iCloud. Your shoots, rates and invoices never leave your device. The app sends a few anonymous milestones about which features get used, so I know what to build next, and you can switch that off in Settings. Free while we grow. Built on real jobs, for the people on the call sheet.

Crew Dock works out what your shooting day is actually worth. Enter your call time, wrap and breaks. Crew Dock applies the agreement your job runs under and returns the number. Overtime, short turnaround, meal penalties, travel and holiday pay all included. No spreadsheet, no second-guessing. RATES THAT FOLLOW THE AGREEMENT Built around the APA Recommended Terms for Crew, with support for Dutch and Belgian agreements too. Pick the one your job runs under and the rules follow. TRACK THE DAY AS IT HAPPENS Start the day tracker at your call time and it runs on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Mark lunch, get a nudge before it ends, and hit wrap. The day arrives in your calculator already filled in. INVOICE WITHOUT LEAVING THE APP Keep your clients on file, group days into projects and send a PDF invoice straight from your phone. KEEP THE RECEIPTS Every job is saved with the full breakdown, so when a producer queries a figure you can show exactly how it was reached. Free to use. No trial, no locked features. Crew Dock is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the APA.