QR code time clock
A QR code time clock that only works at your store
Put any tablet, phone or computer at the counter. It shows a QR code that changes every 30 seconds. Your team scans it with their phone’s camera to clock in.
How it works
- Open the store deviceSign in once on a tablet, old phone or computer at the counter. It shows the store’s QR code full screen.
- Scan with the phone cameraThe clock-in page opens in the browser. Each person signs in with their phone number and PIN the first time.
- The phone confirms the placeAt the moment they tap a button, the phone shares its location once. It must be inside the circle you drew around the store.
What you get
No buddy punching from home
A photo of the code stops working within seconds, and the phone has to be at the store. Someone at home can’t clock in a friend.
No app to install
It runs in the phone’s browser. Nothing to download, nothing to update, works on iPhone and Android.
Location only at the tap
Location is sent to Cronta only when someone taps a clock button, never in between, and the notice for employees says so.
Breaks too
Start and end breaks the same way. Short rest breaks and unpaid meal breaks are told apart by your rules.
Mistakes are flagged, not guessed
A missed clock-out shows up as something to check, so payroll never pays a 16-hour shift by accident.
Several stores
Each store has its own code, address and circle, so a punch always belongs to the right place.
Questions
What if someone has no smartphone?
Use the store device with their name and PIN instead, with an optional photo at each punch. See the tablet time clock.
What if the internet drops?
The clock-in page tells the person right away and they can try again when it’s back. Fix any missed punch in the dashboard; every change is kept in the timesheet history.
Does this stop every kind of time theft?
No system stops everything. The rotating code plus the location check makes clocking in from somewhere else hard, and the store-device photo option helps where that matters.
Step-by-step answers: Clocking in in the Cronta help centre