You set up your bid block in Settings — your scheduled workdays and start times for the ~5-week period.

The calendar fills in automatically. Any day in your bid block schedule shows as a regular shift (green). Days off are blank.

You log exceptions by tapping a day — overtime, double time, left early, gave a shift, or picked one up. Only log what's different from your normal schedule.

The Pay tab calculates everything — gross pay, every deduction, and estimated net for each pay period.

Current hourly rate — your regular straight-time rate. On your stub, look for "REG RATE" or "BASE RATE" near the top of the earnings section.

Previous rate — only needed if you got a raise recently. Enter your old rate and the date the new rate took effect. The app uses the right rate for each shift automatically.

OT multiplier — almost always 1.5 (time-and-a-half). Check your contract if unsure.

DT multiplier — almost always 2.0 (double time). This applies to mandatory double-time shifts only.

Bid start date — the first Sunday of your current bid month. Check your bid award paperwork or ask your supervisor.

Start times per day — enter your scheduled shift start time for each working day. Leave a day blank if it's your day off. Example: if you work Mon–Fri starting at 2:00 PM, enter 14:00 for Mon through Fri and leave Sat and Sun blank.

Medical / Dental / Vision — pre-tax health deductions. Look for "MED," "DENT," "VIS" or similar in the pre-tax deductions section of your stub.

AD&D — accidental death & dismemberment insurance. Often listed as "ADD" or "AD&D" in pre-tax deductions. Enter 0 if you don't have it.

401(k) contribution % — the percentage of your gross pay going into your retirement account each period. Look for "401K" or "RETIREMENT" in the pre-tax section.

401(k) loan payment — if you have a 401(k) loan, this is the flat repayment amount each period. It's an after-tax deduction — separate from your contribution. Look for "401K LOAN" in after-tax deductions.

Stock purchase plan — if you participate in an employee stock plan, enter the flat amount deducted each period.

Union dues — your TWU dues per period. Look for "UNION DUES" or "TWU" in after-tax deductions.

Life ins & other — combine any remaining after-tax deductions here (supplemental life insurance, etc.).

Federal withholding — look for "FED TAX," "FEDERAL INCOME TAX," or "FIT" on your stub. Enter the dollar amount withheld that period.

State withholding — look for your state's withholding label on your stub — common labels include CA TAX, NY TAX, STATE TAX, STATE INCOME TAX, or SIT depending on your state. Enter the dollar amount withheld.

Gross pay that period — the gross pay from the same stub you used above. The app uses this to build a ratio and scales your withholding proportionally each period.

Tap any day on the calendar.

A detail sheet slides up showing what the app currently has for that day (scheduled hours, pay rate, estimated earnings).

Enter the hours for whatever applies — OT, DT, left early, gave, or picked up. You can combine them on the same day (e.g. you picked up a shift and stayed for OT).

Two ways to enter hours — use the toggle at the top of the entry sheet:

Decimal mode (default) — enter hours as a number with a decimal. Half an hour is 0.5, 45 minutes is 0.75, one hour and 12 minutes is 1.2, and so on. This is the fastest option for most entries.

H:MM mode — enter hours and minutes with a colon. The colon inserts automatically after you type the first two digits, so you don't need to type it yourself. Important: you must type leading zeros for single-digit hours. To enter 1 hour 18 minutes, type 0118 — the app formats it as 1:18. If you just type 118 without the leading zero, it reads as 11 hours and 8 minutes. When in doubt, always start with a zero if the hour is less than 10.

The toggle converts any values you've already entered between formats on the fly, so you can switch back and forth without losing what you typed.

Tap Save. The calendar updates immediately and pay totals recalculate.

To undo, tap the day again and tap Clear override. The day goes back to whatever your bid block says.

Go to Settings and tap "Save your records" — this saves a backup file to your Downloads folder.

If you ever lose your data, tap "Restore records" in Settings — select your backup file and everything comes back instantly.

You cleared your browser/app cache — this erases all locally stored app data.

You got a new phone — app data doesn't transfer automatically.

Your browser ran low on storage — some browsers evict stored data when device storage is full.

You opened the app in a different browser — Chrome and Safari each have their own storage. Data from one isn't visible to the other.

All your Settings — pay rate, bid block, deductions, tax calibration.

All shift exceptions you've logged — OT, DT, early outs, pickups, gave shifts.

Historical data is gone for good — the app doesn't store anything on a server, so past periods can't be recovered.

Open the app — the setup wizard will launch automatically since your settings are gone.

Re-enter Settings first — pay rate, bid block, deductions, and tax calibration. Grab a recent pay stub to reference.

Re-log exceptions for the current pay period only — only the current period matters for your next paycheck. Anything older you can skip.

You're back up and running. Future periods will track normally from here.