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Get your crew on the Clox app

Install Clox on your crew's phones, use it from a browser, or set up a shared tablet for clock-in.

Your crew usually clocks in from their phones. Managers use the web app at app.getclox.com to set up projects, review hours, approve timesheets, and run payroll.

This guide covers the three ways your crew can clock in.

Which app each person uses

Managers use the web app to set up Clox and manage the crew.

Employees can clock in three ways:

  • Clox app: install it on an iPhone or Android phone
  • Web browser: open app.getclox.com on a phone or computer
  • Shared tablet: set up one tablet as a kiosk for the whole crew

Start with the Clox app on each employee's phone.

Get the app on a phone

Clox is available for iPhone and Android.

Send your employee the download link for their phone:

They install Clox, open it, and sign in with the email shown on their invite.

They join your company, not a new one
Invite each employee from the Team page in the web app first. They open the link in their invitation and sign up with the invited email, then sign in with their own account and join your company.

The Getting set up as an employee guide walks them through these steps.

Use Clox in a browser

Employees can also clock in from app.getclox.com using Safari, Chrome, or another browser on their phone or computer.

In a browser, employees can clock in and out, take breaks, and switch projects.

There is one exception. If you require the job site's Wi-Fi at clock-in, that employee can't clock in from a browser. A browser can't tell which Wi-Fi network the phone is on. They clock in from the Clox app or the shared tablet instead.

An employee who uses the browser a lot can add Clox to the phone's home screen.

Add Clox from the right address
Open app.getclox.com before adding Clox to the home screen. That way, the shortcut opens the web app directly.

Shared tablet as a kiosk

If some employees don't use their own phones, you can set up a shared tablet as a kiosk.

  1. Set your kiosk PIN under Settings → Account & security → Kiosk PIN. A manager PIN is 6 to 8 digits.
  2. On the tablet, sign in at app.getclox.com as a manager and open Settings → Kiosk.
  3. Turn on Kiosk mode.
  4. Tap Launch kiosk on this device, enter your kiosk PIN, then tap Yes, launch kiosk.

You enter the same PIN later, when you exit kiosk mode.

Each employee taps their name and enters their own PIN to clock in and out.

kiosk · Donovan Electric
CLOX KIOSK
Tap your name to clock in
Donovan Electric · Tuesday, June 16 · 7:14 AM
CN
Cody Nguyen
On the clock
DR
Diego Ramirez
On the clock
FD
Frank Donovan
Off
JA
Jordan Avery
Off
MB
Marcus Bell
Off
PP
Priya Patel
Off
RO
Renee Okafor
Off
TC
Tasha Coleman
On break
The kiosk: each employee taps their own name

You can keep the tablet at the job site, in the trailer, or anywhere else the crew starts and ends the day.

Set up Kiosk mode →
Learn how to set up the tablet, employee PINs, and kiosk clock-ins.

What it costs

The Clox app is free to download on iPhone and Android.

Your Clox account includes a 14-day free trial with no credit card. After the trial, you need a paid plan to keep using Clox.

See pricing for the current plans.

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