Side project

PioTime

Time tracking for the field ministry — no account, local and offline.

What is it?

PioTime is made for pioneers — for everyone with a monthly hour goal in the field ministry. The app records the time you spend, shows your progress toward the goal and puts your report together at the end of the month.

The key part: PioTime works without an account and runs entirely locally on your device, even offline. There is no sign-up, and your entries stay there unless you pair another device — they live in your browser only. If you use more than one device, you can pair them with a QR code: an end-to-end encrypted copy then lives on a server, readable only by your own devices, and you can unpair again at any time. A backup exports to a file with one tap, independent of that.

What's inside?

Quick entry Buttons for your most frequent durations, or a built-in timer, one tap is enough.

Monthly goal & service year A progress bar for the monthly goal (50, 30, 15 hours or your own), a service-year overview with credits and monthly totals.

Calendar & list Every month as a calendar or as a list, including a hint at possible gaps.

Bible studies & report Count Bible studies per month, generate a ready-to-send report.

Device syncing Pair your phone, tablet and other devices with a QR code, end-to-end encrypted.

Eight languages German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian and simplified Chinese.

What it looks like

PioTime start screen with a progress bar at 23 of 50 hours and quick buttons for frequent durations — The start screen: progress toward the monthly goal and quick buttons — one tap is enough.

Monthly calendar for July 2026 with marked ministry days and hour totals — The month as a calendar: entries, hours and possible gaps at a glance.

Service-year overview with a total of 540.3 hours and monthly totals below — The service year: where you stand, credits, and every month in detail.

PioTime start screen in dark mode — Dark if you like — one tap on the moon in the app.

Support

PioTime is free and stays that way. Anyone who wants to can support the app voluntarily.

Support PioTime

How to get it

PioTime comes two ways: as a web app right in the browser — new features land there immediately, and it installs on any device. Or as an app from Apple's App Store for iPhone and iPad. PioTime is not on Google Play — on Android you install the web app, like this:

From the app store

Right in the browser This is a progressive web app (PWA): a website you can install like an app — with its own icon on your home screen and its own window, without browser bars.

iPhone / iPad: in Safari, tap Share, then "Add to Home Screen".
Android: in Chrome, open the menu (⋮), then "Install app" (or "Add to home screen").

For PioTime this is more than convenience: your data lives only in the browser, and browsers may eventually clear the storage of rarely visited sites — iPhones after just a few weeks without a visit. Installed, your entries stay reliably in place. The app shows you a guide for this on first start.

Documentation

All features in detail, with guides for device syncing, backups and installation.

Go to the docs

Quick questions

Do I need an account?

No. PioTime stores everything locally on your device, no sign-up. Only when you pair a second device does an end-to-end encrypted copy go to a server — readable by your own devices only.

Is PioTime available for Android?

Yes, as a web app: open PioTime in Chrome, tap the menu (⋮), then “Install app”. PioTime is not on Google Play yet.

What does PioTime cost?

Nothing. No ads, no pro version, nothing to unlock. If you like, you can support the app voluntarily.

Which monthly goals are there?

50, 30 or 15 hours — or a goal of your own. A single month can differ, for example when you switch between pioneer and auxiliary pioneer.

What does the monthly report look like?

Three numbers: field-ministry hours, credits, Bible studies — as a short text you copy or share directly, for example into a chat.

How do I back up my data?

In the settings, under backup, you export all entries as a file and import it on the new device. Or pair both devices with a QR code and let syncing handle it.

Want to try it?

PioTime runs in the browser and installs to your phone — or you can get it for iPhone and iPad from the App Store. To have a look around, the start screen offers a demo with sample data.

Open the app