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Who was in, and when

Attendance that records itself, and activity you choose to add

Every visit to the office and to each room is recorded as people come and go, so attendance needs no clocking in. Organisations that need more can have their owner switch on app activity in the Windows desktop app. It is off by default, and the app shows when it is running.

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The flow
  1. Meet
  2. Capture
  3. Act

Attendance

Room visits, recorded as they happen

When someone takes a seat, the visit starts; when they leave, it ends. Attendance is read straight from those visits: who was in the office, in which rooms, and for how long, day by day or across a range.

  • Office and room visits recorded automatically
  • A day timeline per person, and totals over a range
  • Scoped to your organisation

The desktop app

Hours that keep counting when the window closes

Close the Windows or macOS app and it stays signed in from the system tray, so presence and working hours carry on. After fifteen minutes with no input, a person is shown as away by default, and nobody is ever removed from their seat for being idle.

  • Stays signed in from the system tray
  • Away after 15 minutes of no input, by default
  • Never unseated for inactivity
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App activity

App activity, when your organisation needs it

An organisation owner can switch on app activity. From then on, the Windows desktop app records which application was in front and its window title, and the owner and admins can review it on each person's day. It is off by default and only the owner can turn it on. While it runs, a monitoring icon shows in the app header, the tray icon's tooltip says so, and a notice in Settings, under Security, explains exactly what is collected.

  • Off by default; only the organisation owner can enable it
  • A monitoring icon in the app while it runs, and the notice in Settings
  • Owner and admins only, deleted after a retention period the owner sets

Related

Works with the rest of the office

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Time Tracker

Worklogs against real work

Log time against any work item with a date, a start and an end, and see it roll up into per-person reports. Time lives next to the task it was spent on, not in a separate tab you forget to open.

Learn more about Time Tracker

Virtual Office

Seats, rooms, and real presence

A workspace your team actually inhabits: avatars in seats, rooms you walk into, and presence you can read at a glance. The seat you take decides the channel you are in, so there is no join link anywhere.

Learn more about Virtual Office

Security

Two-factor, sessions, and IP rules

Email two-factor with trusted devices, revocable sessions, step-up reauthentication for sensitive actions, IP allow and deny lists, and a record of every login attempt.

Learn more about Security

Desktop App

The workspace, natively

The full workspace as an app for Windows and macOS, plus Android, with automatic updates on desktop. It stays signed in from the system tray after you close the window.

Learn more about Desktop App

FAQ

Questions about attendance

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What is recorded without any setup?

Room visits: when someone enters and leaves the office and each room. That is what attendance, day timelines and totals are built from.

What does app activity record?

When an organisation owner switches it on, the Windows desktop app records the application in front and its window title, in blocks of time. Browser windows are recorded by their title, not their address. Nothing is recorded while the person is idle or their screen is locked.

Who can see app activity?

The organisation's owner and admins, plus anyone in a custom role the organisation has given the permission. It stays inside that organisation. Members are not asked to accept anything before it starts: it begins when the owner switches it on, a monitoring icon shows in the app header while it runs, and the notice in Settings, under Security, describes what is collected.

Can members switch it off?

App activity is an organisation setting, not a personal one. It is off unless the owner switches it on, and it only runs in the Windows desktop app; the web app records in-tab idle time only.

Does it take screenshots?

Only if the owner also switches on periodic screenshots, a separate setting that is off by default. By default a screenshot covers only the window in front and is blurred on the person's machine before it is uploaded. The desktop app shows a notification each time one is taken. People can see their own screenshots and delete any of them, which marks that stretch of time as untracked; the owner and admins can view them too.

How long is it kept?

The owner chooses a retention period for app activity and for screenshots, from 7 to 365 days (30 by default), after which those records are deleted automatically.

Know who is around, without asking

Attendance is built into the office. Add app activity only if your organisation decides it needs it.