Auto-track billable hours from your Google Calendar—expenses and invoices synced to your student schedule.
Student entrepreneurs struggle to track expenses and manage invoices due to time constraints from schoolwork, needing simple free tools with minimal setup.
Connect Google Calendar to log billable time automatically for gigs, flagging study conflicts. Pair with simple expense tagging during short breaks. One-click invoice generation pulls hours and sends to clients, keeping everything in one distraction-free view.
Student entrepreneurs running side hustles or small businesses while attending school
Calendar-first time tracking integrated with school events, preventing burnout—unique for time-strapped students.
supportive
Import Google Calendar events as billable hours
Auto-log hustle time, manual start/stop
Link expenses to calendar events
Weekly/monthly billables vs school time
Generate from tracked hours + rates
Warn if hustle > study time
Basic client list with history
Multiple rates per hustle type
Connect to other tools
Predict next month earnings
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| calendar_token | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| hours | int | No |
| event_id | text | Yes |
| date | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| amount | int | No |
| time_entry_id | uuid | Yes |
| date | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| total_hours | int | No |
| status | text | No |
Relationships:
/api/calendar/syncSync calendar events to time_entries
/api/time-entriesList user time logs
/api/expensesAdd expense linked to time
/api/invoices/autoCreate invoice from period hours
/api/dashboard/summaryHours vs expenses overview
No alerts, manual only
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 200 | 1% | $60 | $720 |
| Month 6 | 1,500 | 2.5% | $1,125 | $13,500 |
Track hours automatically, invoice smart—balance studies and side gigs.
Share MVP link in student founder Slack groups and LinkedIn student entrepreneur posts. Cold email 15 from university biz club directories. Run $50 Twitter ads targeting 'student freelancer'.
Robust tracking
No calendar sync or student focus
Native Google Calendar + school balance alerts
Invoicing
Complex for quick student use
Calendar-driven simplicity
Proprietary calendar parsing for student schedules + user data for better alerts
Google Calendar API improvements + surge in calendar-based productivity tools.
Calendar API rate limits
Caching + edge functions
Privacy concerns with sync
Clear consents + local-first options
Success: 10+ confirm calendar pain
Success: 50% daily use
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