Our mobile app for iPhone and Android is designed primarily for tracking time and expenses on the go. It also has some additional limited functionality, like managing invoices and viewing some reports.

For full Harvest functionality, including updating your account’s settings and subscription, please sign in to your account from a web browser.

Installing the mobile app and signing in

You can download the app from the App Store (iPhone) or Google Play store (Android), sign up for an account, and sign in with your email address and password or using Google SSO or SAML SSO if your plan supports those features and they are enabled. Our signing-in article has more details.

You may be required to use two-factor authentication (2FA) if an Administrator has enabled this setting in your account. You can find more information in our article on two-factor authentication.

If you need to switch accounts later, click the settings button (gear icon) in the bottom right corner of the app and select Switch accounts.

Tracking time in the mobile app

Our article on tracking time has information about navigating your timesheet, entering and editing time, and submitting your timesheet for approval.

To make time tracking easier, you can use the favorites feature to quickly select your most frequently used project/task pairs or pull in calendar entries from Google or Outlook.com.

Tracking expenses in the mobile app

The mobile app is ideal for tracking expenses since you can take a picture of a receipt with your phone and directly attach it to an expense entry. Not all plans support expense tracking. Find out more about this in our article on tracking expenses.

Managing invoices and payments in the mobile app

If your plan has support for invoicing, you can’t create or edit invoices in the mobile app, but you can view them, send them to your clients, record payments, and take a number of other actions. Our article on managing invoices in the mobile app has step-by-step instructions.

The invoice features available to you depend on your permission level in the account.

Viewing reports in the mobile app

The app can give you some insight into your own time and, if you’re an Administrator and your plan supports team reports, your teammates’ time, as explained in our article on reports.

Dark mode in the mobile app

You can enable dark mode on your mobile app from the Account section. You can choose to have dark mode match the settings on your device or turn it on or off independent of your device settings. 

Troubleshooting unsynced entries and other issues

If you don’t have internet access or the connection is unstable, you might see some unsynced entries in the app. You can learn more about how to handle those in the unsynced entries article.

We also have a general troubleshooting article with first steps to address any other issues you might experience.

Other account settings and features

Additional functionality is available in the web app, accessed via a web browser. There, you can view additional reports, create invoices, change account settings, update your subscription, and more.

Sign in to your account from a web browser to use Harvest's full functionality, and search through our Help Center to learn more about everything you can do in Harvest.