Log your days in 10 seconds, attach photos and signed sheets as proof, send a statement contractors respect, and catch short payments before they cost you — for groundworkers, chippies, sparkies, brickies and every other trade on site.
DayGraft is for self-employed subcontractors working under the UK's Construction Industry Scheme — the people who turn up, do the work, and get paid by a contractor who deducts CIS before the money ever reaches them. If that's you, it doesn't matter which trade you're in:
DayGraft does one job properly: proving what you worked and what you're owed, and keeping records HMRC will accept. It's not trying to replace your accountant — it's trying to make their job cheaper.
Contractor, site and rate are remembered from yesterday — a repeat day is two taps. Full or half day, done before you're out of the van.
Snap the finished work, the signed daywork sheet, or the materials receipt. Every photo is time-stamped and tied to the day and site.
One tap builds a professional weekly statement — days, rates, labour/materials split, CIS worked out, evidence attached. Straight to the contractor.
Contractors, sites, evidence photos, weekly statements, payment checking and mileage. The full toolkit for CIS work where you need to prove what you did.
Just a start/end time grid for the week, with breaks, overtime rules and a running total. For when you're paid by the hour and nobody's asking for a statement.
Pick either in Settings, switch whenever you like — nothing is ever deleted when you do.
No more texting "that's 5 days you owe me." DayGraft sends a document a QS respects:
When the money lands, enter what you received. DayGraft compares it against your logged days and flags the gap — with the evidence to back you up when you make the call.
HMRC's Making Tax Digital rules now require the self-employed to keep digital records of income and expenses — over £50,000 gross already, over £30,000 from April 2027. That's a £120-a-day subbie working full time. Miss the new quarterly deadlines and the fines start at £200.
DayGraft keeps exactly the records MTD requires, groups your expenses into HMRC's categories as you go, and hands your accountant each quarter's figures in one tap. You're compliant by accident — just by logging your days like you already do.
DayGraft prepares your figures for your accountant or bridging software — quarterly submission to HMRC from inside the app is on our roadmap.
One missed day costs more than four years of Pro.
Yes. Logging days and expenses, attaching evidence, tracking one contractor (or job in Simple Hours), and 90 days of cloud photo backup are all free, with no account required. DayGraft Pro adds unlimited contractors, weekly statements, payment tracking, and permanent photo backup, with a 7-day free trial.
DayGraft estimates your CIS refund right in Settings. Because CIS is deducted at 20% or 30% from the first pound with no personal allowance applied, most subcontractors have more taken off than they actually owe. DayGraft works out roughly how much from your logged income, expenses and mileage — it's an estimate for guidance, not a tax calculation, but it's often the first time a subbie sees the number at all.
Yes — hourly pay works in both modes. Full Tracking has an Hourly pay type alongside day rate and overtime, so you can log an hourly rate while still keeping contractors, sites and evidence photos. Simple Hours is the lighter option: just a start/end time grid with breaks and overtime, no contractors or statements needed. Switch between the two anytime in Settings, and nothing you've logged is ever lost.
Yes, fully offline by default. Log days, expenses, mileage and photos with no connection at all. Signing in with Google is optional, and only needed if you want your records backed up and synced across a phone and tablet.
If you've signed in, your data — including evidence photos — restores automatically the moment you sign in again on a new device. Without an account, records stored only on the device can't be recovered, which is exactly why the optional backup exists.
Not yet. DayGraft keeps the records MTD requires and prepares quarterly figures for your accountant or bridging software, but it isn't currently HMRC-recognised software for direct submission. Being straight about that now matters more to us than overselling it.
Download it, log tomorrow's day in ten seconds, and see if it earns its place in your pocket. Free to start, no account needed.
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