For UK construction subcontractors · CIS ready

Never lose a
day's pay again

The day rate diary for self-employed subbies on CIS — groundworkers, chippies, sparkies, brickies and every other trade on site. 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.

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Earned this week
£880.00
4 days loggedWK 28
Contractor
Harrington Build Ltd
Site
Oakfield Rd, Plot 4
Day rate
£220.00
Evidence
📷 Site photo · ✍️ Signed sheet
Save day record · £220.00
Who it's for

Built for the trades.
Not for accountants.

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:

GroundworkersChippiesSparkiesBrickies PlasterersRoofersPlumbersScaffolders DrylinersSteel fixersPainters & decorators TilersPlant operatorsLabourers

DayGraft is for you if…

  • You're self-employed and paid by a contractor, not on the books
  • CIS is deducted at 20% or 30% before you're paid — or you have gross status
  • You're on a day rate, price work, or hourly, and it changes site to site
  • You work for one contractor or five, sometimes in the same week
  • Your record of the week is a note on your phone, a diary, or your memory
  • You file a Self Assessment and dread digging out the numbers each April

Probably not for you if…

  • You're PAYE — your employer already handles all of this
  • You run a firm with staff on payroll — you need proper accounting software
  • You want a full bookkeeping suite with invoicing, VAT returns and ledgers

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.

How it works

Three taps at the end of the day.
Everything else is automatic.

01 · LOG

Log the day

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.

02 · PROVE

Attach the proof

Snap the finished work, the signed daywork sheet, or the materials receipt. Every photo is time-stamped and tied to the day and site.

03 · GET PAID

Send the statement

One tap builds a professional weekly statement — days, rates, labour/materials split, CIS worked out, evidence attached. Straight to the contractor.

Full Tracking

Contractors, sites, evidence photos, weekly statements, payment checking and mileage. The full toolkit for CIS work where you need to prove what you did.

Simple Hours

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.

Want the detail? The full user guide walks through every part of the app — logging days, evidence photos, statements, mileage, expenses and exports.
Read the guide →
The statement

Paperwork that gets taken seriously

No more texting "that's 5 days you owe me." DayGraft sends a document a QS respects:

  • CIS done properly — 20% or 30% deducted on labour only, never materials
  • Your UTR and details on every statement
  • Photo evidence referenced per day, appendix attached
  • On-site sign-off — capture the agent's signature on your phone
Daywork RecordWeek ending Fri 10 July
J. SMITH — PLASTERING
UTR 12345 67890
Labour (4.5 days @ £220)£990.00
Materials£84.60
Gross£1,074.60
CIS 20% (labour only)−£198.00
Net payable£876.60
The bit nobody else does

Paid short? You'll know in seconds.

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.

Expected (net)£876.60
Received Fri 17 Jul£656.60
Short by−£220.00
⚠ Looks like Thursday 9 July wasn't paid — you have 2 photos and a signed sheet for that day.
The law is changing

Your paper diary stops being legal.

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.

Pricing

Free to graft. Pro when it pays for itself.

Free

£0
  • Unlimited day logging
  • One contractor
  • Weekly totals & running earnings
  • Photos kept 90 days
Best value: annual

Pro

£29.99/year · or £4.99/week
  • Unlimited contractors & sites
  • PDF statements with evidence appendix
  • Payment checking — catch short pays
  • CIS running total for your tax refund
  • Evidence archive kept forever

One missed day costs more than four years of Pro.

Built by one developer.
Shaped by real subbies.

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.

Download on theApp Store Coming soon toGoogle Play

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