Answers to common questions, and a real person to write to if you need more.
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Set the headcount and a rate (either an hourly wage, or an annual salary, which Wasteclock converts to hourly by dividing by 2,080, the standard work-year hours), then tap Start. The dollar figure climbs in real time based on headcount × rate × elapsed time, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Yes. Tap either pill below the dollar figure to expand that slider and adjust it inline. The timer keeps running the whole time.
Wasteclock automatically pauses the timer when the app is backgrounded. When you come back, it stays paused: tap the play button to resume. This is deliberate, so a stray notification or phone call never quietly inflates your total.
Only once you're more than 30 seconds or $10 into a meeting. Under that, Reset clears instantly with no prompt. Either way, Reset keeps your last-used headcount and rate for next time; it just won't restart a meeting that's already underway.
Tap it any time, mid-meeting or after, to bring up the iOS share sheet with a plain-text summary (total cost, duration, headcount, and rate) you can send anywhere.
No. The phone app is free for your first 2 meetings, then a one-time $2.99 purchase unlocks unlimited meetings forever. No subscriptions and no ads.
Refunds are handled by Apple or Google, not by us directly. On iPhone, request one at reportaproblem.apple.com. On Android, use your Google Play order history.
No, nothing leaves your device. There's no backend, no accounts, and no analytics. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.
In any channel, type /wasteclock, set headcount and rate, and press Start. A live cost message posts and pins itself. Anyone in the channel can pause, resume, reset, add an agenda, log decisions, or share the total from that message.
For private channels, invite the app first with /invite @Wasteclock. Public channels work automatically. /wasteclock doesn't run in direct messages.
14 days free, then $19/month per workspace, billed through Stripe.
Removing Wasteclock from your workspace (Slack settings > Manage apps) automatically cancels your subscription at the end of the current period and deletes your workspace's data. You can also email us to cancel without uninstalling.
Only what it needs to run the timer. It never reads your messages. Full details are in the Slack Privacy Policy.