Best Logistics Shift Tracker App UK (2026)
Depot at 4am. Back from your third run. No idea if you've tipped into overtime yet or when the bank holiday rate kicks in. UK logistics is relentless, the pay is complicated, and most drivers and warehouse workers never check their payslip closely enough. Here's how to fix that.
- DHL, DPD, Amazon, Evri, Royal Mail — every major UK logistics employer has different overtime thresholds and night rate terms. You need to know yours
- Overtime Live shows your earnings live on your lock screen throughout the shift — useful when you're doing consecutive long runs and need a quick check
- Supports mid-shift rate switching — when you tip from standard into overtime mid-round, one tap changes the rate and both segments are logged
- Free on iOS and Android. No account. All data stays on your phone
Why logistics payslips go wrong
Three things make logistics pay harder to verify than most sectors. First, overtime thresholds differ between direct employees and agency workers at the same depot — sometimes by as much as 10 hours a week. Second, bank holiday rates are applied inconsistently across runs that span midnight. Third, if you're on a zero-hours or flexible contract, your hours can be logged incorrectly at source before payroll even sees them.
None of these errors are obvious unless you have your own numbers. A driver doing 50 hours a week at an employer whose system says overtime kicks in at 48 hours (not 37.5 hours as their contract states) is losing roughly 2.5 hours of enhanced pay every single week. Over a year that's meaningful money — and it never gets corrected unless you catch it.
Overtime and night rates by employer — UK 2026
If you work through an agency at a logistics depot, your overtime threshold and night rate may differ from direct employees at the same site. This is legal but must be stated in your contract. If you can't find it, ask for written confirmation — and track your hours from day one.
Overtime Live — how it works for logistics
The core idea is simple. Before your shift starts: enter your night rate. Tap start. Your phone's lock screen shows your running earnings total — updating every second, without you doing anything. On iOS it uses Live Activities and Dynamic Island. On Android it's a persistent notification in your status bar. Either way, a glance at your phone tells you exactly what you've earned.
For nights specifically, the mid-shift rate switch is what makes it genuinely useful. If your shift crosses a rate boundary — 8pm-to-6am NHS night window ending, or midnight Saturday tipping into Sunday — one tap switches the rate. The app logs both segments separately: hours, rate, subtotal. Both segments are in your shift history at the end.
Over a month you build a complete picture: every night shift, every rate applied, every total. Put it next to your payslip. If the enhancement hours or rates don't match, you've got a timestamped record to raise it with payroll.
- Free — no subscription, one optional £0.99 to remove ads
- Lock screen Live Activities on iOS — visible without unlocking
- Android persistent notification — always in view without opening the app
- Mid-shift rate switching — tap once at the rate boundary, both segments logged
- Full shift history with start time, end time, rate and total
- All data on your device — nothing uploaded anywhere
Your Night Shift Earnings — Live on Your Lock Screen
Set your rate, start the shift, watch it count. Switch rate at any crossover boundary. Free on iOS and Android.
Agency vs direct — what changes
The single most important thing to know before you set up the app: are you employed directly, or through an agency? This determines your overtime threshold, your holiday pay entitlement, and whether any night rate applies to you at all.
- Direct employee: Your contracted hours, overtime rate and any night premium are in your written employment contract. Your employer must honour them.
- Agency worker: Your rate is set by the agency, not the depot. After 12 weeks at the same site, you're entitled to the same basic pay as direct employees doing the same work (Agency Workers Regulations 2010) — but not necessarily the same overtime or night rate structure.
- Self-employed courier: No statutory overtime, no night rate, no holiday pay. Your per-parcel or per-mile rate must average out above NLW across all your hours — if it doesn't, that's an underpayment you can report to HMRC.
Most common logistics payslip errors
- Wrong overtime threshold applied. Your contract says 37.5h, payroll uses 48h — you lose 10.5 hours of enhanced pay per week you work overtime.
- Bank holiday not applied to the correct run. If your round spans midnight on a bank holiday, the hours either side may attract different rates. Most payroll systems apply one rate to the whole day.
- Night premium dropped after a pay rise. After an increment or contract update, check the night rate is still being applied separately. It sometimes gets absorbed into the new base rate incorrectly.
- Agency-to-direct transition not updated. After 12 weeks you're entitled to equivalent basic pay. If your rate didn't change at week 12, raise it.
Three months of your own shift records — built in Overtime Live as you go — is everything you need to dispute any of the above. Start with the next shift you work.