u/_GigLedger_

Hey everyone. I posted here a little while back asking how people track gigs, hours, rates, invoices, and whether they’ve been paid.

The feedback was super helpful. A lot of people said they already have a system that works, usually some mix of Google Calendar, notes, spreadsheets, Wave, QuickBooks, Trello, call sheet emails, and bank statements.

That helped me narrow down what GigLedger should actually be.

It’s a simple gig tracking app for live event workers. You can add gigs, track call times and actual hours, save rates, notes, expenses, and payment status, then use that record when it’s time to invoice or look back at what happened.

It’s not meant to be payroll, payment processing, accounting software, a CRM, or a job board. It’s really just a cleaner place to keep your own record of the gigs you already have.

The early iPhone version is ready to test through TestFlight now.

I’m looking for a few AV folk who would be willing to try it and tell me what feels useful, what feels pointless, and what still feels slower than a calendar or spreadsheet.

If you want to test it, comment here or message me and I’ll send the TestFlight link.

No pressure. Honest feedback is more useful than polite feedback right now.

Hey everyone. I’m building an app called GigLedger and wanted to get some honest feedback before I take it too far in the wrong direction.

The idea started when my wife was getting into the industry and needed a simple way to track her gigs, what each job paid, and whether she had been paid yet, without having to make a random spreadsheet from scratch.

That’s really the core of it.

Add the gig.

Track the details.

Know what you’re owed.

Know what’s been paid.

Use the tracked info to help create the invoice later.

It is not meant to be payroll, payment processing, accounting software, or a CRM. I’m mainly trying to solve the messy middle where job info ends up spread across texts, emails, calendars, notes, spreadsheets, and memory.

I know Reddit can be rough on app posts, especially when something feels like it was built without really understanding the work. That is fair. I’d rather hear what’s wrong with the idea now than build something that misses the mark.

For those of you who freelance or bounce between companies:

How do you currently keep track of gigs?

What info do you always need to save for each job?

Do you track rates, OT, kit fees, expenses, or payment status manually?

What would make an app like this feel immediately useless?

What do you wish existed to make tracking gigs easier?

Not trying to sell anything here. Just trying to learn whether this is a real problem or if most people already have a system that works.