Clock in via Telegram: write the way you talk, no commands

Everyday phrases versus commands and exact keywords

Telegram is rare in time tracking: of the products we reviewed, only Control Laboral and Fichagram document clock-in via Telegram, with messages such as “Validar” or a bot with buttons. Neither mentions artificial intelligence.

In FicharConMovil an AI assistant interprets the employee’s reply: “I’m here”, “Starting”, “Done” or any natural-language confirmation. Each message is linked to the employee and recorded with its timestamp.

FicharConMovil is the only solution in Spain offering clock-in via WhatsApp and Telegram with an AI assistant, an optional service added to the time-tracking app.

Example conversation

Example written to illustrate how it works; it is not a real screenshot and it does not come from a customer. The exact wording of the reminders and of the assistant’s replies may vary. The assistant writes in Spanish by default; the example is translated.

Employees can record their arrival, breaks and departure with everyday phrases. Anyone who would rather not use Telegram can clock in from their phone or any browser on the same platform.

Telegram reminders: if you forget to clock in, you get a nudge

The assistant messages the employee on Telegram when their shift starts and ends, and warns them if they forget to clock in or out, for example the departure. A forgotten entry gets fixed on the spot instead of at the end of the month, when nobody remembers when they left.

• A message at the start and end of the shift, without anyone having to remember.
• A Telegram reminder if the employee forgets to clock in.
• The employee confirms with a normal phrase and the time entry is recorded.

Checking your hours and time entries

Employees see their list of time entries and the hours worked in the current shift in their web panel, and managers generate working-time, overtime and absence reports by employee, site or period. Telegram is the way in; the record lives in the platform, not in the chat.

Comparison: what each app’s own website says

Data taken from each vendor’s public pages, checked on 10 October 2026; it may have changed since. A “—” means the cited source does not give that detail. Product names and keywords are shown as the vendors write them (in Spanish).

Sources (checked on 10 October 2026)

• Control Laboral: Jibble review (a competitor, so check the figure on the vendor’s own site).
• Fichagram: Capterra listing.
• In the sources we reviewed for Sesame HR, Woffu and Ikelma, only WhatsApp appears; to compare them, see our page on clocking in via WhatsApp.

Is it legal to clock in via Telegram?

Article 34.9 of Spain’s Workers’ Statute (Estatuto de los Trabajadores) requires employers to record the start and end time of each employee’s working day, every day, and to keep the records for four years. The Court of Justice of the EU requires an objective, reliable and accessible system (judgment of 14 May 2019, case C-55/18).

The rule does not say through which channel employees clock in. Telegram can be the way in, but the record has to be stored in software that timestamps it and prevents tampering; a group chat where everyone types their own time is unlikely to offer those guarantees. Always offer an alternative to anyone who prefers not to use a personal phone: FicharConMovil also works from any browser.

For the status of the digital time-recording reform, read our guide to digital clocking (in Spanish).

Official sources (in Spanish): Workers’ Statute, art. 34.9 (BOE) · Royal Decree-law 8/2019 (BOE).

Pricing

The time-tracking app costs, per user per month, excluding VAT:

No set-up fee and no minimum term. Clock-in via WhatsApp and Telegram with AI is an optional service at €4 per user per month, on offer at €1 for sign-ups until 31 December 2026. Free 14-day trial, no card.

How to get started

1. Request the free 14-day trial, no card and no minimum term, and tell us you want to clock in via Telegram.
2. You receive your access by email and add your company, sites and team members with their phone numbers.
3. Your team clocks in by writing everyday phrases and you check each person’s working day from the panel.

Related pages

• Clock in via WhatsApp with everyday phrases
• Time tracking for hospitality (Spanish): split shifts, extras and several venues.
• Mandatory digital time recording in Spain (Spanish)
• Free working-time record template in Excel and PDF (Spanish)