If you work calls, you know the drill: juggle payroll companies, track hours across union and non-union gigs, figure out overtime rules, and somehow make sense of it all come tax time. Most of us do it with spreadsheets, notebooks, or just memory. None of it works well.
Stagelog is a time and pay tracker purpose-built for stagehands. It handles the specific things we deal with — call logging with union rates, multiple payroll companies, venue tracking, overtime and meal penalty calculations, and the freelance tax mess that comes with 1099 and W-2 mixed income.
Stagelog is for anyone who works live events and gets paid through payroll companies. Whether you're IATSE, non-union, or somewhere in between — if you work calls and need to track hours, pay, and taxes, Stagelog is for you.
I'm a working IATSE stagehand who got tired of the same problems every year: missing deductions, wrong paychecks, tax surprises, and no clear picture of what I actually earned. I built Stagelog to solve my own problems — then realized every stagehand I know has the same ones.
This isn't a generic time tracker with a stagehand theme slapped on it. Every feature — from the pay calculator to the tax estimator — was designed around how we actually work.
Stagelog runs on Cloudflare's global edge network. Your data is encrypted and served from the nearest data center. The app works offline as a Progressive Web App — install it on your phone and use it backstage, even without signal.
No ads. No data selling. No tracking scripts. Just the tool.