Is TeamControlSheet really free?
Yes. The Free plan includes one company and up to 5 users with the complete assign, review and approve workflow. No credit card is required and there is no time limit. Paid plans add more companies, more seats, escalation ladders, ratings, analytics and Outlook import.
What is a maker–checker–approver workflow?
Also called four-eyes or dual control, it splits every task between three roles: the maker does the work, the checker reviews it, and the approver signs it off. Each step is time-stamped in an append-only audit trail, so you can prove who did what and when. It is the standard control used in finance, audit and regulated operations.
How are performance ratings calculated?
The approver scores four criteria on a 1–5 star scale: accuracy (50%), timely delivery (25%), teamwork (15%) and others (10%). The weighted total is rounded to the final 1–5 task rating. Ratings are visible only to the Team Leader and the named approver.
Can I manage more than one company or department?
Yes. Team Leaders add companies, clients, entities or departments in Settings: 1 on the Free plan, 2 on Team and 3 on Business. Tasks are tagged by company and reports and analytics split by company.
What happens when a deadline is missed?
Nothing is silently forgotten. When a task passes its deadline the escalation ladder starts: at 1 day late the reviewer or approver is alerted, at 3 days the Team Leader is alerted, and at 7 days the task is raised in the leadership report. Overdue tasks stay flagged on the board until they are closed or cancelled.
How do two-way nudges work?
Whoever is waiting on a task can remind whoever is holding it — reviewers can nudge doers and doers can nudge reviewers. Each nudge shows a seen receipt to the sender, is written to the audit trail, and is rate-limited to one per sender per task every two hours so it never becomes spam.
Can my team see each other’s personal tasks?
No. Personal tasks are private to their owner and enforced at the database level, not just hidden in the interface. Not even the Team Leader can read another person’s personal task.
Does it work with Outlook?
Yes. On the Business plan you can import flagged or categorised Outlook emails as tasks, together with their attachments and a link back to the original message. The connection is read-only and Microsoft credentials are never stored.
Do I need to install anything?
No. TeamControlSheet runs in any modern browser on desktop and mobile. It is also an installable progressive web app, so you can add it to your home screen or dock and receive desktop and mobile notifications without an app store.
Where is my data stored and is it secure?
Data is stored in Supabase with row-level security switched on for every table, so each workspace can only ever read its own rows. Authentication is handled by Supabase Auth with refreshable session tokens — passwords never touch application tables or browser storage, and there are no default or demo logins. All traffic is encrypted with TLS.
How many users can I add?
Up to 5 on Free, 50 on Team, 500 on Business and unlimited on Enterprise. The person who registers first creates the workspace and becomes the Team Leader; everyone else joins with an invite link and stays pending until the Team Leader approves them, so nobody gets in by accident.
Can I import my existing task list?
Yes. Download the
CSV template, fill in the rows and import them in bulk. Each imported row can carry an assignee, reviewer, deadline, urgency, category and recurrence rule.