01 Listen
Start from a real complaint
We read what small-business owners and template users say goes wrong with the tools they already have. Then we design around that problem.
A1 Tidewick · free spreadsheet tools
Spreadsheets that do the careful math.
Original templates for small teams who'd rather not buy software just to keep track of things. Plain formulas, no macros, every number checked before release. Free to download, no sign-up.
Everything on the site is free to download right now. No sign-up, no email.
B2 How a Tidewick template gets made
Fewer templates. Each one properly finished.
Lots of templates are just a nice-looking grid. Ours have to keep working once real data goes in.
02 Build
Plain formulas you can inspect
No macros, no hidden scripts, no locked mystery cells. Inputs are yellow, calculations are grey, and a protected sheet unlocks without a password.
03 Prove
Check every number
Before release, we recalculate the workbook and compare it with a separate model across several scenarios. Anything we haven't checked yet, we say so.
C3 First release · free
PTO & Sick Leave Ledger
Balances that behave like payroll: caps, carryover, tenure and part-timers handled for you. Free to download.
- Accrues per pay period, per hour worked, or all up front
- Caps that pause accrual and pick it up again after leave, like payroll does
- “Can they take it?” checker that looks all the way to year end
- Team calendar with a warning when you're short-staffed
D4 What we promise
House rules
Free, no strings
Downloads are direct links to the files: no account, email or payment, and no tracking on this site. Every layout and formula is our own original work.
Honest pages
Previews come from the real file with sample data. We name the apps we've actually tested in, and we say plainly what hasn't been tested yet.
Open about AI
We use AI tools to help draft and build. A person reviews each product before it's published, and every product page says how it was made.
E5 Free downloads
Templates
Small-business HR
PTO & Sick Leave Ledger
Tracks PTO and sick leave per pay period, with caps, carryover, tenure tiers, a request checker and a team calendar.
… In the workshop
More templates are on the way
We add products one at a time, only once they've been tested.