Time Master: A Fantastic Billing App for Ipad and Iphone (Version 3.8)
March 1, 2011 Leave a comment
Time Master ( Version 3.8)
This is absolutely one of my favorite apps as a lawyer. It is relatively easy to use, creates usable reports, allows for backup and synchronization, and is a whole heck of a lot cheaper than Timeslips or other similar apps/programs. The best part is that it allows you to do quick billing while you are out and about. Recently, they improved the user interface, avatar, and general appearance. The only criticism that I have is that you cannot really just input a .1 or whatever. It keeps track of your time in session format, which is not always convenient for entry.
I give this new version a 9.8 out of 10. I strongly recommend that you check this app out, especially if you are a solo practitioner.
Here is what the developer’s site says about the app:
“On-Core Time Master is the ultimate time tracking app for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
The best, most powerful, comprehensive, easy to use time keeping app on the Apple Store is now even better. Time Master has the highest average rating of all the time management apps. And the other apps don’t come close to our new optional billing module. Our invoices are totally professional.
Our biggest fans are consultants, attorneys and contractors. Time Master is used by individuals working independently, to attorneys from some of the biggest law firms in the USA. If you need to keep track of time and expenses, you can’t find a better app than Time Master. We at On-Core are IT professionals, so we have firsthand experience with billing and keeping track of time. We know from personal experience what is needed and have made this app so flexible, it works for virtually anyone in any industry in which time needs to be kept.
Are you losing money due to poor record keeping? Did you forget to log the time you spent on a small task and not bill for it last month? On-Core Time Master simplifies the process by having an app handy on your iPhone or iPod Touch, ready at all times, for you to track your time. You can quickly start tracking time with a few taps on the screen. Those little minutes add up every month and this application will easily pay for itself in one month! We think that you will find Time Master the ultimate time tracking application, with its superior ease of use, for your iPhone or iPod Touch.
We looked at all the other time keeping applications out there for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but did not find anything that quite fit what we needed, or had the flexibility we wanted. We also reviewed what people were saying they needed in a time keeping application. We’ve worked very hard to make Time Master the most flexible and powerful time tracking application in the App Store.
Features:
- Track time by start time, stop time and/or by duration.
- Session option can track “punch-in & out” for a single time entry.
- Single or multiple running timers.
- Support for daily Overtime / Doubletime.
- Timers keep running even if you are not running the app.
- Time Entries are by Client and can be sub-categorized by Project and even Tasks for a project. Note: sub-categories are optional and not required.
- Powerful billing rates that can be defined in the following priority: Global, by Client, by Project, by Task or Custom for a single entry.
- Powerful time Rounding by hour, minutes and/or seconds. Time can be rounded by: None (no rounding), Round Up, Round Nearest or Round Down. Can be Global or per Client.
- Multiple Filters to sort by: Day, Week or Month. By Client, Project, Task, Expenditure, Reported and Invoice Status (with optional Invoice module).
- Define the day of the week that your work week starts.
- Track Expenses – from Mileage to Meals to Burning CD’s and anything else you want to define.
- Track Cost vs. Price in expenses.
- Display Reports right on your device that you can view and email in HTML and/or CSV format. By Client or Timesheet.
- Is Time Zone aware.
- Copy Client information from your Contacts list.
- Currency symbol is automatically set by your Country locale.
- Dual taxes for countries such as Canada. Second tax may be applied as Separate or Cumulative.
- Import Clients, Projects, Tasks and Expenditure lists from CSV files using our templates. Works on the iPad now and iPhone/iPod’s when updated to OS 4 when it becomes available (due out this summer according to Apple). See Importing data from a CSV file
- Save PDF invoices to your iTunes “Documents” folder.
- Backup and Restore option using our free Time Master Central app via Wi-Fi.
- Backup and Restore option using the iTunes Documents folder via USB cable.
- Backup and Restore option using the secure online Dropbox service via the internet.
- Currency support for the Invoice module. Set the currency in an invoice to other than your current setting and get the exchange rate from Yahoo.
- TextExpander integration (see below).
- Option to set audible reminder notifications for devices running iOS 4.0 or greater for running timers.
- AirPrint enabled. Print reports or invoiced to an AirPrint supported printer.
Download our free Time Master Central app for your Mac or PC to:
- Backup and Restore your database from local Wi-Fi connection.
OPTIONAL MODULES (one-time additional fee required as an “In App Purchase”):
- Invoicing: If you want to do billing directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch then look no further. The most powerful invoicing module built directly into Time Master. Professional PDF invoices can be emailed to the client, including your own logo. Click here for more information.
- Quickbooks Export: With the Quickbooks Export module you can export Time Entries to the Windows version of Quickbooks via IIF files. Click here for more information.
- Synchronization: Wirelessly synchronize two or more devices. If you have an iPad and an iPhone and want to keep the data synchronized between the two devices, this is for you! Click here for more information.
The two main things that you will want to track and bill for are time and expenses. You can track time using start and stop times, start and duration, and/or timers. All time entries are tracked for a single day, so time entries cannot be greater than 24 hours. It will allow you to time across days, for example if you start a job at 8 p.m. and finish at 2 a.m., it will have a duration of 6 hours.
Expenses can be setup for recurring fixed cost items, such as burning a CD, reimbursement of hardware items, or fluid things such as toll expenses, automobile mileage, etc. Expenses can be tied to a Project so it can be reported with a specific Project.
Quick reporting can be done on the iPhone / iPod Touch with the Reports function. See your totals per client for a given date range and even drill down to see details. The report can also be emailed in an HTML table format and/or CSV format. The CSV files can be ZIP’d and even encrypted with a password. Use our free Time Master Central application to backup your database (and restore if necessary) on a Mac or PC. The data from the backup can be exported, in CSV format, on your Mac or PC to be used in other programs.
Adding new Clients, Projects, Tasks and Expenditures is super easy. You can create them on the fly without having to navigate to a separate maintenance screen. To edit them you can tap on Setup, do you edit and then return to where you left off in Time Entries or Expenses. By selecting a Project or Task first will automatically fill in the Client field for quick entry.
We’ve made every thing that you can do as seamless as possible. For example if you are in a Time Entry, then hit the Setup tab and then delete the Client (and all it’s associated entries), and then you touch on the Time Entries tab again, it will exit the entry you were in and go to the main Time Entry screen.
To see all the details of what the application can do, please download the “Instructions” PDF manual […].”
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