Time tracking software

ElDiabloConCaca · #1 June 21st, 2008, 09:24 AM

I'm looking for recommendations for some project time-tracking software. I have given Studiometry a go, and it looks quite fully-featured (I like the integrated invoice generation and timers), but would like to solicit opinions on other options.

Studiometry seems to include everything I need, plus a bunch of stuff I don't. Also, stability questions arise -- this app looks huge and complicated (from a code standpoint), and seems to have a few stability issues. In addition, the interface isn't very "Mac-like," which is something important to me (hey, an ugly and counter-intuitive application is horrid to use, even if the code is rock-solid!).

For those freelancers/project managers out there, what time-tracking and project management software do you use, and what are your likes and dislikes? I'm looking for recommendations for software that can maintain a list of clients with a number of projects under each client as well as individual timers for each project. Studiometry allows multi-user situations, which is a boon, but not required, since I have more than myself working on any project at a given time.

I can search versiontracker.com myself, but before I go downloading and trying 10 applications, I'd like to hear some opinions from real-world usage.

Thanks, everyone!

Milla · #2 June 30th, 2008, 08:35 AM

If you are a freelancer then the best tool is fanurio http://www.fanuriotimetracking.com Fanurio helps with the less appealing aspects of freelancing like keeping track of time and billing. It’s a useful application, with a user-friendly interface.

**ScottW** · #3 June 30th, 2008, 10:32 AM

Excellent for time tracking...

http://www.officetime.net

ElDiabloConCaca · #4 June 30th, 2008, 11:14 AM

Both look great. I really like the officetime suite, though, but will report more when I try them both.

Anyone know of any that integrate with iWork (Pages, for instance) for the invoicing portion? Integration with OpenOffice/NeoOffice or Microsoft Office would be acceptable as well, but iWork's just so damn pretty...

**ScottW** · #5 June 30th, 2008, 01:16 PM

OfficeTime has a small invoicing tool, although I don't use it. It also lacks any logical way to export/import information from it, aside from other OfficeTime installs. Kinda silly.

Anyhow, it does give you the option to expert "reports" and I just put them in the clipboard and paste them into a script I wrote which parses the information and submits it to FreshBooks for me. Takes about 5 seconds to transfer it to my billing system.