There is no option to sync between a Windows desktop app of OfficeTime and a Mac version of the app. The syncing controls only appear in the iOS app, not the desktop apps. In OfficeTime, you have projects, line items, and categories. Line items are more or less the same thing as tasks, although here they can also be expenses. Each project contains line items, and each line item can be assigned to a category, such as marketing, design, research, or whatever others you create. You can assign projects to categories, too.
When you're ready to get to work, you create a line item and press a play button on the far left side. Your timer will begin tracking time by the minute, which you can see in real time if you leave the window in view. In the Mac version, it also puts a display of the active timer in the status menu, so you can glance up and see how long you've been working on a task. From that same status menu icon, you can also pause and resume time tracking, quickly start tracking time on a new task, and create a reminder.Īlthough OfficeTime includes invoicing and expensing tools, it doesn't cover all situations and conditions that sometimes arise for freelancers. Let's say I charge a flat rate of $200 for a face-to-face consulting session, or $5,000 for a website build, regardless of the amount of time spent on the project.įor example, OfficeTime's invoicing and project tools don't handle flat-rate projects. Other apps, such as Harvest and Paydirt, provide ways for appropriately tracking project work and billing for it, whereas OfficeTime only works for billable hours. The reason you might still want to track time on a project with a flat rate is to ensure you're not spending too much time on it and thus rendering it less profitable.Īnother missing feature in OfficeTime that shows up in several online time-tracking apps is the ability to estimate how much time a task or project will take. That kind of information helps people improve their time management skills, which can lead to appropriately taking on or rejecting new work.
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