Time Master + Billing App Reviews

Ive been using this application for a couple of years now. Its always done everything I asked of it, and its made tracking time, expenses and creating invoices easy. Im still finding more things it can do to make my life easier. I had a problem exporting invoices yesterday (after the previous update) and contacted their customer support. They replied really fast, identified the problem and the update was available in the app store in less than 24 hours. Talk about going "Above and Beyond"!

Best app for freelancers EVER.

This app is the ultimate time tracker and invoicing program for consultants or anyone who tracks and bills for time. I used to use 3 apps and Excel to do all the things this app covers. Works great. Support is off the charts responsive. It has a ton of features that I wouldnt have expected. If you bill for time, get it. I have the invoicing and sync add ons. More than worth it.

This is fairly minor but would it be possible be able to log longer than 24 hours per project? Everything else about this app is absolutely fantastic.

I’ve been using Time Master since it’s first release on iPhone. Like many independent consultants I started with complicated and unwieldy spreadsheets when a fellow consultant recommended this app to me. I’ve never looked back. It’s not hard to setup but it does everything I need for a one-man shop. The invoicing module is also a MUST HAVE. Backup to Dropbox is an alternative to syncing multiple devices with added benefit of actual backups.

Recognize the limitations. Quickbooks is going “on line” major time, and doesn’t allow for import of data provided by 3rd party app providers — or, at least I can’t figure out ‘how to’ at the moment.

Time Master + Billing has more than paid for itself 10,000 times over. The only thing missing is the ability to enter time on your computer rather than your iPhone. That’s said, I couldn’t live without this app.

Im an independent information technology consultant. Ive used a PC based time and billing application for over a decade now. Even though it worked very well, I always had to be near my laptop to keep accurate records so some time just never got logged. I also had to keep paper records of mileage which was always a hassle. Since I switched to Time Master about 6 weeks ago, I keep much more accurate and detailed records. I especially love the way it handles expenses and mileage entries. I also purchased the optional Invoice module. Together they are a very powerful combo. Now I have everything I need to track time, expenses, and mileage right in my pocket. And the fact that I can also view reports to see where I stand billing wise at any moment and then invoice without ever having to open my laptop is just wonderful. I also downloaded and installed the free Time Master Central application on my Windows based laptop. Once a day or after any significant data entry in Time Master on the iPhone, I just use Time Master Central to backup the data to my laptop. It only takes seconds to do so. I originally installed Time Master 3.3 on my iPhone 4 with IOS 4.01. Within about a week I purchased the Invoice module through the in-app purchase. Both installs were flawless. I updated the iPhone to IOS 4.02 and then again to IOS 4.1 and experienced absolutely no issues. Everything worked flawlessly again. Bottom line: If you are a consultant that bills for your time and expenses, this is a "must have" application. If the optional Invoice module is not advanced enough for your billing needs, you can always export your data with the optional QuickBooks Export module or use Time Master Central to manually export data for import into an accounting or billing system. Probably the best $20 Ive spent in quite some time. Highly recommended! Update 12/23/2010: Up to TimeMaster v3.6 on iOS v4.2 and still loving it. Really liked the "payment" addition to the invoice module in 3.5. Update 9/30/2014: Up to TimeMaster v6.0 on iOS 8.0.2 on an iPad Air and iOS 7.1.2 on an iPhone 5. Using the Billing and Synchronization modules. Still love it and couldnt live without it. Cant believe its been almost four years of constant use. Highly recommended! With the newer versions you no longer need Time Master Central on a PC to backup the iPhone or iPad TimeMaster data. Its done via DropBox now and is lightning fast with the latest release of both TimeMaster and DropBox. And now backups can be performed on-the-fly no matter where you are.

If you are looking for a billing, timekeeping, invoicing, statement generating app look no further. Ive been using this app for years and its been great for my computer business.

Its crashing on me every time I try to go to sessions PLEASE FIX IT. otherwise this app is a pro and very handy for a small business THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

This is why I seldom purchase an app before trying. Unfortunately, I broke my rule and have spent the better part of two hours trying to figure this out. Ill continue trying as Ive already bought it and the invoicing addition (another $9.99, btw). Im $20 bucks into this so Im somewhat invested but am not happy at all.

I am extremely happy with this application. It took me about 35 minutes to get the hang of things and it has made my life much simpler ever since. I do not use it to send invoices. I use it to track my time and then easily transmit that time to my assistant who enters it into my companys billing program. It is very simple to use it to keep track of what you are doing, and to incorporate exclamation of the jobs being performed while you go. They also give you a lot of options to tailor it to your needs – for this I did need to take time and go through the manual, but once you have it set up, youre good to go. One example of an item that can be personalized is how you tell us whether you want to know the actual time you start and and a project or if you just want total hours and minutes. It also asks whether you track time in terms of tenths of an hour, 30 minute segments, ETC, and then how you round up or down if you finish a project in the middle. An aspect I do not like (and that I was told would not be corrected) is that you cannot start tracking time until you after you select a client or project name. In other words, if you were asked to sit in on a call or other activity that you will be billing for, but do not know who the client is, you have to make some sort of name up before you can start the timer. I wouldve preferred to have been able to start the timer and then gone back at another time to insert the client name, especially since creating a client name requires several clicks. A "work around" is to create a client name with something like "miscellaneous" or "AAA" and use that when you need to. Still, it does require three "click" to get a timer going initially. Once you start a timer for a pic of your day, though, it only takes one click to toggle it off and then one click to toggle it back on. I just have an issue with the initial timer per job, and that is why I rank this as 4-star and not 5-star. The program has never crashed on me – I use it with my iPad with retina display. Ive used it a little with my iPhone 5s, but not much. When thinking about buying this program, I compared it to hours tracker, and while that program has a free version, this program seemed to have more benefits, and was worth the price, especially since I heard that the free version of hours tracker will start limiting people to three total entries sometime in 2015. Following are where I thought time master out-did hours tracker, but keep in mind that this list is comparing time master to the free version of hours tracker: free dropbox coordination - it seems that hours tracker requires an additional purchase to back up data to dropbox. Keep in mind that while tim master does not require this in order to back up your data, and that if you have 2 devices, you can then download that data to your other device at no charge, it is not a "real-time update" among devices. One of their paid upgrades might be needed for that – Im not sure. "Ask" with multiple timers– hours tracker seems to require you to choose whether to allow multiple timers or not, while time master allows you to choose to allow it, not allow it, or have the program ask you each time you start a new timer without stopping a prior timer, making time master more flexible global rounding – Both programs allow you to define when you round up or around down your time for billing purposes, but hours tracker seems to require you to set this individually for each client, while time master allows you to set it once for all your clients, and then youd only need to change it at the individual client level if that individual client required something different "Copy" descriptions from prior client entry – When you start a new timer for a pre-existing client, time master allows you to copy the prior entry into the current entry with the click of a button. Hours tracker does not Simple emailing of data – both programs allow you to take your time entry data and easily email it to someone else with all the information within an email or as an attachment. For my purposes, I send the information within an email and my secretary commented that it was easier for her to copy and paste from the emails generated three-time master then through hours tracker. I think it was mainly an issue of time master including all the information in a table that made it easier for her to copy and paste than hours tracker which lays it out as more ordinary text Web support forum – The hours tracker person was responsive when I emailed him, but so was the time master contact. What puts time master in the "win column" here is that time master has a special support forum where you can login to ask questions and read questions other people had. Manual - Time master has a very helpful manual to explain what you can do and how to do it. I suspect that hours tracker can do a lot, but I suspect I would not be able to figure out most of it because there is no manual. This is absolutely the right program for me, as it has made timekeeping much simpler. I recommend that anyone hesitating to purchase this app go to the website and review the manual to see all the things it can do.

Very good for consultants and I have used for many years (since January 2010). Being able to update as work is being completed on the iPhone and iPad is really helpful when on the go. Like the new clean iOS 7 look of the forms. I would like to see an updating the icon to a iOS 7/8 style icon that is clean and more simple to keep up appearances (makes the app seem more relevant and active with development). It needs to support other cloud storage options (beyond Dropbox), especially Google Drive, iCloud, and OneDrive.

This is the best time tracking app I have found. Great for lawyers, accountants, and anyone who bills by the hour.

I wanted to express my love of and gratitude for this app. I have been using this for several years and have never found anything else that can even compare. Hands down the best app for tracking your time and expenses as well as for sending out invoices. What I appreciate the most though is that the developers continue to provide frequent updates.

Blows toggl away! Ive been using toggl for a month now (testing) cant wait to get rid of it and get back. Cons, I need a desktop version for Mac. For tracking my employees.

I love this app and use it for all my time tracking for my business. Use it all day every day. It is crashing a lot since its last update making me have to enter notes in twice almost every session. Would be 5 stars if not for that.

I love this app! So easy to log my time from anywhere. Developer is responsive to suggestions, I suggested a Venmo add on and they got it done! Only wish it had a companion desktop app. Love the app.

After paying for this app they want more money to send invoices. Id expect that from a free app not one youd pay for. And Id bet that in the future theyll charge for updates. If I could I would give it a negative star rating. Very disappointed.

After using this for the past two years in the construction field with over 100 customers in my data base hands down the best app I have ever used worth every penny