Fanurio Time-Tracking « The BEST Apple Hardware and Software Reviews

Written By Ben Gribbin November 18th, 2009

Author PageRead More

• 
• 
• 
• 

Time tracking is something almost anyone who works as a Freelancer, or on a contract basis will need to do at some point.

Step in Fanurio, a lightweight time tracker aimed at Freelancers. Fanurio works on Mac, Windows, Linux and also a cross-platform Java App too!

Fanurio allows you to track time very easily, and also invoice clients from the same hub. Let’s have a look at some of the features.

Features

Time tracking

• Start/pause/stop the timer from the tray icon
• Control the timer from within any running application using global hotkeys on Windows and Linux
• Badges the dock icon to display the elapsed time
• Control the timer from the iTunes-like mini timer
• Detects idle time to record all your working time
• Reminders to start and stop the timer in case you forget to do it
• Import time from other users or computers

Billing

• Organize projects using services and expenses
• Record both billable and non-billable services
• Bill services in hours or units
• Round time for billable services
• Bill in multiple currencies
• Discount the price or the quantity of a service
• Enter discounts as a percentage or as a fixed value
• Resell goods or subcontracted services
• Use both taxable and non-taxable services
• Manage current projects easier by marking older ones as finished

Invoices

• Create partial invoices anytime during the project
• Create invoices for single or multiple projects
• Use taxes to create accurate and complete invoices
• Use automatic invoice numbering to save time
• Apply discounts to invoices
• Apply partial payments to invoices
• Export invoices to HTML or PDF to print them or to send them by e-mail
• Print or email invoices directly from the application
• Customize invoice templates using your own layouts

Reports

• Analyze projects to see how much money you’ve made or how much time you’ve worked
• Analyze projects by date, week, month and year
• See which invoices are paid, unpaid or overdue and their balance
• Sort unpaid invoices by age
• See how much money you’ve collected from a certain client or all clients
• Export time, invoices and payments to CSV or Excel
• Export project reports to HTML or PDF

Integration

• Import contacts from Address Book and CSV files
• Import time from other applications
• Backups data automatically
• Runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
• Cross-platform version that can be used from a USB stick
• Can be used in other languages than English

The Fanurio home screen

Adding a contact / client. Once this is done you can create Projects and assign them to clients.

Adding a project to Barry, our client

Your pretty much ready to roll now. Just hit F5 and your timing!

Once your time has been entered, you can keep track of all time for the project, bill the client with a handy invoice maker and track paid / unpaid invoices. One neat feature is the mini “iTunes” like timer.

All-in-all, Fanurio is an ok application. It is quite expensive ($59.00) compared to other solutions, but the cross platform compatibility and ease of use are real selling points. My only major qualm is the interface looks a little dated, and could maybe be simplified. Still overall, well worth the purchase for any time-trackers out there.

For more information regarding Fanurio, visit their website: http://www.fanuriotimetracking.com