iBiz Professional - 4.1.1

I've been using iBiz (and its predecessors) for years. I've been through version one through this current beta, and the versions keep improving. This version - even though is still in beta - is incredibly build, stable, and ready for prime time. The revised invoicing section opens up a side of the program that was previously closed. While the choice of client specific billing versus project specific billing may seem to be a unique one, the billing side makes logical sense. I would never give money back on one project while another project was owing.

i've been running a law office of five attorneys and support staff on this for years, and I have found it to be a wholly reliable program.

I reccomend it to my clients and my colleagues without reservation.

Good job!

The Widget is the perfect addition to the program, allowing multiple timekeeping, and quicker task recording then the program. The update is stable, and well done. I encourage all to start using it.

I used iWork and while it wasn't perfect, i felt it was one of the better time tracking apps out there. iBiz Multi-User has never worked properly. I have a 3 person office, and constantly lose hours, it's not intuitive, it crashes often and seems like i'm being prompted for an update every time i launch the thing. Ian (the developer) does respond to support inquiries, but, i bought this software to help me keep track of my hours, and i don't feel as though i can trust it.

unfortunately the client version is buggy, I have lost projects, entries and parts of entries (tab in a new job group entry will not tab to notes but to the first note of the first item in the list and delete at the same time the original note there). the promise of this application is really good if it just would not be so touchy as to when it gets a hiccup and when it does something as expected (e.g. a drag/drop into the right place without deleting someting else).

i don't know about the differences in the client (multi-user) and single-user applications, but why is the single user so much more advanced in version number? when I bought iWork a couple of months back, they where the same and seemingly at the time also same in features, but just a little later, the single-user had a feature which the client version did not show (ability to read old project files by drag/drop for example).

does this mean there is paid less attention to the client version? as it seems that the client version is the buggier of the two, this is the one which should be taken care of - before adding new features like the todo stuff (which is nice... if it works, which I don't know yet). look at the ratings between the two and it is obvious that something (not so good) is up with the client version.

originally I bought the single-user version but seeing what the client version promises, I switched - only to now wonder if I should have stayed with the single-user licence and just keep it all on one machine instead.

the version I am talking about unfortunately has so many quirks that I can not trust it and it keeps me in constant fear of loosing again a project or some hour entry etc. - but apart of these issues, it is a well thoughtout application and of course I will try the later version now and hope that this will take care of some of the bigger issues.

The server version is buggy. The strange thing is that it seems to be getting more buggy the longer I use it. Things that worked before has stopped working. The author has been prompt in his response but not that helpful. Apparently there is a 2.2 version coming soon, I would wait for that at the very least.