1/29/08 Message from the creators of Project Timer and Project Timer Pro to all users. We want to fulfill all your desires for Project Timer but...
The world is changing. Many things have happened since we created Project Timer. One enormous change is that applications are now being built on the net. Net based applications are now secure, convenient and have excellent interfaces. We pondered for a long time creating a new version of Project Timer and came to the conclusion that the next version should be web based.
We heard from Project Timer users that they love it but as they grow they want Project Timer to grow too. Some of the features that users requested for a future Project Timer were:
it should accommodate more users.
it should work for single users, small companies and large corporations.
should work on any platform Mac, Vista, Palm, iPhone, Linux, etc...
they want to access and update it from anywhere.
they want it to be secure.
they want it to be inexpensive.
it should offer their clients payment options (credit cards, paypal, etc..)
email invoices
snailmail invoices
reminders for overdue accounts.
I could go on but you get the idea. The list above is daunting. If we had 10 expert programmers (for Mac, Win, Palm, etc.) working for years we could do this but we just have Sam. Sam created Project Timer and it made a lot of people very happy but fulfilling the requests above are beyond even his amazing abilities so we had to think what to do next.
We did months of research into how to satisfy everyones needs and desires. We wanted to know what is the best method for the future of time tracking, invoicing, billing, accounts payable. The inescapable conclusion is that this exists already and someone else has developed and made it available. If you want the benefit of that research then try FreshBooks. FreshBooks offers all of the requested features above. Its great, its well done, even beautiful. Best of all its a web application and we use it and like it.
Click here to try FreshBooks free
If we could have done this we would have but this is honestly the best choice if you find yourself outgrowing Project Timer. As of now we are ceasing development so if you get to this page and you are pondering downloading and trying Project Timer for the first time it is still here (below) but we recommend you also go and try FreshBooks (seriously, its that good).
Thanks to everyone. We enjoyed our conversations over the years with all the wonderful and creative users of Project Timer and Project Timer Pro.