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TimeXchange: Simple web-based timesheet management
Keeping track of billable hours is a crucial task for companies and individuals alike. And although there are literally hundreds of time tracking and time card applications, most are designed to be used in a very specific ecosystem. This can get tricky if you are working on a proejct with both employees and contract workers, and your tracking system is only designated to work based with regular employees. If you are a freelancer and you work with clients and collaborate with other developers, time reporting can be even more problematic.
These are the types of hurdles TimeXchange, which officially launched today, hopes to help overcome. TimeXchange, which bills itself as "part web-app, part social network," is designed to reduce data entry redundancy and help people using different backends work and collabrate together more efficiently.
This is how it works: you sign up for a TimeXchange account and create a new project, select your role in the project and then indicate if you are working by yourself or on a team. If working on a team, you can invite other users, indicate what level of control they have (can they approve timesheets, can they see budget and billing information), etc. If you are invited to join a project, you simply respond to an e-mail, and create your own free TimeXchange account so that you can collaborate with the rest of your team.
Here's where TimeXchange is different than a base level time or budget management repository: you can easily export your data into other formats or integrate with other services. You can export your data (either project or individual) as a PDF, CSV or QuickBooks file. In the near future, support for 37Signals Basecamp API and an iGoogle widget will allow you to import existing Basecamp project data and to-do lists.
These are the types of hurdles TimeXchange, which officially launched today, hopes to help overcome. TimeXchange, which bills itself as "part web-app, part social network," is designed to reduce data entry redundancy and help people using different backends work and collabrate together more efficiently.
This is how it works: you sign up for a TimeXchange account and create a new project, select your role in the project and then indicate if you are working by yourself or on a team. If working on a team, you can invite other users, indicate what level of control they have (can they approve timesheets, can they see budget and billing information), etc. If you are invited to join a project, you simply respond to an e-mail, and create your own free TimeXchange account so that you can collaborate with the rest of your team.
Here's where TimeXchange is different than a base level time or budget management repository: you can easily export your data into other formats or integrate with other services. You can export your data (either project or individual) as a PDF, CSV or QuickBooks file. In the near future, support for 37Signals Basecamp API and an iGoogle widget will allow you to import existing Basecamp project data and to-do lists.
There are also two iPhone apps iTimeX [iTunes link] (free) and TimeXchange [iTunes link] ($2.99) that let you update and log your time directly to your TimeXchange account from your iPhone or iPod touch.
If you are running a group or single project and are concerned about going over a budget, there is a budget feature that that can display real-time tracking in the dashboard, so you can track how much time you are spending and how much time your team members are spending and spot problems from the offset.
As someone who often works on hourly projects and collaborates with outside partners, I like the idea of TimeXchange. The interlopability with other systems sets it apart from other solutions.
TimeXchange is free for as many users as you want to use -- but if you want an ad-free experience, there is a one-time charge of $9.99.
If you are running a group or single project and are concerned about going over a budget, there is a budget feature that that can display real-time tracking in the dashboard, so you can track how much time you are spending and how much time your team members are spending and spot problems from the offset.
As someone who often works on hourly projects and collaborates with outside partners, I like the idea of TimeXchange. The interlopability with other systems sets it apart from other solutions.
TimeXchange is free for as many users as you want to use -- but if you want an ad-free experience, there is a one-time charge of $9.99.
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Sachin said 4:06AM on 12-19-2008
This is at the "exact" right time as we were looking one for our company....let me try this one.
Sachin
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James said 4:58AM on 12-19-2008
For timetracking, I Use TSheets since their integration with FreshBooks. TSheets gives me the power to do multi-level job codes and actually does a time stamp vs. just astop watch timer. That way, I can look back at what I did on, say, Mondayand know that I worked from 11am - 2pm - not just that I worked 3 hours.
http://www.tsheets.com
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Gustavo said 12:24PM on 12-19-2008
I like Paymo.biz, it's wasier and it come with a timer you can download.
www.paymo.biz
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julie said 9:43AM on 1-15-2009
I use Pacific Timesheet as time tracking and project management tool. Many features that suit my situation as an contractor, such as free for under 3 license, punch in over the phone(IVR system), punch in on my iPhone, punch in at the company's time clock, keep track of projects by percentage of my time i put on it each day, integration with quickbook, payroll, etc. The list can go on, an that is why i have been using it for 3 years and still like it, smile.
Julie
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Julie said 11:40AM on 1-15-2009
I use Pacific Timesheet as time tracking and project management tool. Many features that suit my situation as an contractor, such as free for under 3 license, punch in over the phone(IVR system), punch in on my iPhone, punch in at the company's time clock, keep track of projects by percentage of my time i put on it each day, integration with quickbook, payroll, etc. The list can go on, an that is why i have been using it for 3 years and still like it, smile.
Julie
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PM Hut said 11:55AM on 1-23-2009
Haven't heard about timexchange before. From the first glance the interface looks very neat and the price is extremely low. I wonder if they'll be able to continue with this pricing plan, as most probably this will not put bread on the table.
One the same note, I have published an article about the ideal project management tool, take a look whenever you have the chance.
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PM Hut said 11:57AM on 1-23-2009
Sorry here's the link for the article mentioned in my previous comment about the ideal project tool: http://www.pmhut.com/what-would-an-ideal-project-management-tool-look-like
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