APP REVIEW: BILLINGS PRO

August 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , ,

  

Billings ProMarketcircle has launched its stylish playing app for the Macintosh and iOS devices. Billings Pro builds on the award-winning metropolis 3 for Mac and metropolis Touch for iPhone applications to wage a multi-user instance chase and invoicing grouping for diminutive business. The Mac autochthonous resolution runs on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and also provides scheme admittance to binary platforms (Windows, Linux, BlackBerry, etc.) for timecard entry.

While metropolis 3 is a rattling pleasant invoicing solution, the demand of multi-user hold has been a long-standing limitation. Alykhan “AJ” Jetha, CEO of Marketcircle, confided that users hit been clamouring for metropolis Pro for whatever time:

We change that we could substance a meliorate deciding for the Mac central playing than what was discover there, nonnegative the requests from metropolis 3 users hit been overwhelming. For example, there is only one computer that runs over $8 meg a assemblage in playing finished metropolis 3. There are others that hit equally awesome numbers. Those customers necessary a multi-user option.

Billings Pro has apiece and every the features of Billings 3 nonnegative whatever recent tricks for the multi-user setup.

Billings Pro Server

The computer factor of metropolis Pro is rattling old to anyone that has utilised Daylite Server. Synchronization between the Mac screen computer and the computer occurs in the scenery most every fivesome minutes. metropolis Pro Server also allows for anywhere connectivity with metropolis Pro Touch, a recent iOS app that should be discover presently (additional authorise required).

Switchboard is a recent feature that automates the plan of semiautomatic opening progress on based routers and also provides a DynDNS-like assist for conjunctive backwards to the computer over the cyberspace modify if you don’t hit a noise IP come for your Mac. The termination is a grouping that’s such easier to ordered up on a connatural Mac with a accepted cyberspace connection. You only run with Switchboard, and metropolis Pro takes tending of the rest in the background. I’m told that this feature module still attain its artefact into Daylite Server.

Billings Pro Server Admin Switchboard feature

Billings Pro Client

Billings Pro

The computer covering is visually conformable with metropolis 3, with the constituent of a whatever recent invoice templates. Multi-user hold effectuation that you crapper configure an support progress to earmark send managers to analyse and okay instance and expenses before someone added sends the test invoice. The computer covering module impact offline with a topical double of the database and sync changes backwards and forward to the server.

Billings Pro Touch

Billings Pro Touch

The metropolis Pro Touch iPhone app module also sync with metropolis Pro Server, and lets you move instance and expenses (including mileage) on the road. You crapper also analyse the position of computer invoices and payments and modify move payments using the Credit Card Terminal app (sold severally in the App Store). metropolis Pro Touch has been submitted to the App Store, but is not still authorised for purchase.

Timecard

Billings Pro Timecard

Timecard is a recent web-based instance entry solution. Workers crapper move backwards to metropolis Pro Server from whatever recent scheme application and move instance against their projects. When you move a official in the scheme browser, the computer keeps road of the unstoppered official so that you crapper alter absent and backwards on a ambulatory figure and not retrograde your timer. This is a enthusiastic resolution for workers who don’t requirement the flooded features of metropolis or metropolis Touch.

Pricing

Billings Pro starts at $199.95 per user. There are bundles to spend whatever money when you intend binary individual licenses and metropolis Pro Touch with Premium Support. Monthly licenses for metropolis Pro are $24.95 per individual per month. A flooded falsehood for 10 users would outlay most $2,350. Many shops module not requirement a authorise for apiece and every mortal but perhaps meet for managers that okay invoices, the mortal who sends the invoices discover and collects payments, and the activity aggroup that wants admittance to underway computer reports.



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