Orbit: Time-based Invoicing

Nice app but no expense tracking to go along with the projects is a quite big missing piece.

it’s a very well designed app but a monthly subscription doesn’t really make sense I’d pay 30$-40$ upfront but it does not provide the same value as similarly priced recurring products. (i.e. netflix, you pay for an updating content library).

I love how simply everything is laid out, and the ‘Tourist Mode’ was super helpful. Excited to use this for freelance work!

The time tracking tool is limited to iOS only and has no visible web alternative. The iOS tracker tool is well built and easy to use but lacks any real functionality like reoccurring invoicing and payment processing or processing integration. The tool definitely has promise but it is clearly written and submitted before it was ready for use. Once these tools are available it will definitely be worth the monthly fee. For now I suggest waiting.

I just started to use this. It’s fantastically Good. By the way, they have very good support for this app on their website you can chat live with them if you click on the little chat icon. I have communicated with this company for Support many times and they’ve always been helpful. I am using it on iPhone, iPad, mac & Apple Watch. I like that I can choose an hourly rate for a client and set a timer and then I can create an invoice from that. I signed up for the yearly subscription. By the way if you go to this app in the app store there is a link to their website. There is a little chat button on the button of the webpage TimeinOrbit is their website. I was able to chat with their support live during their business hours. So cool 😎 By the way if you just want to simply make an invoice just create a customer and then go directly to the invoice on the bottom and create one. You don’t have to use the timer as you can manually add the start and stop time to the invoice after, but if you want to use the timer see below. Here is how i use the app. 1. Add a client and fill out all required fields. You need to put contact person too or you won’t be able to save it. Add address if you want that on the invoice. 2. Then go to clients and select client to make a new project. Pick a color and type the project name. Select billable project if you want to add the hourly rate which is what the timer will use when calculating how much to add to invoice. 3. Then go to timer entries and tap the plus button on the top right. Tap on client to select a client and then select the project you created earlier or add a new project. Type in a catagory name and tap save and then you can click start to start timer. 4. Stop timer when done ✅ and then tap on it to edit time entry. You can add notes for the job and list everything that was done there. 5. Then to create an invoice just tap on invoice on the bottom of the screen. Tap the plus button on the top right. Select the name of the client. Tap on the text that says select time entries to add Tap on add time entry notes to add the notes you wrote before to the invoice. Then tap on add to invoice on the top right of the screen. That will add the timed project to the invoice. Tap on add line items to add other items to the invoice. You can add notes there too. Then tap save. 6. To generate an invoice tap on the circle with 3 dots top right of screen. Select record payment to mark as paid and the do that again to generate a PDF

Orbit: Time-Base Invoicing is a marvelous application for freelancers. I am an independent IT support person, and I could find no more simple, easier and user-friendly program to both track my time and create beautiful invoices. The user-interface is gorgeous. One of my favorite features of the UI is the color-coding of clients. I'm an artist as well and the colors please my soul. More importantly, the ease at which I am able to track time and turn the time into invoices matches no other software that I could find and I tried a LOT of the choices out there. The other software is either WAY too complicated or WAY too expensive. Orbit comes with a menu-bar icon which allows you to start and stop your most recent timer without switching to the application. I use it all-the- time. So, if you're an independent contractor, give Orbit a try. I trust that you won't be disappointed.

I don’t see an easy to add projects from another app to this one so you could start off a new year. The main feature missing for me is Sales Tax per category. Not all items are always taxable in an invoice.

I love this app. It works great on all devices and is a joy to use!