Just updating my review to reflect the ongoing improvements to iBiz and to counter-balance the odd negative ratings iBiz has received here lately. I still find iBiz to be the best program in this category since it easily allows me to synchronize work log data between iCal and iBiz... so I can record time and work events in iCal (individual calendars for each client) and synch these directly with iBiz (specifying whatever date range I prefer) for billing. Other programs I have tried are more limiting in how they allow data synchronization with iCal, especially in selecting specific client work log events and date ranges.

IBIZ 4.1.4 LEAKS MEMORY LIKE A SIEVE. Why do the 4.1.4 notes say that the leak has been fixed? I upgraded recently from 2.x after many years and am now being forced to revamp my entire time tracking scenario because of this SERIOUS BUG. I just sit here in Activity Monitor and watch 1-2 MB leak every minute, and 1-3 MB every time I start a timer. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. And worse, why did they lie about fixing the leak in version 4.1.4 when it is leaking like crazy? This is devious. And the company has closed their forums in favor of a skimpy "knowledge base."

While I can understand that some people prefer the old interface of earlier versions (I was of the same opinion originally) I have readily adapted to the interface on the new version and better understand the reasons for the changes. Users of the old versions just need to give the new version a try for bit. This program still works best out of all similar programs I have found and tried via MacUpdate. It works perfectly within my work flow and allows me to track time either at my workstation or away at a job site (via events transcribed into iCal on my other devices.) The ability to synchronize calendars within specific time periods and the flexibility of creating very customized invoices makes this superior to other such time tracking/invoicing programs.

Loved iBiz 2. In fact I'm still using iBiz 2 because after version 2 the dev team went and added a whole mess of HUGE icons that fill the screen unnecessarily. In addition, anything after iBiz 2 makes it impossible to see the status of a project. You are forced to use the in-app invoicing (which plainly sucks) and as soon as you do, a project is closed. You can't immediately tell if a project has been paid, needs invoicing or is open. All this was instantly possible with iBiz2. Until the dev team gets back to thinking "Business" and not "pretty graphics" the app is pretty annoying. Used to be a 5 star app at version 2.. now, the best I can give is 3 stars.

after having lots of troubles with ibiz 3 (scrambled or lost addressbook entries, ghost-invoice or orphaned invoices with no relation to customer, unusable interface, and more of these weird bugs), I switched to grandtotal last autumn and would never never never turn back.

Version 2.5 will not start on 10.3.9. Interface needs a major rethink, in my opinion. I have stopped using it as of a few months ago and have gone to a Filemaker solution, built from scratch. I have also been looking into iRatchet, which I think has great potential and the developer is really great.