Billings logical workflow and intuitive interface makes time tracking and invoicing simple. Elegantly designed invoices ensure you reflect your image when it counts the most - asking for payment. With over 30 professionally designed templates for estimates, invoices, statements and envelopes, you'll be ready to go, right away.
Billings comes packed with convenient features such as client groups, recurring & consolidated invoices, a menu-bar timer, individual time entry annotation, overdue client monitoring and more. Billings also includes 30 handy business reports such as
What's New
Version 3.7.2:
Bug fixes include:
Fixed tax rate (percentage) display bug in Mac OS X 10.7
Now works on PowerPC machines again (3.7.1 inadvertently removed that)
Click here for information on how to update Billings to this version.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
wow, you can't change your star rating here can you... i was going to downgrade the ease of use, on second thought, because creating your own custom template is not at all intuitive, sorta clunky imo.
but re: comment below about not being able to bill various projects monthly... the solution for that is to create a project called, for example, CLIENT - January; then each slip in that month is a different project. you can put details re: the slip work in the slip log. and you can combine slips into a single invoice when the time comes, simple by selecting multiple slips in the create invoice area.
you can change invoice number in the create invoice area as well...
I like the app but the developers dont offer any update for some of the features users have been requesting for years. The basic ability to show discounts on a invoice is imperative.
Be warned that this release doesn't work with PowerPC. They tried to install this update to my system without telling me this. It is really a bummer because this version finally adds support for Postbox support for mailing out invoices! Blah, I really wanted that feature.
The interface is beautiful, and it has a huge edge over other invoice software in that regard. But what makes the application useless for my needs (and judging by their forums a lot of others) is the complete lack of flexibility for numbering invoices.
The severe lack of import options ruin what is otherwise a good program. I am currently using an online billing system which can export to a variety of formats (csv, text etc) and billings only plays nice with its own Daylite program.
I was initially impressed with Billings as I am a designer and loved the interface, but as soon as I had to bill a client, I left the software and went back to On The Job for my time tracking and invoicing. Here's why:
You cannot invoice a client for a month's worth of work. You are forced within the constrains of a "slip." There is no flexibility. This is a huge flaw in the program in my opinion. I have many clients that have multiple projects, and I just bill them per month for my work. I just need a program that has different filtering mechanisms that allow me to bill per time, per project or per client.
Billings was rendered worthless as soon as the above mentioned problems were revealed. This is sad as I loved the interface, but above all else, I need function before form.
-- great interface design and layout
-- nice, easy reporting
-- missing obvious things like ability to easily juggle data between two computers (aka dropbox support)
-- template designer makes me want to rip my eyes out with a toothpick. NO ONE in the industry has gotten this right yet.
Billings has plenty of glitz but any serious use reveals that it was written by programmers with no deep concepts of serious billing and then glossed over with pretty designs. The standard templates and well . . . standard . . . they are nice but I wish I could just chuck them. The template manager is temperamental, and feel like mac software from 1993. Undo'ing an action takes you back to some arbitrary milestone in past actions. In otherwords if you create a text box in the wrong point and hit undo, you may revert to six actions ago and redo does NOTHING!
Also, biggest pet peeve, THERE IS NO WAY TO ADJUST AN INVOICE you *must* delete it (a harrowing experience that often results in bizarre data loss) and create a NEW invoice. Note, you don't *recreate* the invoice. You create a new one. Very frustrating when you are learning the software and slugging your way through the awful/treacherous template creation process.
Customer support is prompt but toothless. I get better support suggestions online. While there is no good/perfect invoicing/billing software for the Mac right now iBiz and the others really do look better than this. It was a close call which I was going to buy and I don't think I made the right decision this time.
Buy Billings and plan on wasting a lot of time on the learning curve unless you have VERY basic billing needs. And if you billing needs are that basic just use Zoho. Better support and it is free.
And I also found three big show-stoppers that would have prevented me from moving to Billings:
-- lack of ability to apply, and show, as a separate line item, an invoice discount
-- lack of ability to show the discount on a slip, as a separate column in an invoice.
-- ability to edit created invoices.
Indeed template set up is not the best feature of any of them..
DropBox support.. sure.. just make a symbolic link of this folder ˜Library/Application Support/Billings into your DropBox and voilà !!! Works with most software that rely on some application support folder.. really...
I tried Accounts way back which was an iBank and iBiz all in one.. it went bankrupt and was complicated anyway.. tried GrandTotal and TimeLog and thought that was it.. but it's is 2 pieces of software and GT has some bugs and is basically annoying for a few reasons I won't get into.. but I don't like it anymore, really.. tried iBiz.. these guys are clearly not thinking of non-americans and the template part is as bad as GT's. Finally tried Billings.. and am thinking it might actually do what I need.. and the template editing is much less of a pain than in the aforementioned ones... It is also cheaper and I actually think much better for a small business like mine. You can link files, add notes, link URL's... It even allows me to keep my Address Book entries actually synch fairly automatically (at the press of a button) with my clients in BILLINGS.. the others don't somehow which I always found weird. So BILLINGS it is, it speaks my currency, it speaks my dates (european dates).. I'll move my bills to it slowly and see if I'm still happy in a few months.. I didn't pay attention t it way back because I thought its price was too cheap lol How dumb can I be !!!
I've paid for a Billings license a week ago but have not received the activation code, nor have anyone from Marketcircle answered my emails - Has anyone had any similar experiences with them an can provide a reasonable solution?
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Billings logical workflow and intuitive interface makes time tracking and invoicing simple. Elegantly designed invoices ensure you reflect your image when it counts the most - asking for payment. With over 30 professionally designed templates for estimates, invoices, statements and envelopes, you'll be ready to go, right away.
Billings comes packed with convenient features such as client groups, recurring & consolidated invoices, a menu-bar timer, individual time entry annotation, overdue client monitoring and more. Billings also includes 30 handy business reports such as "retainer balances", "expenses tax report", "billed & collected" and "unpaid invoices" helping you keep your business running smoothly.
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Wfm reviewed on 07 Feb 2012
The recurring billing seems to be very erratic.
Far to many things to fiddle with.
suburubu reviewed on 09 Jan 2012
but re: comment below about not being able to bill various projects monthly... the solution for that is to create a project called, for example, CLIENT - January; then each slip in that month is a different project. you can put details re: the slip work in the slip log. and you can combine slips into a single invoice when the time comes, simple by selecting multiple slips in the create invoice area.
you can change invoice number in the create invoice area as well...
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frequencydip reviewed on 04 Nov 2011
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Jer reviewed on 29 Aug 2011
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+28
Tdu reviewed on 10 Apr 2011
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tomdringer reviewed on 07 Jan 2011
+5
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Cerebrl reviewed on 03 Dec 2010
You cannot invoice a client for a month's worth of work. You are forced within the constrains of a "slip." There is no flexibility. This is a huge flaw in the program in my opinion. I have many clients that have multiple projects, and I just bill them per month for my work. I just need a program that has different filtering mechanisms that allow me to bill per time, per project or per client.
Billings was rendered worthless as soon as the above mentioned problems were revealed. This is sad as I loved the interface, but above all else, I need function before form.
+2
+135
Klagreca reviewed on 30 Aug 2010
-- great interface design and layout
-- nice, easy reporting
-- missing obvious things like ability to easily juggle data between two computers (aka dropbox support)
-- template designer makes me want to rip my eyes out with a toothpick. NO ONE in the industry has gotten this right yet.
+5
+5
Also, biggest pet peeve, THERE IS NO WAY TO ADJUST AN INVOICE you *must* delete it (a harrowing experience that often results in bizarre data loss) and create a NEW invoice. Note, you don't *recreate* the invoice. You create a new one. Very frustrating when you are learning the software and slugging your way through the awful/treacherous template creation process.
Customer support is prompt but toothless. I get better support suggestions online. While there is no good/perfect invoicing/billing software for the Mac right now iBiz and the others really do look better than this. It was a close call which I was going to buy and I don't think I made the right decision this time.
Buy Billings and plan on wasting a lot of time on the learning curve unless you have VERY basic billing needs. And if you billing needs are that basic just use Zoho. Better support and it is free.
+1
+135
-- lack of ability to apply, and show, as a separate line item, an invoice discount
-- lack of ability to show the discount on a slip, as a separate column in an invoice.
-- ability to edit created invoices.
+173
DropBox support.. sure.. just make a symbolic link of this folder ˜Library/Application Support/Billings into your DropBox and voilà !!! Works with most software that rely on some application support folder.. really...
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Maclover1.1 reviewed on 29 Jun 2010
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Crashes immediately upon launch. Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac Mini 2009. Reverting back to version 3.0.5 and all is working again.
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Please feel free to email me directly so that I can look into this.
Thanks!
Amin
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