TimePanic for Windows and Pocket PC 2.5

TimePanic for Windows and Pocket PC 2.5 is a strong and intelligent software for the self-employed, for small businesses, or just for anyone who works on a computer. It consists of a fully grown Windows application and a lightweight Pocket PC application. Both applications can track your hours on a per project basis, distinguish between billable and non-billable tasks, let you enter comments and can be easily synchronized via ActiveSync.

The Windows application also lets you manage your absences such as annual leave or sick leave, calculates overtime and prints reports. Unlike most other time tracking software, TimePanic is particularly good at tracking your hours in real time, as opposed to writing them down from memory at the end of the day or the week. With only two mouse clicks, you can track each relevant task switch in TimePanic at the very moment it happens. This saves you from the hassle of manual time entry, and along the way, your timesheets will become so accurate that your customers will not even think of questioning them.

There are two features in TimePanic that support the two click task switch: First, the favorite activities feature lets you preconfigure your most frequently used tasks, and second, TimePanic can be set to run as a permanently visible icon in the notification area of the Windows task bar. The context menu of this icon displays the favorite activities as menu items. And when you are away from the office, you can use the Pocket PC version of TimePanic to continue tracking your time.

A number of functions in TimePanic have been realized by means of the report feature. Besides printing, they include searching and exporting data. Reports are saved in a standard document format for further processing and printing by third-party applications should the need arise. Exported time tracking data can be easily imported into Microsoft Excel. TimePanic is available in English, German and French, and can also be purchased without Pocket PC application.

Supported Windows Platforms

• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Windows 2003
• Windows Vista (32 & 64 Bit)
  

Internet Explorer version 5.5 or better must be installed.

Supported Mobile Platforms

• Windows Mobile 2003
• Windows Mobile 5.0
• Windows Mobile 6
  

Pocket PC 2002 is not supported any more.

Note that TimePanic does not support Smartphones, even if they are based on Windows Mobile. Smartphones usually have a smaller display and no touch screen. See this Wikipedia article for more information on Pocket PCs and Smartphones running Windows Mobile.

Major Features:

• Time Tracking Features
  
  • Automatic logging of start time and end time.
  • Continuous display of your current working time in the task bar.
  • Day view and year view.
  • Automatic opening of the current day protocol after restart.
  • Commenting and categorization of activities by project, type and collaboration type.
  • Sub-projects.
  • Easy differentiation between chargeable and non-chargeable tasks.
  • Configuration of image buttons as activity templates (favorites). Hence just one mouse click to start a new activity and to stop the previous one at the same time.
  • Tracking of public holidays and days off (annual leave, sick leave, flextime).
  • Specification of planned working hours and planned breaks.
  • Calculation of overtime.
  • Ease of adding or changing time tracking data later on.
  • Printable reports (daily, weekly, monthly ...)
  • Export in an Excel-compatible format.
  • Custom flags for activities and days that can be used as filter criteria in reports.
  • Configurable formats for date, time and duration.
  • Calculates the quality of your working time according to Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister.
  • Sharing of projects and work types.
  • Filters for reports, search functions.
  • Support for hibernation and standby mode (automatically starts to a new day if necessary after waking).
  • User-defined keyboard shortcuts (work even if TimePanic is in the background).
  • Reminders with automatic pause detection.
• General Features
  
  • Multi-level undo and redo.
  • Auto save of all changes.
  • Can run in the notification area (system tray). It then displays your current working time in the tooltip of the tray icon.
  • Setup and detailed user’s guide. Upgrade from any previous version.
  • Unicode and XML support.
  • Demo data.
  • Runs on USB drives.
• Available Languages
  
  • English
  • German
  • French (user’s guide partly in English)

Features of TimePanic for Pocket PC

• Time Tracking Features
  
  • Automatic logging of start time and end time.
  • Continuous display of your current working time.
  • Easy differentiation between chargeable and non-chargeable tasks.
  • Ease of adding or changing time tracking data later on.
  • Configurable formats for date, time and duration.
• General Features
  
  • Synchronization with TimePanic for Windows (activities, projects, etc.)
  • Multi-level undo and redo.
  • Auto save of all changes.
  • Setup and detailed user’s guide (only available for Windows).
• Available Languages
  
  • English
  • German
  • French

Enhancements:

• TimePanic for Windows:
  
  • The user interface now follows the color scheme of Microsoft Office 2007.
  • In-place editing of activities is now possible.
  • Activities no longer have to be contiguous.
  • Many more usability improvements.
• TimePanic for Pocket PC:
  
  • The current project is now supported.

Requirements:

• Windows Mobile 2003 or better.
• Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista (32 and 64).