Not at all against paid software, but if I were the freelance programmer, I would write one for myself :)
If you're a freelance designer, you likely wouldn't be able to.
Show HN: Freelancy – an easy way to track your time and earned money
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#12What's with the choice of Paypal over something nicer for customers like Stripe or Braintree?
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#13As someone who has a product in this space, some thoughts/ideas: * Not everyone bills hourly. Include daily and weekly rates. * It took me a while to figure out how to add a project when wanting to create a time log. Maybe have a "Quick Add" option in the projects dropdown? * Include currency support. I've found that a lot more companies than I expected price in multiple currencies. * The "Add Manual" time function c…
Thank you, will think on each point.
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#14The UI is great.
Is there a way to export the data with all details?
Additionally, it would be great to have the option to store the data in your own data store (e.g. remoteStorage).
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#15What's with the choice of Paypal over something nicer for customers like Stripe or Braintree?
As far as I know, PayPal is only solution for global payouts. Stripe makes steps to internationalization, but country list is still small.
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#16I do not know, from the webpage, how this works. This sentence: > "Are you tired of counting the time you have actually worked? Let Freelancy do it for you." Leads me to believe it is automatic tracking, is that the case? It does not look like that. I am currently using an fully automatic time tracker which I am extremely happy with. I will note that the one I use does not include any form of money etc. But it does g…
No, it's not automatic. You just start a task, work on it and stop it when you're done. How an automatic solution that you use actually works? Does it track usage time for all apps?
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#17Some screenshots, workflow would be nice to have before I sign up. I sort of get what it does, but not quite. I do however appreciate the brevity of the site. Not much BS, straight and to the point.
I was tempted to try it out just to see what it was. I'm not sure if the lack of product info will encourage more people to try your product. But ultimately you'll have to figure out how it affects conversions
As my comment may already suggest, I did not try the product. I wasn't sure about how much of a pain it would be to set up just to try it and then realize it's not something I'm looking for. Hope the feedback helps!
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#18The UI is great. Is there a way to export the data with all details? Additionally, it would be great to have the option to store the data in your own data store (e.g. remoteStorage).
Right now you can export only hours and money in CSV, though I'm planning to add more detailed reports and exports.
I don't really get you on your own data store—the app syncs with remote CouchDB, do you mean the ability to specify your own remote URL to sync?
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#19I need to track my work time to get a measure of how much should I bill my clients and to get statistics about the work I do while "freelancing", but I really don't like time trackers.
I tried to use Freckle but I always forgot to start the timer or to stop it.
So one day I had the idea to mix the concept of the Pomodoro Technique time management with usual time trackers and Tomatoes[1] born.
Tomatoes is a open source web-based time tracker that helps you track your time while optimizing your time and keeping you productive using the Pomodoro Technique. It really helped me a lot.
[1] http://tomato.es
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#20Some screenshots, workflow would be nice to have before I sign up. I sort of get what it does, but not quite. I do however appreciate the brevity of the site. Not much BS, straight and to the point. I was tempted to try it out just to see what it was. I'm not sure if the lack of product info will encourage more people to try your product. But ultimately you'll have to figure out how it affects conversions As my comme…
Looks like I definitely should think about a screencast! :)