Macware MacFreelance

Designed to make freelance billing and taxation simple, Macware MacFreelance is an accounting application for online professionals, consultants, and service workers. With support for client invoicing, hourly billing and work monitoring, and even tax calculators and graphing tools, MacFreelance is one of the best accounting options available for Mac users.

With built-in client tracking tools, MacFreelance is very useful for monitoring your client work commitments, hours worked, and amounts to be billed. Users can input their major clients to MacFreelance's database, and update and compile their billing information, time worked, and rates throughout their day.

Rather than requiring users to employ an external timer, MacFreelance includes a built-in timer to monitor hours and hourly billing, making it easy to calculate hourly rates and per-project costs. Invoices can easily be generated from hours-worked or per-project rates, making it simple to create invoices and payment requests that combine different projects, contracts, and tasks.

While billed as an accounting application, MacFreelance is really an all-encompassing freelancing suite. Four different types of taxation can be tracked, allowing users to easily monitor exactly how much tax they're paying on a per-project and total basis, and even allow for write-offs and project-related expenses.

Integration with standard Mac OS X applications can save users a lot of time. Users can easily connect with iCal to enter dates and scheduling events, add and manage clients using Address Book, and even use Spotlight to search through application data.

While MacFreelance offers a wide range of useful features, it's ultimately let down by a rather bizarre interface and poor usability. A distinct lack of keyboard shortcuts makes it difficult to boost speed and productivity, and built-in support is quite limited. Furthermore, a number of users report problems with saving files and application information.

Macware MacFreelance: What We Liked

• MacFreelance makes the most of OS X's built-in planning and data features, and is able to connect with iCal, Address Book, and Spotlight for increased productivity.
• Tax tracking saves time and reduces the need for separate tax calculation software.
• Per-project, per-hour, and even mileage tracking allows users to separate income into clear categories and monitor projects easily.

Macware MacFreelance: What We Didn't Like

• The unintuitive user interface is difficult to navigate, quite slow to use, and strangely devoid of keyboard and trackpad shortcuts.
• Data saving problems can affect some users, making managing long-term information risky and difficult.

Macware Support

Macware offer online support for all of their products, including technical support via email. An online knowledge base, company news and announcements, and software updates are available on their website.

About Macware

Launched in 2003, Macware develop and publish a wide range of software for Mac users. With applications ranging from OS optimization to wedding planning, Macware are one of the most versatile and well-known Mac-only developers and a leader in Macintosh software.

     

You don't need to be an accounting genius to manage your own business finances with MacFreelance.

Spend less time on paperwork and more on your projects by managing your workload with MacFreelance. Easily add new clients, monitor time spent on projects, track mileage and payments, use international formatting, generate reports for record keeping, and more.

Print or email customizable invoices to get paid quicker and maintain a professional appearance. You can even add your own logo for a more polished look.

Features and Benefits

Easy client management

Client Overview
Keep track of the work you do for clients through income and expense statistics.

Time Tracking
Monitor the time you spend on one or more projects with easy-to-use timers.

Tax Calculations
Specify up to 4 taxes (two can be compounded) with tax names, rates and IDs.

Mileage Tracking
Track odometer or mileage readings for client projects requiring you to drive.

Payment Tracking
Manage client advances and project payments (credit card, check, web and more).

Mac Integration
Make your work easier with Address Book, iCal, Spotlight and .mac integration.

Create & maintain client lists

Setup multiple companies to bill from

Add fixed or timed charges

Bill in hours, minutes, days, weeks or months

Manage project timelines

Project timer

Customizable invoices

Report generation

Mileage tracking & reporting

Track payments

Robust tax support

International currency support

Integrates with Address Book, iCal & Spotlight

.Mac and local backup

Save reports as PDFs