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Automatic Billable Time Capture for iPhone Calls
You're waiting for the bailiff to call your case. Your client calls you. You're driving home. Your client calls you. You're on the runway. You remember an urgent call to a client you must make now. Will you record all the billable time you spent on these telephone calls? If you forget, you can hardly blame yourself given your hectic schedule. Given that your iPhone is by many accounts the smartest smartphone, shouldn't it have the ability to keep track of all your billable phone calls? That's the idea behind a new iPhone app.
RogueTime Version 1.1 … in One Sentence
Advantura Technology Group's RogueTime downloads and categorizes the call logs on your iPhone by client and date, and calculates the amount due.
The Killer Feature
Advantura Technology Group informed us about some recent studies showing that lawyers neglect to track up to 25% of their billable hours. The chief culprit — calls outside of the office on your iPhone.
These calls often occur in the middle of other activities, both leisure- and work-related. Translation — they're quickly forgotten.
RogueTime automates the capture of these calls so that even if you forget about them you still get paid for them.
"Payment for all your hard work is essential for survival in a tough economy," Advantura Technology Group's President Victoria Girdziunas told us. "RogueTime prevents you from leaving money on the table by tracking your mobile calls."
Other Notable Features
According to Advantura Technology Group, RogueTime's "intuitive interface" requires no manuals or training. It integrates with your iPhone's address book to import clients. You can also manually add clients to RogueTime.
You can enter a standard billing rate as well as override it for specific clients. RogueTime generates reports showing the time spent and billable amount. You can export these reports by emailing them to yourself or your assistant for entry into your billing system or print attachments to invoices.
What Else Should You Know?
RogueTime currently works with AT&T iPhones. Advantura Technology Group will soon release an update that will work with Verizon iPhones as well. RogueTime sells for $6.99 in the App Store, and does not have any recurring fees. Learn more about RogueTime Version 1.1.
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