Any good apps (Android) for managing tractor work?

Fallon · Jun 3, 2016

Anybody have any good apps they'd recomend for managing some part time tractor work? I'm an Android guy. Not necessarly looking for accouning software, at least yet, may get to that point at some point though.

Keeping track of estimates, bills & generating reciepts
Time tracking
Scheduling

I'm doing some part time tractor work after my normal IT job & getting enough gigs that I could use some help keeping track of stuff. Google Keep or some other notepad type program can do a bit, but I'd like something a little more optimized for keeping a handle on things.

Zerk · Jun 3, 2016

Why does it have to be tractor related? I would think you should be looking at small business or accounting apps.

I doubt an app is going to be a good way to keep track of business.

Fallon · Jun 3, 2016

Not expecting a tractor app, I'm just wondering if anybody has any good tools for this type of scenario. I'm looking for something relatively light weight as its a part time gig with a few jobs a month.

DT86 · Jun 3, 2016

iPhone here but I'm sure the same can be had on Android.

HoursTracker for a my time sheet.

Tiny Invoice for billing.

Dark Sky for weather.

AxleHub · Jun 4, 2016

Because I'm also IT oriented . . the tempation is to look for all encompassing or more rational type apps.
Instead I went a different direction. I started using Color Notes some time ago. Think if it like a post it note function that can be very short ir very long.

I use 1 (in a certain color) as a text lidt fir my lawn maintenance personally (I have 5 lawns). So that one us always visible and shiws ladt time cut for each laen plus ladt time trimed plus ladt time speayed.

Then I have another color note that is a checkoff list for needs at that each location. Yet another one in another color holds all my replacement parts needs for each piece if equioment . Yet another one has projects listed etc. Etc..

All of these can be emailed individually to my desktop unit or copied to a word processor or spreadsheet. Its very clean and auto backsup after ever update to a newly created file so contamination ir data lloss us minimuzed.

You coykd have a general time note or a separate one for each client. You can note details ir wirk dobe ir ????

Point is . . its simple . . very visual . . importable . . .backed up sotumatically . . .and always with you.

IT is complicated so this allows me to be very uncomplicated and then move ut to whatever I desire for "fit and finish" desires.

milkman · Jun 4, 2016

Color Note worked for me when I was working part time to keep track of my hours. I still use it for other things like part numbers, oil filter numbers, just about anything I want to remember.

pwright · Jun 4, 2016

Would think the Google Calendar app would work just fine for scheduling with the advantage that you can also view it and update it from your PC. Easy to put as many or as few notifications as you like.

Not familiar with Color Note which sounds pretty nifty.

Google Keep is another note taking, list tracking, info gathering app. Like Calendar it is tied to your Google account which means you can also view and update on your PC once again. A Chrome extension allows you to capture web info and drop it into a Keep note easily.

Haven't looked at any time tracking apps for Android but I'm sure there are a number of them.