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"Notching up an Apple Design Award is nothing to be sniffed at. Family-run design studio Tapity won the prestigious gong way back in 2011 for its education-focused Grades app, before going on to launch an equally stupendous follow-up in conjunction with Sonico the following year called languages. Earlier this year, Tapity also launched a Flappy Bird-style game called Buffalo Wings.\r\n\r\nToday, Tapity introduced its latest iOS offering going by the name of Hours, which is a really beautiful and sleek time-tracking app for iPhone. While anyone with a need to manage multiple timelines will find this useful, it's perhaps more specifically aimed at those working in the project management realm.\r\nHow it works\r\nTo start a new timer, hit the little '+' button and you're good to go. The color-coded facet of the app is really useful, as it helps you allocate one of sixteen colors to specific categories so you can see at a glance what's what. You can start, stop and switch timers with a single tap, while so-called 'smart' reminders alert you when it thinks you should be starting and stopping it - these are actually set by you, and you can request a nudge if you haven't started a timer by, say, 9am, or if it's still running after 6pm.\r\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 \r\nIt's easy to edit and tweak timers, and you can split one into different sections, indicate that you've taken a break or delete it altogether. You can also zoom out and see your project schedule by month, while detailed reports can be viewed in-app, or emailed in CSV/PDF formats for inclusion in any third-party timekeeping or billing system.\r\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 \r\nWe're told that in future versions, Tapity will enable Hours to be integrated directly into other systems commonly used by small businesses.\r\n\r\nHours has actually been a long time in the making, and much of it comes from Tapity's own experiences working with clients. &amp;quot;Time tracking stinks - Tapity was losing money because we weren\u2019t keeping track of time consistently and accurately,&amp;quot; explains co-creator Jeremy Olson. &amp;quot;We forgot to start or stop our timers, we made clumsy mistakes without realizing it, and current solutions were either over-simplified or cluttered. Millions of freelancers, consultants, and businesses face the same problems every day. So over the past three years Tapity crafted Hours.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHours is beautifully designed for sure, but given that its clear focus lies in the project management realm, it's surprising to see collaborative or otherwise team-focused features excluded here. Again, this is something that's on the cards for future iterations of the app.\r\n\r\nA further indication that Hours is being pitched as a serious time-tracking tool for those managing projects lies in its price - $9.99, though it's currently on sale for $4.99.\r\n\r\nWhile it's only optimized for iPhone and iPod touch at present, incarnations for the Web, iPad, OS X and Android are on the roadmap.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Hours | App Store"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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