iTookOff Paid Leave Tracker
The best way to track your paid leave on your iPhone or iPod Touch

I’ve just pushed iTookOff 1.7 to the app store to begin the review process. iTookOff 1.7 is a universal binary for iPhone and iPad. In addition a bug with entering time on the home screen has been fixed. Don’t forget to backup your data and phone before updating. Sorry for the delay on this, it was a rather huge undertaking to get it converted.

UPDATE 1/19/2012, iTookOff 1.7 has been approved and is available for download. Please backup your device before updating!

I’ve received a few questions lately on how to do this. You can easily add multiple days off at the same time by specifying it in the add a day off screen. If you are set to “Days” then you can enter the number of days you want to take off. If you are set to “Hours” you must multiply the number of hours in a day that you have set by the number of days off you want to take.

For example, if you work eight hours a day and work 5 days, you can enter 40 hours.

Please see the diagram below for more information:

iTookOff will skip Saturday and Sunday automatically in the calendar view. We realize not everyone takes Saturday and Sunday as their weekend so that will be adjustable in future updates.

The iPad version will be very similar to the iPhone/iPod version but larger. Eventually I may add enhanced features to the iPad version but the conversion to a universal binary is extremely time consuming due to the way I developed the app in the first place. At any rate, here is a sneak peek at the Calendar view on the iPad version. As you can see I’m leaving the graphics for last. Right now my focus is on making sure all the functionality is working normally.
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iTookOff for iPad Calendar Alpha Screenshot

Many users seem to want printable reports. While I’m working on this feature, was there anything in specific you look for in a printed time-off report?

I’ve received a lot of emails lately asking about how iTookOff handles it’s internal accounting. When it was originally developed, iTookOff was a much simpler app and used a (what I call) “zero-sum” style of accounting. Time would be added and deducted up front at the time of entry so that at the end of the year, you’d end up with zero. This means your time would sometimes appear as negative if you borrow against your accrual.

This is obviously not always the reality and many people are confused by how it works. I’d like to remedy this to handle everyone’s needs but I’d like to find out the majority of user’s expectations. I need your help figuring out the best way to proceed with this. So here’s where you come in.

Would you prefer that future time can be added but not deducted until it actually passes? Would you prefer it to stay the same? Or would you prefer to have the option to account both ways?

My immediate impression is that there will be support on either side but one side may come out on top. In either case I’d like to accommodate both types of accounting somehow. It’s just a matter of which side should I center my development efforts around.

Please let me know your feelings either in the comments below or by responding on the poll. If there are no votes, feelings, or comments either way, I’ll just continue in the direction that I believe accommodates both sides equally. Also, if there are actual names for the types of accounting I mentioned above, or if I’m wrong about any labels I used, please feel free to correct me.

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Thanks everyone!

Sorry VZW iPhone users! The latest version won’t work for you guys. If you update it through iTunes, it may get removed from your device. I’ve been assured that your “user data” is still on the device and when the iOS is updated or if I can find a way to resolve it, you’ll be back to where you were.

Sorry again, I’m working on a solution!

Update: 1.6.3 compiled for iOS 4.2 has been uploaded to Apple.

1.6.2 is a small update to address some small bug fixes and some user interface feedback. Noticeable changes include:

• I’ve finally fixed the time predicting so that all eight categories can be included and ones you have disabled won’t show up.
• Notifications are now deletable. You can swipe them off the table to get rid of them.
• I added a “Done” button to the accrual period selector. I received emails objecting to the auto-select that was currently on it.

Backup your data and email me with any bugs!

I’m looking to make 1.6.3 a much more featureful update. Stay tuned.

When adding time, you may get double references in the table under the calendar. This is just a display bug and closing the app and re-opening will set the tables up properly. If you try to delete a doubled row, the application will crash.

A fix in a new version 1.6.1 has been sent for review by Apple.

Thanks Russ M!

Update: 1.6.1 has been approved by Apple. Please backup your data before updating! Sorry for the version churn.

Just noticed this blog post Hidden Gems: iPhone Apps You’ve Never Heard Of on brighthub by Donny Yankellow calling iTookOff a hidden gem. Its been a few months since this was published but we appreciate the publicity. Hopefully one day iTookOff won’t be so hidden…

Thanks Donny!

These are, in all likelihood, final 1.6 screenshots. 1.6 is in extended beta test right now. I’m going to submit it to Apple as soon as 1.5.7 is approved or rejected. I’m still open to feedback. Below is the new home screen, the new notification system, and the holidays screen.

The homescreen was modified so the rows are larger, there are disclosure indicators on the categories, the wonky buttons are removed to make use of the tab bar.

Holidays will gray out days in your calendar. These holidays will only appear if your phone is set for the US country code. If you don’t live in the US and would like holidays to appear on your calendar, contact me and let me know.

iTookOff now maintains a database of your notifications. Any leave accrual you get will be in here for future reference. I plan on adding a lot more functionality to this.

OH! And weekly accrual has been added.