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Turn time entries into clean billing narratives
Rough time entries become clear, client-friendly billing descriptions, and activity tracking catches time you'd otherwise forget.
Rough time entries become clear, client-friendly billing descriptions, and activity tracking catches time you'd otherwise forget.
Month-end billing cleanup takes hours.
You bill mostly flat fees.
AI rewrites rough entries into clear narratives, and activity tracking such as Smokeball's AutoTime records what you worked on so less time gets lost. You bill only time actually spent: Texas Opinion 705 says you can't bill hourly for time AI saved.
Nobody has published results for this one yet, so this use case rests on my judgment. If you’ve done it, tell me how it went.
Listed alphabetically. Lowest plan that does this job, checked on each vendor’s own pricing page.
| Tool | What it does here | Starts at | Price checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokeball | AutoTime activity tracking | Quote-basedAutoTime activity tracking is an add-on on Grow and included in Prosper+. | Oct 11, 2026 |
Rewrite these time entries as clear, professional billing narratives a client will understand. Keep the date, time and task exactly as written; only improve the wording. Don't add tasks or time. Entries: [paste entries with client names removed].Read what it gives you before you send or use it. You know your clients; it doesn’t.
Don't paste client confidences into a personal AI account. Use a vetted business tool, verify every output, and check your state bar's guidance.
Count the entries you clean up in a typical week.
At month end, someone turns cryptic entries like "rev docs, call w/ OC" into descriptions clients will pay without arguing. It's tedious, and time slips through.
0.5 to 1.5 hrs a week: 2 to 6 hours a month cleaning up entries before invoices go out, cut by about half. Spread over the month. Rounded down.
Texas Opinion 705 says you may bill time actually spent, including reviewing AI output, but not hourly for time saved. Florida says to tell clients in advance if you'll charge AI costs.
Tell it to keep dates, times and tasks exactly as written and only improve the wording, and check before invoices go out.
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