Oranged Software has released Studiometry 9, a major upgrade to their business management software for Mac and Windows. It costs $199.95, with upgrades available for $59.95. Studiometry helps you organize, plan, track and invoice, providing you with the tools needed to keep tabs both on clients and projects.

New to the 9.0 release are more than 140 new features and improvements. Oranged notes that many of the enhancements are focused on Customer Relation Management (CRM). Direct integration with Apple Mail has been added, and e-mails can now be imported, logged and linked within Studiometry data.

Contact records can now include an unlimited number of customizable fields containing text, dates or URLs. Contact lists have been redesigned. New reporting and summarizing capabilities have been added, including a Project “Quoted vs. Actual” report, new Client Statements and others.

PDF exporting capabilities, cost-rate tracking, Growl support, speed and stability improvements, iCloud and MobileMe calendar support, enhanced Gantt charts and other new features round out the major enhancements.

A 30-day free trial is available for download. Also check out the Studiometry Touch software for iPhone and iPad.