"It's much easier (on the iPad) to zoom in and out, with the touch interface, to change your current focus," Case said.

In addition to syncing with the desktop version, OmniPlan for iPad lets users create projects and invite collaborators--and sync project updates with those collaborators. The app offers change tracking, to allow users to review a project's history. It also offers an alert in the event that a project encounters a "logical impossibility"--a completion date scheduled before the start date, say--and suggests solutions. The app also lets users assign different tasks in a project to different teams of collaborators.

While the growth of the iPad in the business world has been phenomenal, Case has designed OmniPan for iPad to be used both as a standalone app and in conjunction with its desktop companion app.

"What we've seen with our other apps is that people seem to get more than one edition and sync between machines. You get the best experience if you can switch places," Case said. "If you have both devices, a lot of people might want both (apps). But a lot of people might not have both devices--there might be on a Windows machine at their desk--and we've designed this so that if they want to use it independently (on the iPad) they can."

There is no plan to bring the app to Android tablets, according to Case. He says The Omni Group will focus its efforts on the Apple product line.