a review by Tom Piper
Getting tired of the same old accounting programs on your Mac, and looking for a fresh new approach to keeping a record of your revenue and expenses? Want to do it on an iOS device so it is always there when you need it most? This new app may well appeal to you.
CoinKeeper, by i-Free Innovations (St Petersburg, Russia), was released for iPhone and iPod Touch. The game-style expense tracker app came to iTunes AppStores in North America, UK and Australia on October 17th.
CoinKeeper is a beautiful and easy budget and expense tracker with iOS native feel. You begin with a default or customizable budget, and start adding transactions with the drag-and-tap interface designed to save time and add fun. CoinKeeper gives an immediate and comprehensive one-screen view of the current state of your personal finances in a neat visual style. Rewards for consistency in budget planning and spending are introduced to inspire first-time adopters of personal finance planning and add a game flavor to experienced users. Their website provides some excellent observations:
How it differs from existing financial apps:
- Easier, just add transactions by dragging a coin.
- More convenient, with all the figures you need on one screen.
- More fun, by getting rewarded for your financial discipline.
Other features:
- Manual and automatic budgets
- Reports and statistics in three beautiful styles.
- Rearrange and edit icons on main screen
- Set financial goals for savings
- One-click history of transactions- Multiple accounts and currencies
- Reminder of recurring and missed transactions
- Passcode protection
What's new in version 1.4:
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Create accounts with negative values
- Use an empty (zero) budget
- Bi-weekly transactions
- Income section expands more easily
- Switch the basic currency
- 16 new currencies
- Clear transactions’ history by removing a category (optional)
- Simplified password inputs
- Edit and rearrange icons on main screen with long tap on them
- Full amounts of expenses and budgets on transactions' history screens
- Discreet tips instead of tutorial
Its a rather novel idea to use the “coin metaphor” to do your accounting, yet it seems to be quite delightful in the execution. It is quite the bargain at only $2.99 from the App Store, learn more about it from http://coinkeeper.me/. They even have a cool YouTube video to provide a quick journey through all the features.
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