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Cha-Ching presentation at the Apple Store



Juan Alvarez, developer and CEO at Midnight Apps, gave a CocoaHeads presentation at the Apple Store Thursday night of the new 0.5 version of Cha-Ching, his slick money app that brings financial management out of the stone ages with the beauty of Mac OS X and Cocoa. While Cha-Ching is still in a half-1.0 beta status, it's a pretty impressive app powered by some slick innovation. Read on for some sexy screenshots and feature highlights of this latest version.


A new 'Online' tab for each account allows you to sign into your bank online and automatically download+import QIF files of your transactions; no manual importing or file management necessary.



Also present is Bonjour sharing of any folders you create. Click the button above for either a folder or smart folder, and other Cha-Ching clients on the network will see these folders and only the transactions you place in them.



The print dialog in Cha-Ching offers a handy way of printing transactions from an account, folder or smart folder. Combine this with the built-in power of tags and you have a pretty robust financial app that lets you work the way you want to. In this light, the new iPod Syncing feature almost seems like icing on the cake.

So there are the latest goodies in Cha-Ching as it stands. I spoke with Juan on his coding philosophies and what's coming down the road, and it sounds like an already rockin' app is going to get even cooler on the journey to 1.0. While in beta, Cha-Ching is a mere $14.95, though once it goes official its price will rise to $39.95. A demo is available, and I highly recommend you give it a spin if you've been looking for a truly fun and intriguing way to take hold of your finances.

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Trainwrecka

thanks for featuring this software... already bought and using thanks to you guys & gals!

January 15 2007 at 12:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

Does it do reports and budgets?

January 14 2007 at 6:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Xo

I'd rather use Moneydance.

http://moneydance.com/

January 13 2007 at 8:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ice

Nah.............I'd rather use Jumsoft's Money app

January 13 2007 at 4:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Trevor

That's "Juan" not "Jaun".

January 13 2007 at 1:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Zack

Does anyone know if it can keep track of mutual fund information?

January 13 2007 at 1:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steve

While Cha-Ching is a very nice, easy to use app, it does still have its problems. I know that the software is still beta, but some of the problems/annoyances seem like they should have been found before the release went out. My two biggest are how it insists on using your previous transaction titles for something that is similar but not the same. The autocomplete in this instance could use some work. The only other big annoyance is how for transactions made on the same day, it seems to add them in a random or entered order instead of putting the deposits in first and then the withdrawls. I guess since there isnt a running total, this isn't a large problem, but it is something that would be nice.

All in all, though, I like the app a lot. I just finally purchased it this week since they announced the QIF import, as that was a big feature I was waiting for. While it's nowhere near as powerful as Quicken, I'll forgo many of the features for the simplicity and look of the app.

January 13 2007 at 1:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott Stevenson

I think a lot of people only have one or two accounts.

January 13 2007 at 1:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
FamousPete

I'd certainly welcome a solid finance app on OS X, but I've yet to hear of any plans for OFX support. Until Cha-Ching can *automatically* connect to my various financial institutions and *automatically* download recent transactions and *automatically* update my accounts, it's a non-starter (IMHO). Importing QIF files is simply not a reasonable solution for anyone with more than one or two accounts.

January 13 2007 at 12:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott Stevenson

I think this is one of those apps you have to try for yourself in person (or see demoed) to really appreciate it -- especially the iPod syncing. Plus, Juan's ethusiam for writing great software is infectious.

January 13 2007 at 12:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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