Sneak peek look at Cha-Ching for iPhone

I hate Pocketmoney's interface.

Mint requires a web account with them and is very one track.

SplashMoney has a decent interface and downloads transactions from lenders and banks, but settings and options are terribly convoluted.

Pennies looks great, but sadly lacks TONS of features that make the app unusable for all but the most simplistic-oriented users.

Ledger has a nice interface and works well, but isn't as feature advanced as SplashMoney.

MoneyWell is great on the desktop so I bet it's iPhone app would be really good as well when it's released.

I personally find this company very dubious. Lack of support, lack of updates, lack of everything when Cha-Ching came out. It wasn't until the betas for version 2 came out, that you saw and work being done like a company that wasn't out of business or fell off the radar. That said, their desktop app showed great promise, though the implementation launched terribly.

If it's iPhone version works, then it works. The interface looks great as expected and feature-wise, it looks set to do what you might need. The icon could use more tweaking. It really looks more like one of a hundred icons put out. Look at Ledger's icon and Pennies icon as well as others. It should feel like you are going to select an object that conveys what it does as opposed to a flat icon with some background rays and a piggy bank on top. I want to feel as though when I go to run the application, it's like picking up a separate device. That's what the icons for Pennies and Ledger do. The icons for Classics, Delivery Status Touch, Jabeh, Lightastic, oneConnect, Sketches, Squirrel, Things, Weightbot, Where to?, 4 in a Row, Kern, Addictionary... and so on. Those are some of the best.

I've been using PocketMoney on the iphone for around 8 months now, and would recommend it.

It'll be interesting to see how Chaching copes with scheduled transactions, as I don't think Pocketmoney's way of working is quite perfect for these...

Cha-Ching Touch definitely syncs with the desktop.

We are currently still waiting in the App Store queue but hopefully we will get approved soon.

Glad to see this is finally coming out.

Something that isn't mentioned here - this *does* sync with the Desktop version, correct? That was my biggest desire with wanting this application so much, as I use Cha-Ching locally, but having an iphone version that synced and reconciled would be ridiculously useful.

Frankly, I'm lazy like most people, and I'm more willing to quickly type in an expenditure into my iphone when I'm at the location rather than later, when I get back to my system, have to pull out my receipts, etc.

Is Cha-Ching 2 leopard only?

I don't think that cha-ching and mint are comparable. mint essentially links to your bank, and gives you charts, and insight on your finances. it doesn't reconcile your banks at all. and the major thing is, that it's slow. it's always a few days behind..

cha-ching is more like quicken, Microsoft money, or your check register.schedule bill payments, budgets, and forecasting. it' allows you to reconcile, and keep track of your finances. As nice as mint is, I still think that to rely on it to manage your finances.

while some features of the two overlap, i don't think it's appropriate to compare the two.

-dann

I do hope the iPhone app is more robust than the desktop version. I found that to be a great disappointment.
Lots of random behaviour and the makers seemed to disappear for a while. Hoping V2 will be more stable.

From my experience Cha-Ching shows great promise as a personal finance app for the Mac, and this iPhone version is a very welcome addition. I personally don't like iBank at all. The interface is ugly, unintuitive, inconsistent and even buggy at times. And since I live outside the US (like the rest of the world) I can't use Mint.

I do agree, though, that Midnight Apps's website is unimaginably difficult to maneuver. I have yet to come by a decent interpretation of what they were thinking when arranging the different pages (old Cha-Ching / Cha-Ching 2 beta / Cha-Ching for iPhone Preview / Cha-Ching for iPhone Feature list). I have only been able to get to the different pages by searching Google or following links from other websites. This is really strange when you look at the simple and intuitive interface of their apps.

Anyway I'm really looking forward to Cha-Ching for the iPhone and Cha-Ching 2.0 for my Mac!

Sorry about the previous post (totally irrelevant). 1Password went a little berserk!

My question was to Midnight Apps. Is there an upgrade path for users of version 1.x?

I agree, some really cool wallpapers. Some free, some for purchase, but a nice selection. Thx.