Cha-Ching 2.0 Beta 99 and Cha-Ching Mobile 1.5
written on Jul 5 2009 by Juan Alvarez 5 comments

Cha-Ching Mobile 1.5 is available now! This release is 3 months in the making (sorry for the wait!) but we are pretty sure you will like it.

Download Cha-Ching Touch 1.5 Here

Download Cha-Ching 2.0 Desktop Beta 99 Here

New for Cha-Ching Mobile 1.5

Accounts:

  • Refined interface for creating and managing accounts
  • Transactions can now be added directly from the account list (instead of first choosing an account)
  • Account list can now be re-ordered
  • Balances are now shown on the account list screen
  • Added the ability to give an account an initial balance

Payees:

  • Payees can now be added instantly by typing in the search field when adding a transaction
  • Transactions can now be created by tapping on a payee from the “Favorites” screen”
  • Favorites is now the “default” payee view

Categories:

  • New category section
  • All categories can be renamed, deleted or optionally excluded from the budget
  • Custom categories are now shown alongside default categories in the category list
  • New Categories can now be added when creating a transaction
  • Category list is searchable
  • Added several new categories/icons

Budgets:

  • Budget scrolling performance is now very smooth
  • Transactions can be added from the budget categories screen
  • You can now choose which categories to exclude from the budget
  • Budget information can now be synced with 1 or more mobile devices
  • Added the ability to filter the budget list

Syncing

  • Syncing performance is now very fast
  • Preference added to automatically initiate a sync with Cha-Ching 2 for Mac when connected to the same wireless network
  • Cha-Ching Touch database is now backed up when you sync with Cha-Ching for Mac
  • You can now restore your Cha-Ching Touch database from a backup via Cha-Ching 2 for Mac
  • You can now replace all transactions, accounts, budget info etc… during a sync with info from Cha-Ching 2 for Mac via a preference

General:

  • Cha-Ching no longer crashes when editing many transactions
  • Swipe navigation between transactions is now very fast and smooth
  • Date and Status can now be set at the same time when editing a transaction
  • All aspects of a transaction can be edited when creating a new transaction before saving
  • Bottom tab bar can now be customized
  • You can now choose which screen to see when Cha-Ching launches by changing which item occupies the first position in the bottom tab bar
  • New global flagged section
  • Scheduled UI now shows “Total Due Soon”
  • New options added to the frequency options for scheduled transactions
  • New global account search
  • New faster launch times
  • The passcode lock screen now shows much more quickly

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where non-dollar amounts couldn’t be entered via the onscreen keypad
  • Fixed an issue where budget rounding could be inaccurate
  • Fixed an issue which caused a budget entry for ”december 2000″ to show on the iPhone/iPod touch
  • Fixed many bugs that might have been causing cha-ching to crash on occasion
  • Fixed an issue where if the device locked while editing text in a text field the wrong keypad would be shown when prompted to unlock the device
  • Fixed an issue where the bottom row of the account list could get cut off when moving transactions from one account to another
  • Fixed an issue that would allow you to change the passcode lock inadvertently
  • Fixed an issue that cause Cha-Ching to launch slower than normal
  • Fixed an issue that would cause transactions not to be deleted when deleting an account
  • Fixed an issue in the scheduler that would prevent the user from being able to select the bottom most item in the tableview
  • Fixed an issue where viewing a transaction in budget view might cause double bottom toolbars to show
  • Fixed an issue where swipe deleting payees from the “current location” screen would cause a crash
  • Fixed an issue where one time payments might not get removed from the scheduled list when marking as paid
  • FIxed issues where progress wouldn’t be properly indicated during syncing with Cha-Ching for Mac
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Cha-Ching to crash when adding a new transaction directly after completing a sync

Now for the desktop. Cha-Ching Desktop 2.0 Beta 99. This update provides syncing capabilty with Cha-Ching Touch 1.5 and much more refinements and bug fixes.

New for Cha-Ching Desktop 1.5

  • ability to view budgets created on Cha-Ching Touch
  • compatible with Cha-Ching Touch 1.5
  • fixed bug where “This Month” filter did not work properly in Smart Folders
  • fixed issue where indexing transactions for spotlight still occured if setting was disabled
  • fixed issue where multiple tags did not display correctly in icon view for transactions
  • fixed issue where transactions were not deleted along with deleted account
  • fixed issues with source list resizing and renaming
  • added category column to transaction tables
  • added “Every Six Months” to frequency option in Scheduler
  • tags now autocomplete in Transaction List View
  • progress when syncing with Cha-Ching touch is now shown on the desktop
  • scheduler items are now sorted by date and payee name

5 Responses to “Cha-Ching 2.0 Beta 99 and Cha-Ching Mobile 1.5”

  1. mdotbb July 5th, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    Well done. And congratulations on getting both updates out the door.

  2. legobuff July 15th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    not sure if this is the appropriate place to put a bug, sorry if it is not…

    when looking at an account.
    select multiple transactions.
    click the “tag” icon in the lower left, this will open a “floating” window
    select a tag within this window
    click “Add to Selected Transactions” button.

    the tag is only added to the first selected transaction.

  3. jchannon July 16th, 2009 at 8:07 am

    Does Cha-Ching handle import of OFX, QIF, or CSV from online bank accounts. Couldn’t find any documentation on the site.

  4. cdrum August 23rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    The Touch and the desktop versions are very different – one big difference is the touch version doesn’t seem to support tags. Why? And hte budgets are completely separate. Why?

    I’m liking how the desktop version handles these two items (except for the budget multiple tag issue discussed in the forum, but that’s easy to work around for the time being), but the touch version, which i paid $3 for because i liked the desktop version, doesn’t support these features.

    Any roadmap of bringing these two seemingly completely separate products a bit more inline with each other?

  5. fsohail September 12th, 2009 at 5:32 am

    I’m running this under Snow Leopard and have to say, as a licensed user, I’d be much happier to see more stability and robustness of the core features (like using tagging/smart folders without crashes, some decent analysis/charting) than unnecessary glitz (like coverflow view). Just my view. Until I’m happier with the desktop app I can’t justify buying the touch version; something I’ve been looking forward to for many months.

    This is good, almost good enough…keep at it.

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