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Economy

Cascade Software Corporation · Finance

***** Featured in iTunes "STAFF FAVORITES" section and also #1 Finance app for several weeks in 2009 *****

$2.99 · In-app purchases

PRICE
$2.99
In-app purchases
BUSINESS MODEL
Paid
No overall Grossing estimate available
RATING
4.6
160 ratings · Top 15%

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Feature spec

Goal: Send a clear invoice after finishing a job.

  • Add a client, line items, a due date, and payment instructions.
  • Preview the total before exporting a PDF.
  • Keep an editable draft if export fails.

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Invoice editor: Client at the top, editable line items in the middle, total and preview action at the bottom.

States: Empty draft, validation errors beside each field, exporting, and a retry action that preserves the draft.

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Hypothesis 1

Implement visual progress indicators for budget tracking.

Assumption to check: Users find it hard to track budgets effectively.

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Hypothesis 2

Simplify the account linking process with better guidance.

Assumption to check: Difficulty linking bank accounts.

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Hypothesis 3

Provide more customizable categories for better insights.

Assumption to check: Limited transaction categorization options.

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Hypothesis 4

Clearly outline subscription benefits and provide a trial period.

Assumption to check: In-app purchase confusion.

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App Store description

***** Featured in iTunes "STAFF FAVORITES" section and also #1 Finance app for several weeks in 2009 ***** ***** Featured on cover and chapter-5 of Wiley Publishing's book on Incredible iPhone Apps ***** This app gives you a snapshot of the US economy by providing the latest key economic indicators and tracking the history of these indicators across the past few months, years and decades. The app includes around 45,000 economic indicators. The primary focus is on US economic indicators (including detailed data on all 50 states and for major metro areas). It also includes some economic indicators for more than a 100 other countries (e.g. UK, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, China, Mexico, Estonia, Kenya, Nepal, Brazil etc.) Macworld review for the V1 version of the app http://www.macworld.com/article/142855/2009/09/economicnewsapps.html says "tough to do better than Cascade Software’s Economy app" "The app is a one-stop shop ....... economists and financial analysts love to parse" "it’s a handy resource to have available in the palm of your hand." --- Features: 1. Latest values of key (curated) US economic indicators (GDP, Employment, Housing, Manufacturing, Inflation, Trade Deficit, weekly updates of Canadian,Mexican currency exchange rates , M2 Money stock, etc.) published by the US Federal Reserve. 2. Share economic graphs through social media, email, SMS, printouts etc. 3. Graphs to track economic indicators across many different time ranges (e.g. 1 year, 3 years, ...,40 years etc.) 4. Graphs that track the values of economic indicators across Democratic and Republican presidencies and across Recession periods over the past several decades. 5. Around 45,000 economic indicators (mostly for the US, but also for more than a 100 other countries) 6. A powerful search engine that makes it easy to use partial (or full) keywords to search through the 45,000 economic indicators provided by the app. 7. All indicators updated soon after the govt numbers are published. (Most indicators updated monthly, others quarterly, annually, daily or weekly) 8. Help/Descriptions for many economic indicators. 9. Data-value transformations (graphs can be charted on interesting y-axis transformations (e.g. continuously compounded annual rate of change, natural log, change from previous year etc.) 10. The app requires internet connectivity, but previously downloaded/viewed (saved) data can be viewed in offline mode without an internet connection. Are you curious about the economy? Gauge the current state of the US economy with the latest economic indicators, Review historical data for patterns across recessions and patterns across Republican and Democratic presidencies Do you want to win arguments when discussing the economy or make speculative predictions about the economy based on patterns from the past? This app will help you with all of that and more. ---- Please contact us through our website (http://CascadeSoft.net) or blog for questions, comments or suggestions. The app is optimised for multiple iPhone and iPod Touch devices and it has been tested on devices ranging from an iPhone 4 device (running iOS 5.1.1) to an iPhone 7 Plus device (running iOS 10.1) Download the app to see why it was the #1 ranked paid app in the Finance category of the app store (for weeks in summer, 2009) and why it was featured on the cover of Wiley Publishing's book on Incredible iPhone apps.

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