It seems that a few of you didn’t like the transaction views I added in my last update. I have therefore hidden these by default, but you can enable them again from the Edit screen.

Changed the left and right arrows to step through the different balance views (today, available, minimum and reconciled). Previously they scrolled the account list, which I think is unnecessary given the likely number of accounts.

Changed the transaction screens to always display amounts in the currency of the transaction itself (rather than your default currency).

When using manual reconcile mode, reversed the actions on the tick button. By default this will go into reconcile mode, and if you tap and hold, it will switch between showing and hiding reconciled transactions.

Now that transfer budgets take into account the direction, added the ability to choose between transfers in and transfers out when setting the budget. The former is like income, and the latter like spending.

Added an “update rates now” option at the bottom of the settings screen, together with a note telling you when they were last updated. You shouldn’t really need to do this as it happens automatically (every hour on WiFi, less frequently on 3G).

Added a few reset options, for example if you wanted to start over or simply restore the default settings.

Added support for the HuMPs (British hills of any height with 100m prominence). The app now includes data on 5801 hills, including the three HuMPs in the Channel Islands.

Added iCloud and Bluetooth support for copying backup files between devices (the former is FAR easier!!). If you are using any of my other apps (Account Tracker or Meter Readings), the backup feature should be very familiar. To sync your data between two devices, simply backup on one and select and restore on the other. Automatic syncing is not yet supported because it is actually quite difficult to resolve conflicts when changes are made on multiple devices at the same time. Perhaps one day. 🙂

Fixed a bug to do with the cancel button on Dropbox (which turned out to be in the Dropbox supplied code!!).

Other UI improvements.

This update cleans up the user interface a bit and (hopefully) simplifies things for new users.

On the main accounts screen, the left and right arrows now scroll to the top and bottom of the account list. To change the balances shown (e.g. between Today, Available, Minimum and Reconciled) simply tap on the actual balance at the top of the screen. And if you have marked some accounts as hidden, pull down, hold and release the accounts list to switch between showing and hiding accounts.

On the individual account screens, the left and right arrows scroll up and down (as above), and tapping on the balance itself scrolls to today. Search and CSV export should be obvious (no change). The tick button switches between showing and hiding reconciled transactions, and if you are using manual reconcile mode, you can enable an optimisation to tap and hold it to reconcile your transactions.

The Set Balance feature has now been moved to the per-account settings. Here you can set or correct the current balance of an account, and the app adjusts the opening balance for you. This is useful if you just want to correct things, or are tracking the current value of an investment account.

Back on the main accounts screen and right at the bottom (use the right arrow to scroll), you can now view all transactions up to the current date across all accounts (a popular request). Also all recurring transactions, all scheduled transactions (to the end of the following month) and a summary of your upcoming (and overdue!) reminders. These different views replace the All/Recurring Only/Non-recurring filter on the per-account screen. The numbers in grey are your transaction counts.

Added a search option to the transaction list views (e.g. those added above, plus the ones accessed via the budgets and reports screens).

Changed the transfer budgets and reports to take into account the direction of the transfer, depending on the accounts you are looking at. Having thought about this a lot, I think this change makes sense. When looking at an individual account, you will see transfers in as positive and transfers out as negative. For account groups or while looking at all accounts together, you might find that some transfers will have no effect, so they are counted as zero. Please get in touch if this change causes you problems.

Replaced the last pixelated images with retina ones (don’t know why this took me so long!).

NOTE: I am hoping to get auto-syncing working and added as part of version 3.9.

I have finally managed to find time to pick this up again, and have made some good progress today (wet bank holiday – need I say more!). As I mentioned back in January, I have a skeleton app reading the latest backup file from Dropbox, and being able to display groups and accounts, the current balance of each account, and also transaction lists per account. You can then filter on reconciled or not, or search (just like the iOS app). Also scroll up and down the transaction list (top, today, bottom).

One of the big issues I was struggling with over Christmas has now been fixed, although there is a second issue that I can’t quite figure out (removing a toolbar item with a custom view item from an NSToolbar).

Next steps are cleaning up a few loose ends, then tackling the budgets and reports screens.

Being realistic, I am not expecting this to hit the Mac AppStore until later this year, however I would hope I can get something out for testing over the summer.

UPDATE (14 Aug): not much more progress, sorry. I am concentrating on a good sync solution for iOS which will be needed by the Mac version too. Once sync support is released I will be back on this …

UPDATE (13 Nov): making good progress on sync support, which should be released before Christmas (v3.9). Then back to the Mac version …

Minor update to fix a font issue introduced by iOS 5.1.

Retina support for the new iPad.

Improved exporting by CSV, especially when you have climbed an entire list and are tracking round 2 or beyond.

Quick update to fix a font issue introduced by iOS 5.1.

Retina support for the new iPad.

Other minor improvements.

Added support for negative rates, which is likely to be useful when combining electricity consumption and generation on the same meter. In addition, you can now choose meter types where total usage is R1-R2 or (R1+R2)-R3 or (R1-R2)+R3.

Added iCloud support for transferring backups between devices as part of the Power User upgrade. Note that this DOES NOT automatically sync your data between devices. Rather it uses iCloud to let you move backup files around, much like Dropbox. If you use my Account Tracker app, you will be familiar with this.

Added a fix to allow the app to support truly large numbers of meters (100s) as part of the Pro User upgrade. The main restriction before was the amount of memory required to display the graphs, and of course the swipe interface was not so good for lots of meters. Now only 9 meters are included in the swipe display, but you can jump to any meter using the List button at the top left of the screen.

Retina support for the new iPad.

Minor bug fixes and small UI changes.

Added support for multiple ascents per hill. If you manage to complete one of the lists, the tick count resets to 0 and you can then track a second round … etc. Note that the “date climbed” will be one for the round you are tracking (i.e. the first ascent for most people). NOTE: if you are tracking multiple rounds, please give me some feedback about how this is working.

Updated the hills database to version 12.1, and also updated the MountainViews lists too. Beinn a’Chlaidheimh is still down as a Munro, even though it has been surveyed at 913.96m (2999ft) and the survey results have been accepted by the OS. I guess we are waiting for the SMC to officially demote the hill to Corbett.

Changed the default colour scheme to black (mainly just the top navigation bars).

Minor bug fixes, including a couple of memory leaks that might have caused the app to crash after prolonged use.

Added iCloud support for transferring backups between devices. IMPORTANT NOTE: this DOES NOT automatically sync your transactions between devices. Rather it uses iCloud to let you move backup files around, much like Dropbox. Yes I know you all want automatic syncing, please be patient. 🙂

Added support for daily reports and budgets. The balance view is not particularly interesting (its a straight line!).

The budgets now support custom dates, and you can have a floating date of “today” as either the start or end date (just like the reports). Since the time period can vary, the budgets should be set to their annual equivalents and the app will pro-rate them down to the number of days from start to end.

Improvements to the splits screen, the balance graph itself and the way backups are handled, especially when using Dropbox and now iCloud. To sync data between devices, its one tap on the sending device and two taps on the receiving device.

Bug fixes, including correct handling of the KYD currency (that was a Yahoo bug!) and a problem to do with removing splits.

Made the Backup and Restore feature FREE for all users. IMPORTANT NOTE: please make sure you backup your data AND export this off you device at least once after updating. This backup file will be required if you ever install the app on a completely new device, to restore the full set of features. Without it I have no way of knowing you bought the app prior to version 3.0.

Changed the default colour scheme of the app to black (although you won’t notice as I retain your configured settings).

Turned on the default system sound as part of the reminder feature. This can be disabled in the Notification Centre settings.

Fixed a bug introduced in v2.9.5 where the previous year graph in white might have been incorrect for the 1m, 3m and 6m views.

Fixed a bug to do with landscape mode on the iPhone.