Comments on: iPhone Economy app now the #1 paid app in the Finance category http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/ Simple solutions for complex problems Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ram http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-73 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:53:27 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-73 @vmyrto, Thanks I’m glad you like both apps.
The economic calendar feature is discussed in http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-70 . Unfortunately, at the moment, there is no good way to implement this (i.e. next release date) in an automated manner.
Publishing dates for the last reported data is one of the features being considered for the V3.0 release. We plan to investigate this feature (and others on the V3 list) – later in the month – , after the 2.0 version is released.

]]> By: vmyrto http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-72 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:45:06 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-72 This is a pretty good app, however adding the economic calendar and some sort of notifications when new data is reported would be great and very helpful. Or where it says under each indicator “published monthly/early/weekly” add a date when the report is published.
thanks. great apps with govt spending as well

]]> By: Ram http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-70 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:59:07 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-70 @John, thanks for the note. I’m glad you like the app and appreciate your compliment.

I agree that publishing the next release date will solve the issue raised by @Randall Plant. It will also be a fairly useful feature in its own right.
Unfortunately, I don’t know of any good way to get the next release date for each indicator in an automated manner. These indicators come from different government agencies and (at the moment), the Federal Reserve doesn’t seem to track future release dates. However, I’ll investigate this topic further next month.

]]> By: john http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-68 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:22:34 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-68 I also bought the app, I think this problem could be easily fixed by inserting a line that says something like “next available release XX YYYY 20ZZ” near the date for the existing report.

It really is a great app, thanks for making it, it’s really nice to have at your fingertips.

]]> By: Ram http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-65 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:06:28 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-65 Thanks for trying out the app and thanks also for the feedback on the description.
I agree that “latest” doesn’t necessarily mean that the data will be continuously updated.
I’ll make the description more clear to indicate the data will be updated with every new report.

]]> By: Randall Plant http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-64 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:03:46 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-64 Thanks for the reply. I did see the word “latest”, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that data will be continuously updated after the purchase.

And BTW I just bought the app; after all, for 99 cents how can you go wrong?!

]]> By: Ram http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-62 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:50:28 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-62 Thanks for asking, the data does get updated with every new report.
I’ll see if we can make the description more clear. (The original (and current) description said “latest economic indicators” in the first paragraph and “latest values of key economic indicators” in the third paragraph)

]]> By: Randall Plant http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2009/07/30/iphone-economy-app-now-the-1-paid-app-in-the-finance-category/#comment-61 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:16:25 +0000 http://blog.cascadesoft.net/?p=68#comment-61 The description of the app on iTunes doesn’t mention if the data will be updated as new reports are released, or if instead it only shows historical data. Can you clarify that?

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