We’re just doing some final testing and putting the polish on BillMinder 1.3. We know it’s been a while in the making but sit tight — we want to release a quality product. Our goal is to deliver a build to Apple this weekend.
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We’ve been working on BillMinder 1.3 for some time and brainstorming for major features in versions beyond 1.3. Here’s what’s coming in 1.3 so far (we might add more features):
- Password lock
- Confirmation and Account number fields on bills (notes if there’s room), Notes field on collectors
More to come but here’s a teaser screenshot to wet your appetites (and yes, this is already implemented):
You can lock BillMinder in version 1.3
We’ve been hard at work on PunchClock, our latest iPhone application. We just pushed the final 1.0 build to Apple. Don’t fret, we’ve also been working on BillMinder 1.3, which adds a ton of new (requested) features! We’re hoping to push this update to Apple very shortly.
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It seems that one of the new features in v1.2 seems to be hiding from some of our users. It has been requested a few times that we add the ability to change the period of time which you are alerted of your upcoming bills. However, this feature already exists! Just go to your Settings app from your dashboard then tap on the BillMinder icon. Enjoy.
In an unpredicted and unprecedented move, Apple has released BillMinder 1.2 to the AppStore after only 2 days of review time! Please update to take advantage of the new features. As always, visit our forums for support.
Because of a funky version numbering issue, we’re skipping 1.1 and going for BillMinder 1.2. We’ve just submitted the build to Apple for review. It contains all of the features that were promised in BillMinder 1.1.
We’ve tentatively planned the following features for BillMinder 1.3:
- Password protection
- Account and confirmation number fields
Development of BillMinder 1.1 is completed. Over the next few days we will be finalizing our testing and submitting it to Apple for review. Along with many bug fixes, there are three main features added in version 1.1:
- Alerts
- Variable Recurring Periods
- Proper Phone Number Display
These three features have been the most requested. We appreciate all your suggestions and will continue to add features in future releases.
BillMinder 1.1 is nearing completion. Included in version 1.1 is the much requested Alerts feature. Until Apple enables background app support, we currently can only display the alert when BillMinder is opened. However, when you close the app, the BillMinder badge will display the number of bills you have coming due soon/past due. Please let us know what you think in the forums.
We’ve just pushed BillMinder 1.01 to Apple. It will be on your phones soon and will fix the following:
- iPhone 2.1 Compatability Fix (some phones had major issues)
- Add Popups to warn users of possible mistakes
- Enhanced Performance
- Bug fixes
We’ve fixed the issue outlined in the earlier post and are finalizing testing of BillMinder 1.0.1 now. We will release it to Apple shortly, after we’ve done some additional testing (we did two passes tonight, but we thought it would be good to do two more passes). Thanks for your support.
After much banging of heads, we have finally narrowed down the cause of the problem that many users have been experiencing. The problem is caused by a sqlite3 function (sqlite3_last_insert_rowid) returning zero instead of it’s expected output. It seems that this bug crept in with the 2.1 SDK as it worked perfectly fine under 2.0.2. We have developed a fix and it is currently undergoing thorough testing. It should submitted to Apple very shortly.
There has been some confusion on the proper way to add bills/collectors to BillMinder. To prevent this in the future, let’s dig a little deeper into how it actually works, followed by a simple How-To. BillMinder stores its list of bills and collectors in an internal database. The collectors exist independent of the bills. A collector can have none, one, or more bills assigned to it. Upon first installation, there is one sample bill and one sample collector in the database. When adding your own bills/collectors, do so using the following steps:
New Bill/New Collector
These are the steps needed to add a new bill to a collector that does not exist in the database.
- Tap the ‘+’ on the home screen to bring up the ‘New Bill’ screen.
- Tap ‘New Collector’ to bring up the ‘New Collector’ screen.
- Enter the Name of the collector. Optionally, add the Phone Number and Website for easy access.
- Tap ‘Save’ to add the new collector to the database.
- Ensure that the new collector’s name is shown in the Collector field. If not, tap on the field and select the new collector from the picker list.
- Enter the Due Date, Amount, Recurring, and Paid status for the new bill.
- Tap ‘Save’ to add the new bill to the database.
New Bill/Existing Collector
These are the steps needed to add a new bill to a collector that already exists in the database.
- Tap the ‘+’ on the home screen to bring up the ‘New Bill’ screen.
- Tap ‘Select Collector’ to bring up the picker list of collectors.
- Select the appropriate collector from the list. Tap ‘Done’.
- Ensure that the correct collector’s name is shown in the Collector field. If not, tap on the field and select the new collector from the picker list.
- Enter the Due Date, Amount, Recurring, and Paid status for the new bill.
- Tap ‘Save’ to add the new bill to the database.
We will soon have forums available to provide more help and support for our applications. For now, if you require more assistance, use the contact form on our homepage.
We’ve just been notified that BillMinder 1.0 is ready for sale. It should be available on the App Store within a few hours! Our home page will be updated to reflect this as soon as it is available for purchase.