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
We’ve just pushed a new, final build of CastCatcher 1.2 to Apple. It features all the great stuff it did before, minus a few minor bugs, plus some major feature enhancements. Pending Apple’s review, it should hit your iPhones in about a week.
So there was a bug in CastCatcher 1.2 (I didn’t trim spaces off the end of URLs) that caused stations to display an error instead of playing if users added a space to the end of the URL. It’s been fixed. I’ve not yet submitted 1.2 to Apple because we’re going to go ahead and roll the 1.3 update into 1.2. This means you’ll get the following in 1.2:
- Added support for Icecast streams (still .pls files)
- Fixed crash caused by incompatible metadata (stream plays, metadata ignored)
- Support direct playback of mp3 files
- Squeezebox server (SlimServer) playback support – add the mp3 url to CastCatcher
- Support for direct playback of Shoutcast stream URLs (e.g. http://stream.radiojavan.com:9000)
- More accurate error reporting on stream failure
- Increase text size on now-playing screen
- Improved Icecast and Nicecast Support
- Station details (bit rate, name etc), if provided
- Auto Reconnect on connection loss (attempt every 5 seconds)
- Nifty buffer level indicator
Here’s a screenshot of the current beta. Note that it is subject to change.

Bitrate and buffer indicator
CastCatcher 1.2 is ready and and will feature the following:
- Added support for Icecast streams (still .pls files)
- Fixed crash caused by incompatible metadata (stream now plays, metadata ignored, no crash)
- Support direct playback of mp3 files
- Squeezebox server (SlimServer) playback support – add the mp3 url to CastCatcher
- Support for direct playback of Shoutcast stream URLs (e.g. http://stream.radiojavan.com:9000)
We may still add M3U support to version 1.3, if demand dictates it.
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.
We are pleased to announce that CastCatcher 1.0 has been approved for release onto the Apple AppStore! As for BillMinder, Apple requested a slight UI change to further comply with their strict UI guidelines. The change has been implemented and the new version is back in Apple’s review queue.
We’ve just submitted both BillMinder ($1.99) and CastCatcher ($2.99) to Apple for review. We expect that both will be available for purchase in roughly one week. We’ve put up short descriptions and screenshots of each on their respective pages so take a look and let us know what you think.