Reply to: Painless bookkeeping for contractors, from your iPhone

[cojak]

Since the poster simply put his FAQ webpage onto this thread, I've decided to close it.

[eek]

So accountanta aren't allowed to advertise but this is......

I do hope admin has sent an invoice otherwise the poster's name should be appearing in a different thread.

[sal]

I don't expect you to give your app for free, but giving the fact that it looks so basic, the only way to get people to use it is to offer free version and limit it to 10 records lets say. People can try it and if like it - buy the full version. the only reason i could think of, for not doing that is that you know your app is not up to scratch and once people realise that will not buy it.

How am i going to save money if I only buy half the product for money-in lets say. My accountant still needs both money-in and money-out data, so essentially i need both products to supposedly save money on accounting. And then have to jump between the 2 apps, and export from 2 apps, which is a hassle, your apps claim to be trying to avoid in the first place...

Your integration and export features are boiling down to .csv exports. If you think that dumping a random .CSV in an accountant lap will lower the price of their services, you are sorely mistaken, and probably never had an interaction with accountants.

Tulip is a local jargon for sh*t, and by calling your app that i wasn't referring to how well it is made, after all i haven't used it (nor intend to). Nor do I question your abilities as a developer(s). I question it's usefulness for the target audience.

[northernladuk]

So accountanta aren't allowed to advertise but this is......

[sal]

It's going to be a tall order to beat the establishment of FreeAgent, with what i consider a rather pricey app (or rather 2 apps).

Which brings me to my next question - why the hell 2 separate apps? One of the motos on your website is "No more juggling apps to achieve a simple task"...

What kind of exports it can make?

Which major accounting products it integrates with?

How are we going to achieve the mythical 30% savings on accountancy fees?

Sorry to be blunt but it looks like just the next half baked tulip app intended to get some hype and money out of gullible punters. With some exceptions we are all out of those around here.

[Fred Bloggs]

It's a bit cheaper than FreeAgent

Ah but, by switching to a FA accountant I instantly saved around £45 a month. And the FA app is free then and totally integrates with FA. So, the big picture is, that FA is indeed cheaper in my case.

[northernladuk]

Nokia 7110 user here so I'm out but still cool as **** when I flip it out to answer a call #iamthematrix

[SimonMac]

Ah didn't know that, can't find anything to back it up mind ;-)

Google Play Store vs the Apple App Store: by the numbers

[gables]

Its also less than 50% of the paid app market so its understandable why companies focus on iOS first

Ah didn't know that, can't find anything to back it up mind ;-)

[SimonMac]

Symbian S60 user here so I am out. And whilst there are even less of us we are willing to pay up to One pound, seven and six per app. I speak for all Sybmian phone users, both of us had a meeting.

[woohoo]

Windows phone user here so I'm out. And whilst there are only a few of us we are willing to pay up to 1.50 per app. I speak for all windows phone users, we had a meeting.

[eek]

Android user here so I'm out, shame as android has 80% of the market, ho hum

Its also less than 50% of the paid app market so its understandable why companies focus on iOS first

[gables]

Android user here so I'm out, shame as android has 80% of the market, ho hum

[eek]

It's a bit cheaper than FreeAgent

It may well be but unless an accountant for contractors accepts and uses the output I doubt the promised savings will appear.

One reason why accountants like free agent is the amount of work they used to do which is automated in their version of the software

[cojak]

It's a bit cheaper than FreeAgent