Accounts -Checkbook

Since moving to a Quicken, MS Money, etc. like program for your computer, have you missed the old days of entering items in your checkbook register? You were so consistent with writing in each item. You diligently entered the item right on the spot holding up the customers before. Now, you stuff the receipt into your pocket, telling yourself to remind yourself to enter that receipt in once you get home. A couple days later, your wife shows you a clump of paper that rode thru the laundry. Thinking back you “remind” yourself of a receipt that you missed.

Sound familiar? It does to me.

I have been looking for an app that allows me to quickly enter my transactions but also allow my wife to enter her transactions. Sounds a bit complicated, but Accounts from SVT Software makes it so easy. Once you have entered a transaction, you can share it with another person via email. That person can add the transaction by simply tapping on a link within the email they received. It works very well and helps my wife and I maintain the same checkbook register.

Besides the usually transaction details, you can also view reports about your spending and income. The reports help you understand where all that money goes, something we all have wondered at some time or another.

Here are the full details of Accounts – Checkbook. Check out Accounts Lite – Checkbook to trial the app before buying. The app costs $1.99 which is a bargain if it helps you stay on top of your checkbook.

FEATURES

• Optimized for iOS 4 and Retina Display
• Supports fast app switching and iPhone 4′s higher resolution Retina display.
• Review your monthly income vs. expense, spending by category, or income by category summaries and details with beautiful graphs and reports.
• Quickly search for transactions and edit them from the same screen.
• Stay in sync by sending your transaction to your partner. Your partner can then post the transaction to Accounts by simply clicking on the email link and saving the transaction.
• Schedule transactions to repeat weekly, biweekly, monthly, semimonthly, quarterly, biannually, or yearly on a start date that you choose.
• Create a list of repeating payees for quick selection to avoid retyping the transaction detail over and over again.
• Reconcile by checking off cleared transactions and comparing the actual and outstanding balances against a bank statement. Accounts now includes a running total for even easier reconciliation.
• Make a one-time transfer between accounts or set up recurring transfers to automatically repeat on the cycle you choose.
• Track as many accounts as you need.
• Keep your accounts information private.
• Export transactions via email attachments for used with desktop applications such Numbers, Excel, or MS Money.
• Enter numbers faster and easier with the large numeric keypad for amount fields.
• Description, Category, Memo, and Check # Fields – All the necessary fields to track your transactions.
• Smart Autocomplete — as you type, a list will show you your previously entered descriptions and corresponding category. Selecting an entry from the list will fill both fields of the transaction.
• Accounts will suggest the next check number for you based on the previously entered number. If you replace your checkbook, just enter the new starting number and Accounts will auto-increment from there.
• Configurable settings to customize the Accounts application based on your preferences.
• Sort transactions by date in either ascending or descending order. You can also hide reconciled transactions to keep your current list from being cluttered.
• Reorder the accounts from the account list in any order you choose.
• Prevents accidental deletion of all the transactions under an account.
• Clean, Intuitive User Interface