Untitled anMoney clone app

[David Hodges]

Hey everyone,

Starting a new thread if anyone wants to discuss the anMoney clone I'm developing.

Google have confirmed the promo codes only work for published apps and suggested I use an "Internal testing track".

Thank you to the 12 people who purchased the app in order to test  it!  I've put the price back up to where I think it should be once the app is finished.

If anyone didn't already purchase but wants to join the "Internal testing" track I need to add your email addresses individually and you won't be required to buy the app during the testing.

I don't think full emails are visible here so I've put together a quick form to collect them and also some optional questions about features, etc.

It would be great if anyone who did purchase the app also wanted to fill in the form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4bKYc0LnQn29_Q-K3RFhK4YVF5KRlnNGzPPUPuAjRxEw9tg/viewform?usp=dialog

Thanks!

David

[Rick Jones]

Thanks - done!

On the subject of features, one I'm NOT interested in is budgets. I've never been able to get a budget feature to make sense in any money manager app, and anMoney's is no different. The biggest problem is that you can't e.g. set a budget figure for just the next month. That's just not realistic.

Rick

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[David Hodges]

https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4701104275838015314

Thanks everyone who's filled in the form - above is the link to join the internal test version of the app (locked by Google to specified email addresses only, hence the form), this will be the track I try and regularly update with my progress.

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anMoney is the personal financial best app I have ever used, I've used it since it came out. Since Android 14 and the changes it brought sadly anMoney will come to an end. I refuse to update my phone (s) to Android 14 and will continue to do so as long as possible so I can continue to use anMoney (I have not yet mastered how to import anMoney to a Android 14 phone). Your effort to produce an app similar to anMoney is very much welcomed and no doubt will be accepted by most if not all old anMoney users and many others when it is out. I am willing to pay a premium price for a premium app... Thank you and all beta testing persons.

[Vincent Ng]

Hi David

I just came across this group recently and like all the people here I find AnMoney indispensable and definitely the term "AnMoney faithful" accurately describes me! 

I'm keen to join in the internal testing of your new clone app. Is it still open to new testers?

I filled up the Google Form some days ago and then tried to access the Google Play link in your message but I get the message " App not available for this account".

[David Hodges]

Hi Vince and everyone,

I've been through the form submissions and added everyone to the internal testers list.

I've just pushed a new version to the Play Store, recurring bills & deposits is pretty much done now, just needs a bit more polish and some finishing touches (like being able to delete recurring templates, just an oversight 😂).

Let me know if you've downloaded it and if the recurring bills and deposits look correct, I've been comparing side by side with my own anMoney data but obviously everyone uses it differently and there are features I didn't know even existed until I've started trying to recreate the whole app.

David

[Rick Jones]

Hi David

This is looking good so far!

Restoring my latest anMoney backup all worked fine, AFAICS everything is where it should be.

I've got quite a list of issues I'd like to offer, please accept these as constructive!

You've omitted Classifications from your implementation. I make extensive use of these so that's quite a loss for me.

Maybe you've got this planned, but thought I'd mention it ...

The "Number" field on transactions can be used for lot more than just cheque numbers (which are now just about obsolete). I use it to identify the payment method with my own acronyms (e.g. PP for PayPal). You can put what you like in this field, and anMoney remembers a history of what you've entered, offering past entries in a drop-down. There's also a maintenance page to selectively delete any you don't want remembered any more. For recurring transactions, this field should appear on the Date tab. 

Currencies need some work, esp. inter-currency transfers (something anMoney is really good at BTW!).

The Payees page needs a search function.

I take it automatic entry of recurring transactions is yet to be implemented?

UI stuff - some of this is personal preference, maybe user preference settings could be useful? ...

If you leave Payee blank, you get "Payee '' does not exist" etc. A blank payee is totally permissible.

In anMoney, fields for Payee, category, etc. offer both auto-complete and drop-down, whereas Money only has auto-complete. It's nice to have both.

I find the list of accounts and recurring transaction pages too spread out. On a small screen I like to see as much information as possible. The transaction listing pages are good though, in fact slightly more compact than anMoney!

On transfer transactions, anMoney shows the colour bar for the transfer account on the left, this is a neat and useful feature.

Settings for Negative account format and Show currency symbol don't work, but I suspect that's on the "to be implemented" list!

It's good to see so much progress though. As I mentioned before, if you want any assistance with coding some of these things, I'm happy to help. Email me directly if you'd like to discuss.

Cheers

Rick

[Rick Jones]

Another point I forgot to mention is void transactions. It looks like this feature has been completely omitted. I do actually find it useful on occasion, and I have a few void transactions which have been omitted on restore.

I mainly use it if I return a purchase for refund very soon after purchasing. Rather than add another transaction for the refund I just void the original and add a note. Handy!

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[David Hodges]

Hi Rick,

That's incredibly helpful thank you! and exactly the sort of feedback I'm after.

I will have to work out how classifications work in anMoney, I've never used them before but I've seen (and taken) the values from the database so hopefully will be ok.

Payees, financial institutions, currencies, "Categories and classifications" are just basic fragments that haven't had any love yet but were needed to get the other things working.

Again, I've never used Number so wasn't really sure how it worked, but it's on the list to work out.

Automatic entry of recurring entries is not done yet but once I've cracked the transactions and recurring templates generally (which I'm so close to having done) it should be doable.

Yes, I only recently spotted that colour bar on the transactions! And red or green bars on the right to show deposits or payments too. 

Settings are for show only at the minute...

Void transactions have been done though... Tap & hold a transaction, mark transaction, "Mark as void" ? Unless there's another method I'm not aware of?

David

[Russell B]

Hi David et al,  just wanted to say I've now also managed to restore an AnM backup into the new clone app and am pleasantly surprised by what I seen at first glance - well done on the work so far!  I'll continue to look into the weeds of the app and feed back some more.  That's if I can get past the dark display and pinkish/purple header banners on my device at least!  Reading the above, makes you appreciate how much someone packed into the original app in the past!  Thanks.

[Ignacio Perez]

Hi all,

Great news for all anMoney lovers. I'm new here. How can I test the ongoing version?.

Best

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[Ignacio Perez]

Hi all,

Can I get in this trial?.

Best 

[Rick Jones]

Hi David

I meant to come back to you before on this, but slipped my mind!

Classifications work like additional sets of categories. You can have up to 2, and define your own name for each.

For example, I have a classification I've named "On behalf of" which I use to track anything I've spent on behalf of someone else, and which they owe me. I find it tends to happen a lot with friends and family! It's a very useful feature.

I was going to look at void transactions, but the latest version fails to start on my phone. I get a black screen, then it just exits. The previous version ran fine. I'm running Android 11, which is quite old but I can't update to anything later on this phone. Any ideas?

Cheers, Rick

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[David Hodges]

Hi Rick,

You just need to clear the app data and then restore a new backup from anMoney.

Any time I change the database structure during this early development (even just changing or adding a view) it needs a reset of the existing data.

Yes, I had a play around with classifications last week, it should be ok.

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[Russell A Blake]

Hì,

How do I know there's a new version. Is it important to know what version I'm on? Reading this, just opened the app today & all is fine. No clearing data nor black screens?

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[David Hodges]

Moving testing to Firebase if anyone wants to continue getting pre-release versions you'll need to sign up here:

https://appdistribution.firebase.dev/i/3f8047a4c1f4187a

David

[Vincent Ng]

Hi David

I get this message when I click the link to Firebase   This invite link is no longer valid

[Vincent Ng]

Hi David

 

The clone app is looking really good!

 

Here's some feedback on the user interface that I've noticed on my phone:

 

1. Filter and sorting UI. Depending on the choices, it can consume precious vertical space. Suggest to flow the last filter item to second row if space is short. (Hope that makes sense; I'm not a techie.)

 

2. Transaction dialogue box. Can it be positioned higher (like in AnMoney) so that the bottom is not partly obscured by the keyboard? This will definitely speed up entering a transaction.

 

3. Notes icon. Instead of having to tap an icon to enter a note, can it be entered directly, as a row, within the main dialogue box (like in AnMoney)? I use the notes feature often and this would speed up entering a transaction.

 

4. I echo Rick's earlier comments about the "Numbers" field, support for multi-currencies (with updateable exchange rates), autocomplete as well as dropdown entries in various places eg payee, category etc.

 

Here's my personal wish list for features (not sure if you have already planned for them or not):

 

MUST HAVE

1. Export to QIF format! My main records are in Quicken 2010 on my laptop. (There is much more functionality especially for investment tracking and small business accounts on Quicken desktop, which would be unwieldy for a mobile app.) I therefore use AnMoney as a companion app mainly to capture my cash/card transactions while I'm out and about. Once a month, I will use the "Export from book">"Share", which will save a QIF format file into a user-specified folder which I will copy to my PC and then import to Quicken. As a requirement of the export function, AnMoney has an "export" attribute for each transaction. Once a series of transactions is exported, they are automatically toggled from "not exported" to "exported". This is to prevent duplicate export of transactions. AnMoney also allows toggling of this attribute manually. (In an ideal world, it would be fantastic if I can wirelessly sync with Quicken desktop, but I would be happy if the clone app can do exactly what AnMoney does in this respect!)
2. Backup and restore functions, including automatic backup.
3. Access control (password, biometric)
4. Search function
5. Recurring item automatic entry with options eg on due date, x days before due date etc
6. Number field (in recurring entry section)

 

PREFERABLE TO HAVE

1. Reports

 

NICE TO HAVE

1. Import QIF format file

 

NOT IMPORTANT TO ME

1. Budgeting

 

Thanks for all your efforts on this clone. Hope that you can make my wishes come true! :-)

 

Wishing you a Blessed Christmas!

Vincent

[Rick Jones]

Thanks Vincent, I concur with all your points.

I see you're not interested in the budget feature, me too! I've never been able to get budgeting to make sense in any money manager program, going back to desktop apps. I just don't organise my money the way these budget systems seem to assume; I wonder whether anyone actually does!

[Ignacio Perez]

Same problem on my side. Eager to test

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[Deeky Evans]

Hi chums

Yes,  andMoney is looking good

Better functionality,  can now edit recurring

David keep ip good work 

Have people gone onto the firebase and the app tester?

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Thanks Vincent, I concur with all your points.

I see you're not interested in the budget feature, me too! I've never been able to get budgeting to make sense in any money manager program, going back to desktop apps. I just don't organise my money the way these budget systems seem to assume; I wonder whether anyone actually does!

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[David Hodges]

Sorry about that, here's a new link!

https://appdistribution.firebase.dev/i/d02fc1b4399a96e5

[Sylvain Bouju]

Hello everyone,
I'm planning to start testing "andMoney" soon in real-world use, as I'm very impressed by how easily this app imports my andMoney saves :)
Once the app is installed on my smartphone, will it then update automatically like all my other Android apps?

[Vincent Ng]

Hi David

Some further feedback from testing the app.

1. Calculator. Any calculated result from the calculator appears to be transferred to the amount field, but after pressing OK in the dialog box, the amount actually entered in the register is either the previous figure (if it's an edit) or zero (if it's a new entry)

2. Recurring transactions. I'm unable to create a new payee, although I can pick an existing payee from the memorised list.

3. Recurring transactions. I assume automatic recurring entries is still a work-in-progress?

4. Transaction dialog. Prompt to memorise new payees is not available yet.

[Rick Jones]

Hi Silvain

The app doesn't update via the normal Google Play mechanism, David (developer) is using an alternate non-Google channel called Firebase. See this message: https://appdistribution.firebase.dev/i/d02fc1b4399a96e5. If you install the Firebase app "App Tester" it will notify you of updates and handle the updating process.

Regards
Rick Jones

[Rick Jones]

Hi David

A comment on recurring transactions:

I see that you've followed the way anMoney works, in that a note is only available when editing a single occurrence, but not when editing the series. However, I think this is actually a bug in anMoney. There's no reason for notes not to be always available, and there is a quirk in anMoney that allows you to get round it, which is why I think it's unintentional.

I sometimes find it useful to have a note in a recurring series, which is copied into each transaction, so can I suggest implementing that?

The anMoney work-round is to edit the series, and set repeat to Never. When you do that the note field appears. You can then add a note and save the recurring item. Then edit it again, and set the repeat back to what you want. The note disappears from view but it's still there, and is added to each subsequent transaction. This makes me believe that the missing note field was simply an error, because internally it all works! The obvious thing is to always show the note field in the relevant tab.

Regards
Rick

[David Hodges]

Hi Rick,

Absolutely, I noticed this anomaly in anMoney too and it annoyed me so I will definitely fix this before any actual release!

Also, sylvai...@gmail.com, I'm hoping this is not what you meant but to be clear, the app is in no-way ready for a full switchover.  I'm currently double entering everything (in anMoney and andMoney) to ensure all the calculations are correct, etc.  Also, I'm only restoring the bits you can see so when I add reports you'll need to do another restore from an anMoney backup to maintain your existing reports (big assumption but I'm really hoping to be able to migrate your custom reports over eventually).

Hope the whole of the anMoney faithful have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

David

[Rick Jones]

Hi David

I've started trying to run andMoney in parallel with anMoney, and am now noticing some more little things.

In the list of accounts, the order of account types is different. Not wrong, just different! Ideally this order should be user definable, something for a future refinement maybe?

Also in that list, you have the arrows to expand and collapse the sections backwards. When collapsed, there should be a down arrow to indicate "click to expand", and then an up arrow to indicate "click to collapse".

There is a bug in the display of a future occurrence of a transfer. Say there is a recurring transfer from acc1 to acc2, with no payee. In acc1, the occurrence correctly reads "To: acc2", but in acc2, the occurrence reads "From: acc2", which is of course incorrect.

I hope this helps, I'll report any more as I come across them.

23 Dec 2025 21:40:27 David Hodges <davidh...@gmail.com>:

Hi Rick,

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[Sylvain Bouju]

@David

Yes, I am going to do the same, double entering everything in each application :)

In andMoney, I can't get my negative values ​​to display in the format "-1,000.00", even though I've selected this option in my settings. Is it because it's not fully implemented yet?

[Sylvain Bouju]

I have just made a first fairly significant test by pointing to a bank statement, and it is enough for me to share the most important annoyance I encountered: the color of the Unreconciled (black) and Reconciled (dark green) transactions is not differentiated enough to be able to clearly identify the status of each transaction in the list.

Sylvain

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[Rick Jones]

In anMoney there's a settings option to choose the colours. I'm guessing that David will eventually add this feature. I always use anMoney in dark mode, the colours seem to work better than way. Hopefully we will also have that as an option in due course. 🙂

In general I don't really like dark mode, but it just seems to work well for anMoney.

30 Dec 2025 15:51:45 Sylvain Bouju <sylvai...@gmail.com>:

I have just made a first fairly significant test by pointing to a bank statement, and it is enough for me to share the most important annoyance I encountered: the color of the Unreconciled (black) and Reconciled (dark green) transactions is not differentiated enough to be able to clearly identify the status of each transaction in the list.

Sylvain

Le mar. 30 déc. 2025 à 10:51, Sylvain Bouju <sylvai...@gmail.com> a écrit :

@David

Yes, I am going to do the same, double entering everything in each application :)

In andMoney, I can't get my negative values ​​to display in the format "-1,000.00", even though I've selected this option in my settings. Is it because it's not fully implemented yet?

Le mardi 23 décembre 2025 à 22:40:24 UTC+1, davidh...@gmail.com a écrit :

Hi Rick,

Absolutely, I noticed this anomaly in anMoney too and it annoyed me so I will definitely fix this before any actual release!

Also, sylvai...@gmail.com, I'm hoping this is not what you meant but to be clear, the app is in no-way ready for a full switchover.  I'm currently double entering everything (in anMoney and andMoney) to ensure all the calculations are correct, etc.  Also, I'm only restoring the bits you can see so when I add reports you'll need to do another restore from an anMoney backup to maintain your existing reports (big assumption but I'm really hoping to be able to migrate your custom reports over eventually).

Hope the whole of the anMoney faithful have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

David

On Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 12:01:21 UTC rickp...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi David

A comment on recurring transactions:

I see that you've followed the way anMoney works, in that a note is only available when editing a single occurrence, but not when editing the series. However, I think this is actually a bug in anMoney. There's no reason for notes not to be always available, and there is a quirk in anMoney that allows you to get round it, which is why I think it's unintentional.

I sometimes find it useful to have a note in a recurring series, which is copied into each transaction, so can I suggest implementing that?

The anMoney work-round is to edit the series, and set repeat to Never. When you do that the note field appears. You can then add a note and save the recurring item. Then edit it again, and set the repeat back to what you want. The note disappears from view but it's still there, and is added to each subsequent transaction. This makes me believe that the missing note field was simply an error, because internally it all works! The obvious thing is to always show the note field in the relevant tab.

Regards
Rick

On 15/12/2025 09:05, David Hodges wrote:

Sorry about that, here's a new link!

https://appdistribution.firebase.dev/i/d02fc1b4399a96e5

On Saturday, 13 December 2025 at 03:28:59 UTC vince...@gmail.com wrote:

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[Rick Jones]

Hi David

Hope you've had a Happy Christmas!

I've been using andMoney a bit more and come up with a few more comments.

It's good to see you've got classifications working, but there's a small error on the transaction edit form. The titles for the edit boxes should be the names of the classifications, not "Classification 1/2".

In the account listing screen the accounts are in alphabetical order, but it's case sensitive, it would be better case insensitive. (I have a couple of accounts with first direct, who always spell their name in lower case, which I've followed, so those are out of order!)

I've noticed that the filter for the transaction lists defaults to "Unreconciled + upcoming", but I always use "All + upcoming" which I'm pretty sure is the default in anMoney. In any event, that setting hasn't imported.

Something I've always wanted in anMoney is a filter option for "Unmarked" (+ upcoming). That would be a great addition!

I've just done a reconciliation with interest for the first time, which showed up a couple of glitches. Firstly, this is a new account so this was the first reconciliation, and the date defaulted to zero (i.e. 1 Jan 1970). Better to default to today if there's no history. (A neat future addition would be an account setting for statement frequency, I have savings accounts with variously 3-monthly, 6-monthly, and annual statements, so the next statement date is always wrong.)

Tapping on the category box brings up a drop-down list of all categories, but this includes all the classifications as well! It should really only list income categories, while the box for fees should list only expense categories.

I think it would be better to follow the anMoney example and have a tap target in the corner to bring up the drop-down rather than when tapping anywhere in the box. Also have this in the transaction edit form.

I personally don't like the long note added to the interest transaction. It's pretty obvious what it is when viewing the account. Could this in future be an option in settings, or even a customisable text?

I think that's all for now. It's great to see that everything implemented is actually working, and that we're now just picking up on details - well done!

And may I wish everyone here a Happy New Year! 🎆

[Russell B]

Foreign currency developments (FX):  

Hello David, good to see a V19 with FX capabilities BUT basic problem for me, whilst I can see list of currencies and at first glance FX accounts in reports / lists are shown the same as in AnM, but when I try to enter an FX transaction in a £-based account, I don't see anywhere to choose that FX currency and watch the transaction get translated (perhaps with a new pop-up subwindow like in AnM).( ...Feedback's in Firebase too)

So unfortunately can't get very far.  Have I missed a button somewhere or something?

Thanks

RAB

[David Hodges]

Hi Russell,

Yes, ever so slight oversight on my part!  A few people have mentioned the same thing.

Will work on this dialog tonight (not using multi currency in anMoney I'd never seen it before!)

Hopefully I'll have an update soon!

David

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[Russell B]

Hello David,  I was wondering what's happening with the foreign currency solution (FX)?  There's been a couple more Clone update versions, since I (and I gather others) reported that this wasn't working so far. With v.25 I still don't see any pop-up submenu / link to where I can enter FX values in a transaction and see what the app does to translate this?  There are some other reported issues in the screens this area too - version notes have been noticeably quiet on this!!  Thanks. Russell B.

[Rick Jones]

Hi Russell

As far as I'm aware the original anMoney doesn't support direct FX conversion when entering a transaction. It supports different currencies in different accounts, with account totals converted to base currency. It also supports transfers between accounts in different currencies, which is where FX conversions come in.

David's replicated this functionality, which so far seems to work as expected.

There are ways the original functionality could be improved, which I'm hoping can be addressed in future, but I suspect that will be a little while down the line.

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[Russell B]

Hi,  I think I disagree.  I'll need to dig out my screenshots again.  There was a pop-up menu via the calculator (link via right corner of the value field) when entering a transaction.  This way you can enter FX and it converts into base, using the exchange rate tables etc..  Then there is the separate functionality to set up some accounts in FX and run the balance (totals) in those in both currencies.  That has implications for the way that AnM reported FX account balances in reports and screen summary views.

I used FX quite a lot so am sure it worked this way.

I emailed David some thoughts on this and some of his comments in reply set me wondering...did anyone ever download the original AnM user guides as documents which we could refer to now?  They were just html I think and hence I never did - just clicked the linkks to read the guidance online.  But David has mentioned he didn't use all the original AnM functionality - so my thought was to be able to provide him with the definitive original source docu'  to explain all that.  Can you or someone elee help with that perhaps??  Cheers.

[Rick Jones]

Hi Russell

You're right! I'd forgotten as I hadn't used that feature for a very long time. When you open the calculator, there's a $ sign to the left of the result field. Clicking that opens the conversion dialog so you can pick which currency the entered value represents, and it is converted to the account currency.

Yes, this is important, I think David needs to look at it.

Cheers
Rick

[Russell B]

Hi,

FX / DOCU: As so far no one has said that they've got the reference documentation, I thought I'd list the functionality in this area, which I am expecting to see replicated:

1.Set up & run a non-base foreign currency (FX) account, translating every transaction back into base currency and keeping two running balances, using effective exchange rates at time of transaction. Clone so far = OK.
2. report FX account balance with other account balances in report / list view and use base currency balance in totalling arithmetic, even if FX currency value is displayed = FAILS
# translate non base, i.e. FX transaction into base currency using pop-up calculator and prevailing ER's as above, in base currency denominated account = MISSING
# Maintain table of currencies and effective exchange rates over time to be applied in each FX-denominated transaction = OK, bugs

Hope that's helpful?  Regards

[Rick Jones]

That's a useful list of requirements, and I agree that #2 fails. However, I thought I'd check it in original anMoney, and AFAICS it fails there too! FX account balances aren't included in the overall total at all.

A chance for andMoney to fix an old problem.

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[Russell B]

Hello,  re FX above, pls excuse my ## typo's should be 3 and 4 obviously.  

Re 2. Totalling of FX accounts - just to recheck again with the latest Clone revision v.26, I redid the arithmetic in my report of listed accounts and also investment cash accounts (I've some of those not in £'s!) and I must change my conclusion. Report view is now = OK, i.e. logic does go back and replace the FX balance displayed with the translated base currency (£) value in the totals arithmetic (not as I found in earlier versions).  This is exactly the same way as how AnM does it. Rick: perhaps you're thinking it should be the other way around?

But #3 is still a "to-do" 
...And #4 still has a few glitches in the currency maintenance table to iron out.

Thanks  RAB

...BTW: I'd still be very interested to know if anyone else did manage to download those original AnM user guides for reference??!!

[Rick Jones]

Seems we both made mistakes in arithmetic! Yes, point 2 is correct, the base currency value of FX account balances is included in the total of all displayed accounts.

A nice enhancement would be to show both balances for FX accounts in the list of accounts. Both are shown in the account itself, so it would be consistent.

Regards
Rick

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[David Hodges]

Hi both,

Working on this currency conversion screen now but from what I can see it looks like the "From x" side is useless?

if you're in a Euro account for example, you would enter the amount in whatever currency, click the button to convert it to Euros so you get an estimate of what it would be in the account currency.

What's the use case for the right hand side, shown here:

Am I missing something?  My current thinking is to re-create the dialog but simplify it just to be a "convert to the account's currency" dialog...

[Rick Jones]

I think the option is because this conversion is available within the calculator at all times, even when it's just popped up stand-alone. So you can do ad-hoc currency conversions. I guess in the data entry case you could hide the to & from options and just have a heading "To ...".

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[Russell A Blake]

Hi David,

Don't really know the answer to your question, as I've never used that field to differentiate.  

I'd word it a little different to you, like I wrote in my scenarios, this is to support #3 to be able to enter an FX transaction when in the simplest case, all my accounts / books are in base currency.  As with the gist of what you're saying I want to translate back to base and enter simply that value in my books.

So thinking about the screen you've shown, I wondered if it would make any difference if my book was not in £'s so base = Euro?  So I set up a new € book. But the screen changes / follows the same logic that for transaction calculations I only really need the left hand side.  The right seems redundant.

Perhaps it is as Rick suggests just functionality for a standalone currency converter, i.e. in both directions, even though so far in AnM you only call it up in a transaction in order to get back to base.

Hope that helps.

RAB

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[Russell B]

Hi David, 

In the Clone v30 - There's a new FX related option in the Transaction setting menu - I wondered if you can explain what it's doing - and what the choices represent?

>> Adjust exchange rate or related transaction - y /n

.....ask every time (default?)

..... exchange rate

.....related transation

Thanks

[Russell B]

An whilst I am here, can I ask about another new feature - the Go To / Jump feature between accounts..... I've seen that this is now available - but I don't remember, as in recent versions of original AnM with Android upgrades that functionality broke (and I know quite a few users are looking forward to seeing it back) - thing is, in the past did the app just jump from source to target account, or did it also position on the other side of the precise transaction?

What did you intend in the Clone - looks like it just jumps to the other account and doesn't highlight / position on the other side of the precise transaction - which would be ideal!  Thanks and regards.  

[Rick Jones]

Hi Russell

I can answer your question about the FX setting, as it was me that asked David for the feature!

It affects what happens when you edit a transaction that's a transfer between accounts in different currencies. If you change the amount, when you tap OK a dialog appears that enables you to edit the amount in the other account and/or the exchange rate (the two are of course arithmetically linked). The issue is, when this dialog is presented, either the other value or the exchange rate must be shown changed, but which one? In anMoney it was always the other value that changed, but that's not always helpful. So now there is a choice!

On your second point, anMoney's GoTo on a transfer did position the display on the relevant item. I'm not sure whether it was at the top or in the middle, but it was definitely visible.

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[David Hodges]

Hi both,

Just to say I've just read these messages, it's been so long since the GoTo menu in anMoney worked for me that I completely forgot it would jump to the relevant transaction.

I'll look into this, it shouldn't be too difficult!

And exactly as Rick explained about that new option in settings you found!

David

[David Hodges]

Hi Rick, Russell and all concerned,

I've created a simple spreadsheet with the current issues listed so we're not duplicating effort in our testing :-)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hMPMgsoVla3c7AS1ssrYvDmMsbmwuf8SODevRbgDbfs/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for you all your help so far!

David

[Rick Jones]

Hi David

Thanks, that's useful. I see you've got "make recurring" on there, something I'd almost forgotten about since it stopped working but is very handy. That reminded me of a couple of related things on my mental wish list involving recurring transactions.

1. A Duplicate function for a complete recurring entry would be very useful. Quite often when I create a new one it's very similar to an existing one, so "duplicate and edit" would be much quicker than always starting from scratch.

2. I sometimes want to create a single instance future transaction, which you can of course do as a recurring transaction that doesn't repeat. But it's a bit clumsy to create in the Recurring Transactions section if that's all you want. It would be nice to be able to do this as a special case directly in the account screen. Maybe use the transaction entry dialog, and if a future date is entered, ask if this should be a deferred transaction. It would end up in the recurring transactions list, this would just be a shortcut to create it.

All food for thought, I appreciate you've already got a substantial workload!

Cheers

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[David Hodges]

Hi Rick,

Yes, duplicating existing recurring entries should be doable...

I'm not sure I want to integrate it directly to the transaction screen (it's already doing a lot of work) but I could look at adding a menu item to add a recurring item directly from the account screen, a mini compromise!

I'll put them on the list!

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[Deeky Evans]

Hi David

Thanks for this and all the work you are doing

It would be good to have as well a list of those fixed items

I had an issue with bank reconciliation/s

I am looking to check again

Keep it up

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Hi Philip,

No, it's only open issues.

I can confirm all the changes and improvements you requested to balancing were done.

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[Russell B]

Hi David,  Thanks for the list, it definitely helps to keep track.  I've noted a few more things which might be considered on the master to-do, if not on this list of issues, so far:

1. Reports 
   1. (I'd like to use to also check Clone transactions)
2. Export file of data
   1. to CSV (and other formats) - linked to the checking above and used a lot by me in the past
3. Settings 
   1. I'm surprised that you haven't needed to work on this area more in terms of complete menus - is there still more to do here compared to AnM?
4. Automations
   • Remind - e..g. for recurring transactions
   • Notify
   • Links to calendar

I think there were a few other topics mentioned in emails or mentioned by me in the in app feedback, are these all considered closed by you, as I can't see them on your list?

  1. Fonts, screen sizing, buttons : I've sent recent feedback on this, others mentioned it too

  2. Maintain number field entries: you were asking for feedback. Two at least said this feature is very useful. Nothing visible yet in terms of maintenance menus?
  3. FX conversion: still some bugs present, including in FX in reporting (e.g. Payees)
  4. Account View Sorting: account types, in particular logic for type Property
  5. Recurring transactions: I seem to have found at least one new / unexpected bug whilst editing & creating today.

Well done on the progress so far, on to completion! Thanks.

RAB

[Russell B]

NEW TRANSACTIONS - how much should get repeated automatically with the same payee?

Like AnM at present the Clone repeats:  category, amount & note, where the same payee is selected in a new transaction.
This annoyed me in the past - isn't this really just the "duplicate" submenu.  My preference would be to repeat less - perhaps just the category, but not the amount and not the notes.  TBH, I'd be happy with no repeats.  I wondered what others think?

Thanks. RAB

[Rick Jones]

Personally I like the auto filled fields, I always thought this was a great feature in anMoney.

The Duplicate function isn't really an alternative, as you'd need to find a previous transaction first. I find that probably over 90% of the time, a new transaction for any payee will be pretty much the same as the previous one. Maybe not the note. The amount isn't an issue, because when you tap on the field, all the text is selected so you just overtype the new amount.

At places I use regularly I usually enter transactions at the counter when I'm paying, this works because the auto fill makes it really quick to do.

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[Deeky Evans]

Hi

I agree with Rick,  have that 'remembered ' transaction is easy for me especially as it usually means just to change the amount but often amounts don't change that much

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[Vincent Ng]

Like Rick and Deeky, I too prefer the 'remembered' transaction.  It's very convenient. The amount can be easily overwritten if it's different. The only thing that more likely changes is the note but that's not a big deal to me.

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I like the remembered transaction as well!

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