It's been a while since the last post, and with early access finally launching next month, I think it's a good time to give an update on what will be complete by the time the app opens up, plus what features will come shortly after launch and then later in the fall. Features Available by…

As excited as I was to release early access by May, there have been a lot of changes this past week and a half in regards to how the budgets are calculated and stored. Everything looks the same from the user perspective, but this will allow reporting to be as granular as possible, and future…

Last Friday (April 6th) I released the alpha version of Budgetwise to a small group of volunteer testers made up of savvy budgeters, developers, and QA testers. After getting initial feedback, I feel more confident that opening it up to testers at this stage was the right move. The sheer amount of feedback received over…

So as I am preparing to deploy and launch the beta, it becomes more apparent that this is not yet in beta but rather "alpha", because features may still change, new things are being added every few days, and bugs may pop up a bit more frequently compared to beta. Generally, beta apps…

UPDATE After some reflection and extensive testing I realized it's not quite ready for beta yet, but can start alpha testing. It's just a name change but it's an important distinction so the right expectations are set. To read more about this, please see the post I am happy to announce that beta will be…