After some exhausting button pushing, Muffin App (version 2.0) was launched this morning.
The all-new Muffin App | Budget Tracking Made Simple
It's been a long process but I think the new Muffin far outshines the old one. This post will serve as a brief update to my earlier preview. You'll want to take a look at getmuffin.com for the big picture.
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I managed to squeeze in to Muffin App 2.0 all the things I wanted, plus a few features I was hoping to introduce at a later time.
- ◼Weekly pay-periods
By much request Muffin users now have the option for weekly pay-periods (in addition to bi-weekly and monthly views). Now for those of you who get paid weekly you can view your budget a week at a time or a month at a time.
- ◼Recurring spending
Muffin App is all about making budgeting easy. Easy enough for you to actually not mind putting in the work to make and track a budget. The recurring spending feature is a huge step forward towards that goal. In Muffin you have a list of your "bills". Regular spending like rent and car insurance etc. Now for any of your bills you can have Muffin automagically add them to your spending - every month - with just one click! I've been using this feature for a while in development and I can tell you that recurring spending will make budgeting seem a thousand times easier!
- ◼Easier to use design
The idea behind the redesign wasn't (just) to make it prettier to look out. A lot of time and effort went in to making Muffin's controls and features easy and intuitive. And just incase something isn't quite that intuitive you'll find lots of help within the apps, as well as in the help docs.
One example is categories. You can add a category to you spending so that you can easily see all spending under a certain group. When you add or edit a spending item Muffin gives you three easy ways to add one of your categories.
1. Muffin shows you a list of all your categories
2. Clicking on one of these categories adds that to your spending
3. Just start typing. Muffin will suggest categories based on what you've entered. - ◼Full SSL encryption
SSL encryption is what banks use to keep your data secure when you're logged onto your bank account online. Your personal information deserves to be as safe in Muffin too.
- ◼Invite a friend
Muffin App now has an invitation system. Muffin will send a really nice email to your friend explaining briefly what Muffin is all about. The invite includes a link for them to use to get a free trial and some money off their first paid month. But even better than that, if your friend signs up with that link we'll give you a month free after they've paid for their first month! And there's no limit to how many invites you can send. If you invite twelve of your friends and they all love Muffin enough to sign up too - you'll get an entire year free!!! If you want to get started inviting your friends and family (please, no spamming*) login or sign up today and click the huge invite link at the bottom of every page!
What's next?
A lot more has changed "under the hood" which will make Muffin App stronger, securer and easier to add new features to. I think Muffin App is in a really great place now, but I know there's still more I can do to make it even better. I'm guininely interested in hearing your feedback on Muffin. Email me at david [at] uhhuhyeah [dot] com and tell me what's good, bad, ugly or indifferent.
*Please only invite people who you know and who you think might like Muffin. The invite email will have your name on it and we can track who it was sent by. If we get legitimate complaints about a particular user we'll take away their ability to send invites. And remember, you only get a month free after the person you've invited pays for their first month. I don't really think any of you would abuse the system
