My first iPhone App (Tax Calculator)

angryInch

Hi Guys,
I've just finished my first iPhone app, its on available on the AppStore here.

Its an app that allows you to calculate your take home pay for the year. It also give you a break down how this figure is calculated, including each deduction, credit and item of income.

I'm posting because I 'd like to get some feedback on any improvements I could make to it or any problems with the interface etc.

Thanks for any help!

princefarr

I felt comfortable with the basics, I started writing my first iPhone application. My friend recommended me to create an application that keeps track of how much money is in my wallet because I always run the spare change in it, but never sure of the total.

Draco

Ah, my esteemed competitor (I wrote TaxCalc)! I wish I'd thought of the in-app upgrade a a method of converting free downloads to sales.

Next week will be interesting, eh?

angryInch

Haha, nice to meet you!

When I started developing it there was no Tax Calculator up there, then by the time I had finished it your one appeared!
I have a paid version up there as well, but I can't even make it into the top 25 results in Finance, yours is usually pretty close to the top.

Ya, next week will be interesting, but with Apples turnaround when approving apps, its going to take a while before they approve a 2011 version.

Draco

Yeah, there was nothing there either when I started. The thing that delayed me the most was getting the taxcalc.ie domain and the hoops I had to jump through.

I pushed through an update last night that hopefully will appear by next Tuesday that might get around the update problem but I'm not sure.

angryInch

I was thinking of doing the same, having some way of it checking for an update via the web on startup, but to be honest I've just haven't had the time.