Shared Pockets - A collaborative, multi-currency budget app for Android & iOS

TECHNOLOGY

Objective C, KVNProgress, SDWebImage, Firebase, Android SDK, Google Play Services Auth, Retrofit, Glide, Facebook Android SDK

OUR CLIENT:

Shared Pockets is one of the first collaborative, and the most user-friendly and customizable budgeting app currently on the market.

Users can install it for free and start organizing their income streams, tracking their expenses and managing their budget, including for goals where they’re pooling in money with other users, in any currency that they need, as well as cryptocurrencies and gas.

Shared Pockets enables users to track and organize their income streams and expenses more efficiently, and even identify ways to cut expenses and save more money.

SOLUTION DETAILS

Building both apps involved a team of 5 developers and a Project Manager.

Shared Pockets enables users to create multiple pockets for different purposes, like sharing gas expenses, rent & utilities, paying for expenses for a business trip from a „company pocket” and for a vacation from a „family pocket”, budgeting events both large and small scale, and saving for medium and long-term goals. Users can customize it anyway they need, create unlimited categories, and once they’re done with a „pocket”, simply delete it.

It’s very easy to use and the speech-to-text and social sign-in functions save users a lot of time. The ability to track their history and export CSV files enables them to improve the way they manage their spending.

iOS

The iOS app was developed using Objective C, the development target is 10.0 and was built using mainly Firebase Realtime Database.

Libraries:

Libraries:

AFNetworking for API requests

Firebase Auth for login and registration using email and password

Firebase Database for saving pockets’ data

Firebase Storage for saving profile picture and transaction’s picture

Firebase Crash for sending crash reports to developers

Firebase Messaging for the notifications feature

Firebase Dynamic Links for inviting friends

Google SignIn for registration and login using a Google account

Facebook SignIn for registration and login using a Facebook account

KVNProgress for displaying a loading indicator

SDWebImage for downloading and caching images

KVNProgress

Android

The Android app was developed using Android SDK, and the minimum version on which the app works is Android 5.0 (Lollipop)

Libraries:

Libraries:

for notifications, crash reports and application stats: Firebase

for REST API calls: Retrofit

for loading images: Glide

for login with a Google account: Google Play Services Auth

for login with a Facebook account: Facebook Android SDK

for cropping images: Android Image Cropper

FEATURES & USERS' BENEFITS

Social media login: You can start using Shared Pockets with just one click by signing in with your Facebook or Google accounts

Multiple pockets and multiple currencies, including crypto-currencies and gas. You will be able to see all the transactions you have done for each category

Speech - to - text saves you time for every transaction

Share your pockets: The share function allows you to add another friend or family member on any particular pocket

Notifications: The users you will add on your pocket will be notified and they will have the possibility to accept or decline the invitation

Export data: Your pockets’ transactions can be exported as CSV files, helping you analyze your expenses and identify ways to optimize them and save money

Archive pockets: when you no longer need a pocket, you can just archive it to your account’s history

Shared Pockets is the easiest to use app of this type currently available

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