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Show HN: Keep, an iOS app that helps you love how you spend every dollar

11 points by tomrohlf 12y ago

blueyedlion 12y ago
Seems like a cool idea, but I'm not sure if it would motivate me. If I don't spend on something now usually I'll just end up spending that money later. It would be great if the money moved to another account when I say that I'm "keeping" the money
- tomrohlf 12y ago
  That's great to hear... The feature that we are currently working on will allow our users to move money between their accounts.
  - jerryspringer35 12y ago
    I would love that feature. Also, An android app would be nice
  - ecesena 12y ago
    On one hand I agree with blueyedlion, but on the other hand the cost of too many small transactions could be overkilling. It makes more sense, imho, something that collects till a goal and then makes a single bigger transaction. The goal can also be useful for motivation (3 more coffees and you reach your 100$).
    - tomrohlf 12y ago
      That's an interesting idea... As we get further along in the process of making payments real in Keep we may discover that batching transactions is the best way to move forward.
vznatvps 12y ago
Does this not infringe on Google's app, also called Keep (https://keep.google.com https://keep.google.com)?
- mattlondon 12y ago
  Also confused me a lot too. Is this basically just putting a list of things you have bought into a checklist in Keep via some API I am not aware of?
- nodata 12y ago
  I wonder what the OP's app will be called on Android
- tomrohlf 12y ago
  Keep has no relation to Google's app keep or the keep shopping app that is also in the app store. We realize that there are other apps that use the word keep but we decided that we wanted to go with it.
- mmccaff 12y ago
  I was about the say the same. I installed Google's Keep just this week. Also, a former coworker of mine works at Keep.com, so that also came to mind. I guess it's a popular name. His web site does say "Keep – a new, free iOS app" so perhaps it will not be confusing within the scope of Apple's app store and there is no intention for an Android release. That all said, it looks very nice from the screenshots and I was able to understand the utility being provided from the description. Congrats on the release.
jerryspringer35 12y ago
I like this idea... is there anyway to put your own picture in?
dwild 12y ago
Really great idea, are you considering porting it for Android?
dang 12y ago
This story is a dupe (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8015241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8015241), was ring-voted and, on top of that, astroturfed. That's a bad trifecta. Please don't.

11 points by tomrohlf 12y ago

Seems like a cool idea, but I'm not sure if it would motivate me. If I don't spend on something now usually I'll just end up spending that money later. It would be great if the money moved to another account when I say that I'm "keeping" the money

tomrohlf 12y ago
That's great to hear... The feature that we are currently working on will allow our users to move money between their accounts.
- jerryspringer35 12y ago
  I would love that feature. Also, An android app would be nice
- ecesena 12y ago
  On one hand I agree with blueyedlion, but on the other hand the cost of too many small transactions could be overkilling. It makes more sense, imho, something that collects till a goal and then makes a single bigger transaction. The goal can also be useful for motivation (3 more coffees and you reach your 100$).
  - tomrohlf 12y ago
    That's an interesting idea... As we get further along in the process of making payments real in Keep we may discover that batching transactions is the best way to move forward.

vznatvps 12y ago

Does this not infringe on Google's app, also called Keep (https://keep.google.com https://keep.google.com)?

mattlondon 12y ago
Also confused me a lot too. Is this basically just putting a list of things you have bought into a checklist in Keep via some API I am not aware of?
nodata 12y ago
I wonder what the OP's app will be called on Android
tomrohlf 12y ago
Keep has no relation to Google's app keep or the keep shopping app that is also in the app store. We realize that there are other apps that use the word keep but we decided that we wanted to go with it.
mmccaff 12y ago
I was about the say the same. I installed Google's Keep just this week. Also, a former coworker of mine works at Keep.com, so that also came to mind. I guess it's a popular name. His web site does say "Keep – a new, free iOS app" so perhaps it will not be confusing within the scope of Apple's app store and there is no intention for an Android release. That all said, it looks very nice from the screenshots and I was able to understand the utility being provided from the description. Congrats on the release.

jerryspringer35 12y ago

I like this idea... is there anyway to put your own picture in?

dwild 12y ago

Really great idea, are you considering porting it for Android?

dang 12y ago

This story is a dupe (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8015241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8015241), was ring-voted and, on top of that, astroturfed. That's a bad trifecta. Please don't.