December 26, 2008 • Posted by Michael Ferrari
New Features On SmartyPig

Today we rolled out some new features on SmartyPig. We've heard from many of you over the past few months that you would like to be able to visualize your account goals, so we added a new section in your account called "Visualizer". You can now easily chart your goals and see a detailed breakout of your funds broken out by your deposits, gifts from others and interest paid. We believe this is just the beginning and are anxious to hear what you think.

SmartyPig Account Visualizer

We've also added a new "Features" page in the "About" section that will highlight new features as we roll them out in the future.

SmartyPig Features

And lastly, many of you have suggested it would be nice to see when your next monthly contribution will be initiated. You can now locate this information in the goals detail section of your account.

SmartyPig Next Contribution

In 1st quarter of 2009, we will be rolling out a new mobile application and we wanted to give you a sneak peek so here you go! And yes, very soon your SmartyPig account will integrate with sites like Mint, Geezeo, Wesabe, Rudder, Yodlee and more...

SmartyPig Mobile App

Thank you to everyone for making 2008 a terrific year at SmartyPig. We are looking forward to 2009 and with your help, suggestions and feedback, we will continue to improve upon what we believe is the simplest and most rewarding way to save.

Tags: smartypig   •  visualizer   •  charts   •  graphs   •  new features   •  mint   •  geezeo   •  wesabe   •  rudder   •  yodlee   •  mobile

16 Comments

1
matt - December 27 2008 @ 1:08 am

hopefully your considering the Android os as a mobile platform :)


2
Michael Ferrari - December 28 2008 @ 11:01 pm

@Matt,

Matt, thanks for the comment. And yes we are!

- Mike Ferrari, SmartyPig co-founder


3
jake_ia - December 29 2008 @ 10:00 am

The account visualizer is pretty sweet...


4
Dayton - December 29 2008 @ 10:01 am

How about Blackberry?


5
Jeff - December 29 2008 @ 11:35 am

@Matt -- I was thinking the exact same thing!

@Mike -- THANKS


6
Michael Ferrari - December 29 2008 @ 1:56 pm

@Dayton,

The new Blackberry Touch browser is still somewhat limited. It is missing a lot of core CSS 2 support that a normal desktop browser supports. But since our new mobile app is all coded to standards, it should be usable. Usually the design elements that go missing from an iPhone Web App on Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices is multiple backgrounds, rounded corners and javascript. We've tried to minimize use of those three things as much as possible to make it as cross platform as possible without losing any of its iPhone-ness.

Here's a good article which talks about how the Bold renders Web content versus other platforms:
Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Which Phones Deliver The Real Web

Mike Ferrari, co-founder


7
James Clark - December 29 2008 @ 5:36 pm

I like the Interest Paid function on the Account Visualizer. Nice work.


8
Michele - December 29 2008 @ 6:10 pm

I just signed up today so I am looking forward to using the SmartyPig service. Thanks!


9
Broke Bettie - January 03 2009 @ 1:36 am

Excellent idea - a visualizer would keep me totally motivated :)


10
Rob - January 08 2009 @ 9:43 pm

Nice. Now, if we could only do bi-monthly payments.... ;)


11
Sharon - January 12 2009 @ 7:44 pm

I agree with bi-monthly payments, or bi-weekly would even be better!


12
Mike Ferrari - January 12 2009 @ 10:57 pm

@Rob & @Sharon,

Thanks for the suggestion. And one we have heard from a number of people. We will give this close consideration in the coming months!

Mike Ferrari, co-founder


13
Belleama - January 18 2009 @ 9:01 pm

@Sharon & @Rob

I agree fully. I can't wait until that is an option.


14
Dave - February 03 2009 @ 9:52 am

Any update on the Mint/Yodlee integration?


15
Michael Ferrari - February 03 2009 @ 11:30 pm

@Dave,

We are getting very close. Probably a couple weeks away.

Thanks!


16
Glenn - March 15 2009 @ 5:14 am

Will the iPhone app be an actual App Store app or just a web app? (I hope it's the former!) And when will it be available?



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