June 2021 – Pockett Blog

Transfer between accounts, exclude specific transactions from budget, and other improvements

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🔁 Transfer between accounts

We’ve had a few requests for a dedicated function to make transfers between accounts in MyPocket — we’re excited to say that you can now do so! This is real handy for transfers such as paying a credit card bill from a cash account. You can even set up recurring transfers if you like.

🚫 Exclude specific transactions from budget

There is now an option to exclude specific transactions from your budget. This is especially useful for when you’re making transfers between accounts — these transfers are not typically considered expenses and can unnecessarily inflate your expenses if tracked in your budget.

👆One-click sign up / log in

We’ve integrated sign up / log in with Apple, Google, and Facebook. With this, you’ll be able to skip past cumbersome registration and log in procedures and dive straight into your Pockett account!

Other improvements

Monthly budget: We changed the order that transactions are shown so that the most recent transactions are now shown first. This makes it consistent with the other parts of the app.
Dashboard: We fixed a bug where there were issues with selecting specific portions of the donut chart after scrolling down the transactions list.
Compatibility with larger system font sizes: We fine-tuned the text layouts in the app to improve clarity and readability for those who are using larger system font sizes.

Thanks so much for your support! ❤️

We received several emails and reviews from you guys over the last couple of weeks that really warmed our hearts. Thanks for your kind words and taking the time to send us your suggestions and feedback. It means so much to us to know that you’ve enjoyed using Pockett and are interested in helping it improve and grow! 🌱

We are actively developing Pockett and have many features in the pipeline that we can’t wait to share with you all. You can see what we are working on now on our roadmap. The major features in active development include:

🔁 Transfer between accounts
🧾 Receipt smart scans

Building the receipt scanning feature is particularly challenging as it requires optical character recognition (OCR), machine learning, and artificial intelligence expertise. We have explored integrating a commercial receipt OCR API, but the costs are simply too prohibitive, especially since Pockett is a free app and we are funding its development and running costs entirely on our own.

Many of you have indicated your interest in the receipt smart scan feature in our in-app survey, so we really want to make it happen for you. For now, we have enlisted the help of a friend with expertise in OCR and machine learning, and are working through the challenges of developing a robust receipt smart scan algorithm. We’ll keep you posted on our progress here, so stay tuned!

Please keep your questions, feedback, or suggestions coming. We absolutely love to hear about how you’re using Pockett, and what works or doesn’t work for you. We’ve got a new ideas board where you can post your suggestions or upvote features you’re excited about — do check it out!

If you’ve enjoyed using Pockett, it’d make our day if you’d consider making a contribution towards its development and operating costs. Any amount will be greatly appreciated!

Alternatively, you can also leave us a review on the App Store or Google Play Store. It’ll help tremendously with the App Store algorithm so more people can discover Pockett. Thanks so much! 🙏