We’re getting pretty close to the release of Squirrel 2 for iPhone, so here are a few words about this new version.

Squirrel 2 is a complete rewrite of the iPhone application. It now requires iOS 4 as it uses some of its new features. We’re now using Core Data on the iPhone, which means better performance and a complete compatibility with the Mac application’s data.

We’ve added support for multiple currencies, just as in the 0.8.2 version of the Mac application. Each transaction is now managed at two levels: you enter their amounts in their account’s currency, and Squirrel knows how much they’re worth in your base currency.

Most of the requests from our users have been implemented. Transactions are now fully editable: you can set their reconciliation state, tags and notes. Transfers can also be created and budgets are now editable and can be synced with the Mac application. A simple calculator has been integrated to the view to enter amounts. We’ve also extended the autocomplete feature of the Mac application to the iPhone. Adding transactions has never been faster!

Squirrel 2.0 for iPhone will be available soon for $2.99.

Squirrel 0.7.2 has been released tonight. I’ve got a huge list of features to add before 0.8, and here are the first of them: 

- Set new criteria on reports just like on smart folders: exclude categories, tags… This one has been requested several times in the forums. My original idea was to let you choose a smart folder to generate one report from, but I’ve finally chosen to implement the same predicate editor as in budgets and smart folders. This adds a lot of possibilities for your reports!

- When you validate an autocompleted transaction’s description, Squirrel now autocompletes the amount, category and tags. This feature was also suggested some time ago. I’m using it a lot now and it is a real time saver. I couldn’t keep it for myself!

- Added an option to sort reports and budgets. I’ve just extended this feature that appeared with scheduled transacitons to reports and folders.

There are also some bugs that have been fixed. There is no known issue, so please if you still have bugs after this update, send me an email.

The next mile stone is Squirrel 0.8. I’ve got exciting features on the list: multiple currencies support (needs to implement a validation system so you cannot create reports, smart folders or budgets that mix transaction of different currencies), smart import rules, direct import from the web browser… Some of those features might be released before.

Finally, I’ve decided that the final price of Squirrel would be €30, that’s about $40. And I wanted to let you know that the price of Squirrel will rise with Squirrel 0.8 to €22