Alright folks – we have a lot to talk about in this triple threat of applications from SplashData, so lets get right down to it.
First up is SplashID. SplashID answers the age old questions of how do you keep track of all those passwords rolling around in your head?! How do you keep track of all your credit cards, business cards, bank accounts, 401Ks, IRAs, and who knows what else? Better yet, how do you keep all that information with you at all times, ready to recall at a moments notice?
SplashID can help you do that, and do it securely with strong (256-bit blowfish) encryption so even if you lose your phone, you can fell safe knowing someone can’t just open the application and get at your stuff!
One of the best features of SplashID is that you really can have all of this with you at all times – and this carries over to the other apps we’ll look at – because all three applications also have a desktop component which you can sync your data to. Which means you don’t need to fumble with entering all your card numbers and passwords on the iPhone keyboard… everything can be input into a wallet and then simply sync’d to your iPhone. Don’t mistake how huge this is. Besides the hours you will likely save yourself entering data, you aren’t locked into relying on the iPhone to safely manage this data by itself, nor are you locked into just using the iPhone since these SplashData apps are also available on WinMo and Palm!
Another great feature is that while there are a ton of pre-entered types of “cards” you really are only limited by your imagination. Just as easily as putting in a credit card, you could secure granny’s secret pecan pie recipe or your entire library of purchased software licenses. What this application really boils down to is private information management and the feature set of SpashID is unmatched by anything in the appstore right now.
Key Features:
- Unlimited number of customizable record types and categories
- Password generator
- Desktop Sync
- Clickable URLs
- Field masking to keep passwords safe
- Customizable fields
I don’t know about you – but I’m a list maker. I make lists for darned near everything from chores I have to accomplish around the house to ideas for things I want to see come to the iPhone. The problem I’ve always run into is when I have a list, without fail that list is somewhere else (like not with me) and I’m stuck trying to find something to scribble on so I can (hopefully) remember to add to my list later. Reality is 9 times out of 10 that little scrap of paper (and my idea) end up forever lost to my washing machine because I forgot the note was in my pocket. So, if you’re like me and you don’t happen to carry a moleskine notebook with you like its religion – SplashShopper may just be the answer.
Don’t let the name scare you off here. SplashShopper is another excellent application from SplashData which you could easily say has been mis-named. Yes, it is a shopping application first and foremost. It excels at making boring lists of things you want to to buy at the store (like tomatoes, avacados, Frosted Flakes, etc… or super exciting lists like office supplies!
But that’s really not all SplashShopper can do – check this out:
As you can see SplashShopper is a lot more than a simple shopping list manager. SplashShopper can handle everything from emergency preparedness to travel checklists and To-Do management with the added bonus that all the things you see here come pre-populated so you don’t even have to go through the nightmare of entering in all this data yourself. And in a slightly re-occurring theme, sync is another strong suit of SplashShopper. With the add-on desktop application data entry can all be done from your workstation and then you can let application sync your lists for you.
Key Features:
- Unlimited lists with different categories, custom fields and icons
- MANY pre-populated lists including pricing
- Ability to share lists
- Wireless sync to desktop
Finally – our last application today is SplashMoney. SplashMoney is actually one of the most unique applications in the AppStore for one main reason – while it can sync to your desktop it can also sync to your bank account and pull all the recent transactions down so you don’t have to enter them by hand!
The list of supported banks is huge and I think you’ll be hard pressed to find one that isn’t on the list especially if you’ve got a large bank that you do business with like Wells Fargo. For a lot of people this is a big deal – and while I don’t manage the money in my household anymore, when I used to it was a big pain in the you know what when I forgot to enter in a purchase, so I can definitely see the benefit of having it done automatically. The best part it of all is that you don’t have to worry anymore about the balance being out of whack when you forget about the couple bucks you spend at Conoco buying a coffee and snacks – because even if you do forget – I promise you the bank won’t!
There’s so much more that you can do with SplashMoney that telling you about all of it here is simply just not practical, but in a general sense you can track everything from checking and savings to credit cards and car loans – basically if you can spend or store money in an account – SplashMoney can handle it for you.
I didn’t have a useful screen shot of this one, so I had to borrow it from the appstore – but one last really cool feature of SplashMoney is the reporting. If you’re anything like me – at the end of the month you look back and wonder “Where’d all my money go?!” – well with the reporting features its pretty easy to graphically understand where you’re spending all your income. In times like we have right now this is incredibly useful in helping determine where you can best cut some of the pork.
Key Features:
- Wireless Bank Syncing
- Supports most account types: checking, savings, credit card, cash, asset, liability, money market and line of credit
- Blowfish encryption so your data stays “your data”
- Print registers and reports
- Live currency updates (iPhone/Touch exclusive feature)
- Support for categories, classes and splits
Alright, let wrap this up with a few key points.
1. All three apps will run you between $7.99 and $9.99 each for the stand-alone iPhone version. If you want to sync to your desktop you will need to download the version designed for your OS (Windows or OS X). Each desktop version will run you $19.95 – however if you own an existing version the iPhone Desktop version is free. Free trials of the desktop software is available.
2. There is Lite version of SplashID which supports up to 15 cards so you can figure out if SplashID is right for you – and I highly recommend you give that a try before buying.
3. Click the iTunes pricing images above to be taken directly to that application’s appstore page.
4. Its important to note that SplashData and the applications listed here are not newcomers to the mobile software arena. In fact there’s over 500,000 SplashID users worldwide – so you know these applications are tried and true, and most have won multiple industry awards.
5. Links to some reviews we’ve done one JAMM. Keep in mind these are links to WinMo reviews of these SplashApps but they are in depth and offer quite a bit more detail about the applications. Most feature sets are very close in each application, but I think you’ll notice the iPhone versions are lot better looking!
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