ClearCheckbook was mentioned in the August edition of Money Magazine in a segment about cutting your spending with free tools. We were mentioned along with two other software alternatives.

The segment reads:
"Pros: Info is stored online so you can access it anywhere. You can add expenses as they happen via cell phone or IM. The program also reminds you of recurring expenses.
Con: Budget resets every month, so if you've underspent on groceries, say, the balance doesn't roll over."

Here are images of the cover and story.

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Last night we passed the 500,000 transaction mark. This is yet another huge milestone for ClearCheckbook and it's great to see the site doing so well and continually growing. Getting over half a million transactions in a little more than a year should tell you a little something about how many people use the site on a daily basis and how we're helping a lot of people stay on top of their money.

Development of V2 hasn't been making huge progress due to other projects and other time restraints. In another week or two, the load on the developers should lighten up greatly and we can focus a lot more time on getting v2 out the door.

Reports are starting to trickle in from our users who recently purchased an iPhone and they're telling us that the ClearCheckbook performs beautifully on the iPhone.

We had to delay our development of the mobile version of the site due to some other projects, but we will soon begin working on it again. The new Mobile version of the site will be optimized for devices like the iPhone, taking load times and the amount of data displayed into consideration.

Are you currently using an iPhone? Let us know how the site works for you or if you've noticed any problems with the site by sending us a comment or posting a response to this blog post.

I just wanted to keep everyone updated on how the status of the version 2 development was going. There have been a few unexpected wrenches thrown at us while trying to get the new version coded (mainly the server experiencing major performance issues). In addition to those issues, all of the code is being re-written for the next version to help improve performance and reduce any errors.

Beta testing should be opening within the next two weeks or so once we have a little more of the site finished. As of now, the main accounts page is functioning with new jiving and sorting capabilities, plus work on a new "quick add" form is almost finished.

Rather than rush out a beta version of the site, we would rather spend a little extra time making sure things work the way we want. Thanks for sticking with us and stay tuned for a new post shortly which details the beta testing process.

Thanks!
-Brandon

We figured out a (at least temporary) solution for CheckBot. It is back online without any slowdown in speed to the actual website. CheckBot might react a little slow, but it will still behave as it should.

The site has been acting very slow recently and after spending hours trying to track down the cause, we have found out that CheckBot is infact the reason things have been going slow. To avoid geek speak, we'll just say we needed to take CheckBot offline and work on getting it updated to fix its problems.

We're not sure how long CheckBot will have to remain offline, but hopefully it won't be too long. At least the site is performing at a reasonable speed now.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
-Brandon