Understandably, the period before SilverWiz became sustainable was frightening for Iliya and the rest of the company. Iliya puts this down to the fact that people want great personal finance apps for the Mac and because it means they now have “the whole package” - apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with sync that seamlessly connects them all. The launch of the iPhone version of MoneyWiz in October 2011 made the financial situation “better, but not significantly”, but it was the Mac version of MoneyWiz in May of this year that really saw MoneyWiz succeed. The launch of MoneyWiz for iPad in June 2011 didn’t turn SilverWiz into a profitable venture either, so Cramzy continued to help keep them above water for about another year. Initially expected to take about a month, the sync system ended up taking over six months to develop and then another month or so of testing and fixing.ĭuring this period of development, whilst SilverWiz was generating no income, they were being funded by the success of Iliya’s initial iOS App Store venture, Cramzy. But it was developing the sync service (both the user-facing and server-side aspects) that was the biggest delaying factor. Even the code had to be redone because the workflow of the app had changed, as did various animations and the navigation hierarchy. They ended up hiring a new designer to completely re-design it from scratch, which was no small undertaking. Initially the app had a totally different design than it does now, but it wasn’t in line with what Iliya was looking for. The design was one of the key reasons that the app was delayed. It was not until nearly a year later, in June 2011, that MoneyWiz for iPad finally launched. But as can so often happen with new companies and big projects, deadlines can be set ambitiously early, and as Iliya later admitted, they were utterly naïve of the enormity of the task they had set themselves. It didn’t happen instantly though about a year went by before active development began in 2010. The original plan was to release the first MoneyWiz app (for iPad) in August of 2010. So, like many developers before him, he decided to make his ideal app himself. Nothing was remotely close to the ideal things he wanted from a finance app: simplicity, beauty, and syncing. Despite searching for days and trying various apps, Iliya was unsatisfied with what he found. MoneyWiz was born out of Iliya’s need for an app to manage his money once he had quit his former job to start Cramzy. 23,000 Great Quotes - contained many inspirational quotes.18,000 Cool Jokes - contained many jokes organised by category that could be rated, sorted by rating, and so on.Iliya told me it was frequently used in Japan in job interviews. The River Test - A free puzzle game that was downloaded over 3 million times.Although Cramzy’s apps were a far cry from what we cover here at MacStories, they were nevertheless rather successful, particularly: Iliya was not new to the App Store he had previously founded another iOS development company named Cramzy whose focus was entertainment apps. They followed it up with MoneyWiz for iPhone in October 2011, and the Mac version in May of this year. Their first app was MoneyWiz for the iPad, which was released in June 2011. Iliya Yordanov started SilverWiz in 2010. Advertising on MacStories is not handled by editors but by BackBeatMedia, and has no relation to editorial content whatsoever. For this interview I’ve assembled all the various stories about MoneyWiz and the SilverWiz company that Iliya shared with me into a single story that (hopefully) gives you a fascinating and unique look behind the app and company.ĭisclaimer: At the time of publication SilverWiz is one of the advertisers on MacStories however, this article was in the works before the campaign began. In my reviews of the iPad and Mac versions my overall take was mostly positive (there is also an iPhone version, but that I have yet to use).Īfter exchanging a few emails with Iliya Yordanov, the founder of SilverWiz, I thought it would be interesting to have a Q&A with him and learn a bit more about the app, similar to what we’ve done in previous interviews here on MacStories, but this time, I decided to change things up a bit. Its developers describe it as “beautiful, powerful and easy to use”, and having stuck with the app since late January I’m inclined to agree. After a couple of days of looking, I settled upon MoneyWiz from the developer SilverWiz. Early this year, I set out to find an iPad app that I could enjoy using to manage my finances.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |