Cashvelope v1.2: Smarter Input — adding a transaction should take seconds
The faster you log, the more accurate your budget. v1.2 removes every obstacle between you and a transaction entry.
The single biggest reason people stop tracking their spending is friction. Not because they stop caring — because the moment between wanting to log something and actually logging it becomes long enough that they skip it. Once you skip enough transactions, the numbers stop meaning anything.
v1.2 is entirely focused on removing that friction from the add-transaction flow.
Quick category selector
The old category picker required opening a separate screen, scrolling through a list, and tapping back. The new one is inline on the add-transaction page — a scrollable row of your most-used categories with icons, so you can pick without leaving the form. For the categories you use every day, this cuts the step count in half.
Notes field, always visible
Notes existed before v1.2, but they were buried. You had to scroll to find the field, which meant most people never added them. In v1.2, the notes field is visible by default on the form. One tap, and you can add context: which store, which project, which person split the bill with. That context matters later when you are trying to remember why a transaction happened.
Better date picker
The old date picker was a generic system component — functional but slow to use. The new one opens with today selected, lets you tap quickly to common dates (yesterday, two days ago), and clears the interaction down to two taps for the 95% of transactions you log on the same day. For past transactions, scrolling back is now faster and more precise.
Category icons inline while typing
When you type an amount and move to the category field, the icon for each category now shows next to its name in the picker. A small change, but it makes the list scannable instead of something you have to read carefully to navigate.
Why small changes matter
None of these changes are individually dramatic. A faster date picker does not sound exciting. But a budget tracker is only useful if you actually use it every day — and every small source of friction is a reason to skip. Removing all of them together means logging a transaction goes from a ten-second task to a three-second one. That difference compounds over a month.