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Cha-Ching does allow transfers between accounts.

Cons: No running total, this is annoying. Lack of reporting graphs. While this is partially offset by smart folders, it still needs more reporting options.
It also doesn't have auto matching with downloaded files, or rules to allow you to modify the transaction names or tags automatically.
I don't consider not having auto downloading from bank websites a con because most non-Quicken applications don't have it. I wouldn't expect a 1.x or even low 2.x version to incorporate this.
Pro's: Cha-Ching's tag implementation is much more versatile than categories, and with smart folders is very powerful, and to me is it's greatest feature.
Looks and useability, simple and easy to use, a lot of the kinks in the earlier versions have been smoothed out.

All in all, I use this because of it's tagging capability. It's a 1.x application right now, and this shows in some areas. However, what it does, it does do, it does very well. If you can work around some of it's 1.x shortcomings until they are dealt with in later versions, you'll find a very useful personal finance application, with very powerful search and grouping features.

I suggest everyone try it. It's not for everyone!

That said: I absolutely love the tagging/smart folders approach to managing money. It's the money management tool for the Web 2.0 generation.

It's a fun, smart, and usable app. I am currently managing 3 credit cards, 1 savings account and 2 checking accounts with this thing.

disclaimer: it does take a little bit of time to wrap your head around how it works, it's similar enough to a checkbook that you can dive right in but its different enough that you are going to want to poke around and get creative with it.

I got this as part of the last MacHeist bundle so I gave it a try... thumbs down. Very counter intuitive, lacking in features, no even simple "get started" guide. Pretty much crap. Tried out IBank which I am now LOVING.

I was an early adopter as well and expected a slightly quicker development pace as the app has potential. I have two licenses for Cha Ching that I am looking to sell (one early license and another license as a MacHeist purchase - both will qualify for v. 2.0). I am not running Leopard, so I will not be able to use 2.0 when it comes out, plus I am a starving student with no money to keep track of.

Looking to sell both of my licenses. $10 for the first person to respond, $15 for the second person to respond - both good deals.

Respond here with your email or email me: crentistthedentist@gmail.com

I'm selling my license as well - send your offers to ch-ch@alpenjodel.de.

I'm a big fan of mint.com, and found it hard to transition to a non-web-based app. But, when I'm offline, something has to be used, and that something is Cha-Ching. It does most of what I want and looks pretty (honestly, the look of an app is 70% of why I support it). I too got this from MacHeist! & I'm not selling my license! (:

If anyone's looking for a license, I'd be happy to exchange my one (MH) to a book from betterworld (~$10). /sacrat+nospam@gmail.com/
I've never managed to use the application anyway.

Another guy testing OmniFocus who switched immediately to Things once I received the invite.
I found that OmniFocus was too hard to set up and see immediately what needed to be done. Switching from projects to the context view, and setting up different views with the conditions etc. is just too much work.
For it's complexity and features, Omnifocus seems geared towards strict GTD'ers with a lot of projects and an intricate priority/next action system. For me it's like bringing a firehose to a waterballoon fight.

Things is elegant, easy to use, and immediately shows you what you actually need to do. On some strange level it makes my to-do list more enjoyable. The tag implementation is genius, and while it needs more fleshing out, I'm a convert.

Highly recommended.

i’m using things for a month now (developer & alpha version) and i’m very happy with it so far. gonna pay for it once it’s been set free.

It is not easy to describe.

It is fun, it works, it looks right, it feels right, it is not getting in my way. It really makes me to do things just for being able to check off done todos in Things, :-)

No endless setting up of views and filters. No empty columns.

The nested tagging is fantastic. Use as much or as less task meta data as you want. Filter for one or more contexts at a time. Make a tagging group for contexts, time available, energy and so on. Or don't.

Everything seems to be in the right place and to work the way it is expected (apart of those features still missing). I feel like getting addicted. I downloaded iGTD2 yesterday and was even more convinced about Things.

Somewhere someone said that the application xyz is GTD 2.0 Things is GTD X.

@mechatak: you've hit the nail right on the head! The more I use Things, the more I wonder what were the guys at OmniGroup thinking when they designed such a cluttered and unusable application as OmniFocus.

Postponing and Someday-ing items is the Holy Grail of GTD, the quintessence of ubiquitous capture, and the key to a 'mind like water'.

Really looking forward to iCal (and Address Book, although I'm not sure it's ever going to happen) integration, the final step to becoming The GTD app on a Mac. OmniFocus is really nothing like as sleek as Things has proved to be.

I was very close to buying OmniFocus at the pre-release price, mostly based on positive reviews and Omni's reputation, before taking a look at Things. I think Things will fit my workflow better. My task management is just not that complicated and OmniFocus seems like overkill (in terms of structure), yet I need something more powerful than say TaskPaper.

Things is just beautiful... It's simple, but powerful... They give you what they advertise, even during the alpha. The features they promise in the near future are things I've been waiting for.

Being able to use hotkeys to tag tasks is awesome. The people section is brilliant too. I wish I could add more than one person to a task, but it's definitely a nice addition, which I haven't seen in other apps.

'Someday' is brilliant... I love being able to shove in random things... like "Learn Latin." And not have to worry about anything going nuts telling me "You still haven't learned Latin..." I tend to keep a lot of these, particularly related to personal knowledge. Having a special place for them is definitely nice. I greatly appreciate that CC picked up on this.

The only thing I'm really waiting for is synchronization abilities. I love being able to sync my gtd app to iCal, and from there to my palm, my mobile, and to the web.

Having given Things some praise, I must also say... I've been an iGTD user for a while now. There are a few features, from iGTD, which feel missing from Things, such as drag and drop contact/url tags. (Mind you, adding a url into the notes section in Things does make a clickable link, just not as easy to find with a quick overview.) I also miss the priority/effort pieces of iGTD. They were easily visible, and easy to update. (Nice pricetag on iGTD too... 0 is a happy number. Though, given what I've seen from Things... I'm quickly starting to believe it's worth my money.)

i registered for the newsletter last night and received an alpha invite almost instantaneously. so far i quite like it. beautiful interface and a lot of potential.

amazing app. i will pay for this.

Simply great. Will be perfect when iCal sync and icon badges will be integrated. Will definitly pay for this great app.

Use it the first time and love it. It is so simple to use and so near to my way of working/thinking.

Things is GTD and fun. Omnifocus and iGTD are GTD and work. What I mean is that Omnifocus and iGTD are hard to set up and to maintain. Things is easy and joy!

When Things has Apple apps integration and sync functionality it's a killer app.

Highly recommended.

After trying OmniFocus for a few weeks, I took a peek at Things after they sent me an invite code. I had great expectations based on all their talk about simplicity but the truth is that it was a little too simple. OmniFocus does much more than I need, but of its features that I do need and use, it does them very well. I also prefer the clearer separation of Contexts and Projects in OF. I may try Things again when it hits 1.0, but its current version wasn't enough for me to switch.

I've been trying litterally every task management software on Mac since nearly one year without ever finding a program that would convince me and that would "feel right"... until 5 days ago, when I tried Things !

I think GTD method is good (well... not so much a revolution imho, but it's a progress), but shouldn't, at least when it's translated to a software, be taken too strictly.

I liked a lot the ideas behind Midnight Inbox, but it was completely unusable at the end, because you had to pass 1 hour configuring the tasks you would accomplish in the next hour... and because the management of contexts and areas was too strict and wouldn't let you any flexibility in the way you wanted to "get things done".

iGTD was more flexible, lightweight and stable... but I didn't like the interface. It didn't help you see was are the next things you should do considering the priorities and the context... Yet, it was probably the best solution available 'till now.

I won't say a lot about OmniFocus : seems not at all intuitive and easy to me (plus, I don't like the Omni kind of interface... it feels like Windows 3.1 in comparison with Things lol). And nothing to say about applications like TaskPaper or other extremely simple apps, since that kind of stuff doesn't add any advantages in comparison with pen and paper (imho)...

So, for nearly one year, I've been trying out and systematicaly abandoning all those tasks management apps... I had given up the idea of finding a cool program to improve my way of working...

And then I found Things.

First, it's nice and shiny :-). In my way of working, it really matters. I can't stand anymore working with ugly applications.
Then, it's easy to add your tasks and doesn't take hours to plan your future actions. Everything is very intuitive, fluid...
It lets you do with contexts, projects and areas what you want, you're not putting your tasks in airtight boxes.
At the end, it just feels perfectly right ! :-)