iOS App of the Day: Bills

Posted by Amy Eichelberg

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

I don’t know many people who actually enjoy paying their bills, but at least there are plenty of apps nowadays that aim at helping you remember to pay your bills on time and actually act as a payment tracking tool. Bills from Sockii recently hit the iTunes store and as I am always looking for a decent bill tracking app, I decided to give it a whirl. Bills certainly doesn’t disappoint by offering up all of the core features you need to pay your bills on time, track past payments, and organize your upcoming bills.

Pros:

iCloud compatible (Sync and store your data on iCloud)
Sync your data with Bills on your other devices
Custom category options
PIN code security
History view with date filters
Export history of bills
Export bills by categories
Export payment logs for each bill
Export as a CSV file
Export as a table via Email
AirPrint support
Reminders
Statistics to show monthly bills break down as a pie chart
Partial payments
Handles repeating bills
Supports all currencies (Uses your devices local currency setting)
Retina display ready

Cons:

App costs $2.99

How it works:

The app provides four main bill management functions: bills, statistics, categories, and history. You can easily add individual bills details including the amount of the bill, category, due date with a reminder, repeating bill information, and any custom notes. Statistics allow you to visualize exactly where your money is being spent in a clean and colorful interface Categories help you organize bills, and a customizable history allows you to see bills within a select time frame. For anyone needing help managing past payments, Bills has a payment tracker that allows you to enter the date and amount paid for an individual bill. This data is then stored and shows up as a payment history. Bills for iOS is equipped with iCloud support, which enables you to sync your data and backup anything you store within the app across all your iOS devices.

Conclusion:

Bills for iOS provides all of the essential functions necessary to successfully track, manage, and pay all of your bills on time. The app has a clean and colorful interface that provides a slightly more exciting way to manage your finances than other bill reminder apps out there. I am able to see at a glance see what bills I have coming up, what I’ve paid for the month, and where my money is being spent. The app’s only downfall is that it isn’t free, which may deter some people from trying it out. However, it paying $2.99 for having a helpful bill reminder and tracker doesn’t bother you, then download it today. I say it’s money well spent.