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Show IH: A budgeting app that helps you start investing
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Rashid Khasanov
February 12, 2018
Budgeting Created for Future Investors | Richie Simple
Hi! I like that it's a niche app!
But as I saw "Budgeting created for future investors", I immediately thought: "Why investors? What am I going to invest in?".
I know that you already answered that here. But as I had the same question as @Bsmoder I really think you need to clarify it on the website.
Hi Timur! That's a good point, I think the issue lies in copywriting. I agree with you that we need to improve the explanation on the website so people can understand better.
Why we wrote for future investors is that Richie Simple is a product of Richie Invest. Eventually we are aiming to integrate two products into one. So if a person is using budgeting, he or she have a choice to use investing as well upon his own choice.
I see. I guess Richie Invest visitors will be more aware of the "investing" part, so for them it's not gonna be a problem.
Good luck!
Thanks!
Sounds like a cool application. Designs are very simple.
After trying out the application, I think one change you should make is to redesign the icons. They seem to not exactly go with the flow.
Thank you Doge1! We currently use emoji icons on our signup process. But very soon, we will have our own set of icons. In fact, we are working with a a graphic illustrator now who is helping us with further improvements on UX and UI.
Why is for investors? Whats the connection?
Hi Bsmoder! The connection is that before investing, it's important to know how well you are managing your finances. If one is having difficulty with budgeting, starting to invest gets even more difficult. So we want to help people with budgeting their money and later help them to start investing.
Just so you know - after filling in the form I just had a white screen because UBlock Origin thought the page was an advert.
Would also be good if we could change the currency (the world is bigger than America!)
Hi Benjamin, sorry to hear that you had an issue signing up. We'll make sure to fix the the problem. As for providing other currencies, we haven't really thought much about it. But we will try to add them in the next few iterations.
Do you guys have an app in the App store? I searched, but couldn't find it? Or you use a different name for your app?
Hey Evelyn, We do not have an app yet.
We have a web application that works on mobile browsers but IOS is one of our main priorities.
Wait ive seen Richie Invest! is it related
You got it right! Richie Invest and Richie Simple are under one umbrella so to speak. Both of them are essentially going to be one product, we'll integrate both of them down the road. They are both very much oriented towards Millennials.
How is this different from Clarity?
The main difference is that besides budgeting and savings aspect of the product, it also allows you to see how you stack up financially with friends and peers. Basically, we are bringing budgeting to the sharing economy.