Chronicle - Bill Organizer 4+

Nice bill reminder app.

I’ve been using this app for several years. I’m an old stubborn guy that still has his bills come in the mail. Hey, I’m old. I do pay them online but like the paper bills as a reminder. Sometimes my email bill notices go into my junk folder. So I like using the good old USPS as a backup. However, every now and then, even the USPS loses a bill or it’s delivered late. Such was the situation last month when they tried to forward my car payment. While the payment notice went again in my spam folder. The letter was finally delivered 10 days after the payment was due with a yellow sticker stating “unable to forward, return for carrier review”. You would think they would pull the sticker off. Anyway. I use this app to insure I am aware of when all my bills are due.
It Works perfectly.

Love this app! It is perfect for brains like mine!

Update as of 2021: Notifications for any bills created before this year seem to no longer provide notifications?

Here is the thing...I am impatient with bells and whistles. I like things to look nice, but when something starts getting multiple moving parts that are necessary in order to have the basic function that I need, I get annoyed. I tried so many financial apps before Chronicle. All I wanted was to enter the date bills are due, be reminded when they are, and keep a logical historical record of when they were paid and how much was paid. Mint, Quickbooks, Microsoft Money, etc., etc. all are just too much for my purposes. And, having to connect my bank account to an app, especially to some of the apps whose developers I have never heard of, is NOT ok. That is never going to happen. So, Chronicle is easy to look at, simple enough to navigate, backs itself up like apps should (many do not), and keeps me on schedule for monitoring both my and my elderly mom's bills. I can even look at just her bills or my bills thanks to tags. This app is perfect. If features are added in the future, maybe those would be a great addition, but for now, I am a totally satisfied customer. The customer service has been top-notch every time I had a question as well. How many apps can boast about those last two items with their customers?

Developer Response ,

Sorry to hear about the trouble you are having with notifications. They should certainly still be working. If you're still seeing trouble, please contact us at support@littlefin.com so we can sort out what's going wrong!

GREAT UPDATE!

EDIT: Nope. The iCloud sync stopped working right after the paid “optional” subscription came out. No thanks.

I was waiting for Apple Watch support and also the Touch ID support for quite some time. Apple Watch app could be native for faster updating and access which is a slight negative but some progress is better than no progress. My biggest want for the longest time for the iOS version was getting the Touch ID entry support. This was literally the last app I had that didn’t see that update, it took an entire year to get it, but its here and I love it. Syncing is clunky at times, however it’s better than nothing. I’ve switched between Dropbox and iCloud frequently because eventually one stops working and there’s really not a notification this has stopped working unless you see that bills you have paid have gone “unpaid” on another version even after restarting the app or hitting the sync button and nothing happens. Stocking with them though as this app keeps me on top of my bill pay game an works well with my workflow of making sure I don’t fall behind with a payment. Makes that grueling task a little more bearable.

Developer Response ,

Sorry about the trouble you are having. iCloud sync has not been changed or disabled, it is still used by many thousands of people. If you're having trouble, please contact our support, we'd be happy to help.