aCar - Track your vehicles

[Armond]

Hi Guys,

It's a few days I've released my first Android application (aCar) to Google Android Market under "Productivity" category (for FREE). aCar is the tool to effectively track the maintenance, fuel mileage and expenses of your vehicles.

The application contains a quick user guide (accessible from options menu of main screen) to let you know what you can do next.

Feature List:
* Tracking gas mileage and vehicle maintenance
* Multiple vehicles support
* Powerful searching and filtering
* Storing vehicle details (VIN, Insurance Policy, License Plate, Make, Model, etc.)
* Exposing your data as report sheets and charts (Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Price, Fuel Expenses, Distance between Fill-Ups, Service Expenses, Fuel Statistics)
* Supporting several international units: MPG (US), MPG (Canada), MPG (Imperial), L/100km, gal/100mi (US), gal/100mi (Imperial), km/L, km/gal (US), km/gal (Imperial), mi/L
* Customizable service reminders (both time and mileage based)
* Supporting several data fields for your fill-up and service records (Location, Payment Type, Fuel Octane, Fuel Brand, Tags, Notes), while they can be easily turned off/on to suit your needs

I will appreciate if any of you download and give it a try and let me know what you think. Whether the quick user guide has enough details to help you get started, or if the overall user interface of the application is intuitive and good enough, or how you would like to see it improved. I need all your feedbacks, comments, complaints, mentioning of pros and cons, or whatever else you would like to share about this application, good or bad! All are welcome!

More information: http://www.zonewalker.com/acar

And some inline screen shots:



Thank you,
Armond

[xravexboix]

Looks good. I'll download it today and provide some feedback in a few weeks.

[Armond]

Thanks a lot! Eagerly waiting for your feedbacks...

Armond

[Chedderknight]

awesome, downloading

[Dixie]

Hi Armond! Welcome to AC! I am so glad you posted this... I downloaded your app a few days ago, and have gotten a look at it, but have not had time to fill everything in that I wanted to yet.... it looks like a great app, I'm glad to see you here, getting interest up!

[Armond]

Dixie, Thanks a lot for your welcome post.

And guys, thanks for giving aCar a try :-) Looking for your feedbacks and comments even if they are negative ones!

[scotm33]

Hey Armond! Great work, I really like the app. I've been using one called Mileage that does the same thing (but has fewer service reminders than yours), but I really like the look of acar. The only thing I'd ask for right now would be a way to export/import all your data. I know I tend to flash my phone a lot and need to reinstall everything occasionally. So, for me, I'd need some way to back everything up.

Love it so far though!

[Armond]

Originally Posted by scotm33

Hey Armond! Great work, I really like the app. I've been using one called Mileage that does the same thing (but has fewer service reminders than yours), but I really like the look of acar. The only thing I'd ask for right now would be a way to export/import all your data. I know I tend to flash my phone a lot and need to reinstall everything occasionally. So, for me, I'd need some way to back everything up.

Love it so far though!

Thanks a lot for downloading/trying aCar and glad to see you've liked it :-)

As more and more people are requesting for import/export feature, it's getting higher and higher priority in my todo list. I'm indeed planning this for the next major version which will not be far.

Right for the very moment, I'm mostly busy with small bug-fixes, improvements and so. I want to make sure the basic features I've introduced in initial version are mostly working flawlessly, and everybody is happy with current features. Technically speaking, I need to get stable on the data model and the database schema behind aCar, before introducing it. After all, I quite understand your concerns (I myself do flash my phone once in a while) and doing my best to bring it on as soon as I can.

Best Regards,

[thecaptive]

I have just switched from Blackberry to Droid and the major consideration for doing that was finding you app. I have used different app like this and I find your to be way more complete than the others. The only thing I think would put it over the top is a way to manage mileage for tax purposes. The other ones have the option to track your mileage, I didn't realize yours didn't until I downloaded it. If this is something that could be integrated at a later date great.

I also agree with the backing up of info.

[Armond]

Originally Posted by thecaptive

I have just switched from Blackberry to Droid and the major consideration for doing that was finding you app. I have used different app like this and I find your to be way more complete than the others. The only thing I think would put it over the top is a way to manage mileage for tax purposes. The other ones have the option to track your mileage, I didn't realize yours didn't until I downloaded it. If this is something that could be integrated at a later date great.

Thanks a lot for your feedbacks, and for your complements :-) I'm glad to see that it has come handy to you.

As for tracking the mileage for tax purposes, I just put it in my todo list to be sure not to forget it. But first I need to know the right way to do it. Would you please name a few of those applications already have this? Either on iPhone/iPodTouch platform or on Android if there are any, and I will take a look.
Or if you have any direct suggestion on this please let me know.

Originally Posted by thecaptive

I also agree with the backing up of info.

Okay! One more vote for data import/export :-)

Best Regards,