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Alex Mezhevikin

Currency converter - Powerful and convenient currency converter 💰

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Powerful and convenient currency converter for iOS.
✔ Offline mode.
✔ 150 world currencies.
✔ Convenient widget.
✔ 53 languages.
✔ Calculator [+ - × ÷].
✔ Cryptocurrencies.
✔ Current exchange rate.
✔ Currency search.
✔ Work with the clipboard.
✔ Dark mode.

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Alex Mezhevikin
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👋 Hello Product Hunt! My name is Alex Mezhevikin. I’m an indie developer from 🇷🇺 Russia. I’d like to present my Currency converter for iOS. 🤔 Problem In my opinion, an ideal currency converter should have: ✔ Offline mode for traveling. ✔ All world currencies. ✔ Widget, to convert fast. ✔ Calculator (+ - × ÷). ✔ Work with the clipboard. ✔ Search currency by name, alternate name, code. ✔ Data Source Independence. ✔ Individual currency list for each user. ✔ Main world languages. ✔ Nice user interface. There is no app in the Appstore that can do all this. So I decided to make own app. 🤘Solution On 1 August, I released the first version to AppStore. I developed the app alone in 3 months. The app was written in Swift 5, also I use Laravel for the server-side. My server aggregates exchange rates from 5 different providers. So the app does not depend on one data source. 💵 Monetization The app is free but contains ads. For those who do not like ads, there is a premium account for $3 per year. 📅 Plans Later I’d like to port my app to the web, Android and Apple Watch. 😊 I can't wait to hear what you think. Please do not hesitate to ask me any question. 🙏 Thank you very much!
Mario Uher
Pro: Nice design Cons: Subscription 😞
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
@ream88 Thank you! All features except widget are available without subscription.
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
@ream88 I want the product to be available to everyone. Premium in this case is an opportunity to support the developer and disable ads.
Viswaprasath
@imezhevikin I hope you forgot to add Android version. https://play.google.com/store/ap...
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
@iamvp7 Hi. Thank you. I added link to Google Play.
Roman Tsegelskyi
Really nice execution! Some additional things that come to mind: - Determine currency based on location - Saved conversion pair
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
Hello @roman_tsegelskyi ! 1. This is on my task list. 2. That’s good idea. I will think about it. Thank you very much!
Johan Bavaud
Really useful ! Pro : Ease of use / offline mode. Con : None
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
@johan_bavaud I'm glad you like it! Thanks!
Stadnikova Julia
Hi, Alex. Does currency converter have ability to add a real rate from exchange desk for example? The rate of the Central Bank and the actual rate at the airport exchange are usually different.
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
@stadnikova_julia Hi. Thanks for your question. App use Mid-Market Exchange Rate. To make a currency converter that will know the exchange rate for each exchange office in the world is an impossible task in my opinion.
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
@stadnikova_julia If you mean the ability to enter a rate manually, then I do not see the point. For this case, it is easier to use a basic calculator. Multiplying the rate by the amount of money
RyanImogen
The addition of cryptocurrencies is nice.
Ian
This looks great, but the first cryptocurrency I tried - CarVertical - isn’t listed . The first screenshot shown on the AppStore I can only assume is a premium feature as I can’t get that displayed at all.
Alex Mezhevikin
Maker
@ianmayman Hello. 1. Now app contains five popular cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum,Litecoin,Bitcoin cash,Ripple. 2. All features except widget are available without a premium subscription. First image on the Appstore is not a screenshot, it’s a features list.