Finanscapes is under constant development - simplifying the user interface, adding extra insights and new functionality. In September 2014 we launched version 2 - a major rewrite to make it even easier to visualise the key numbers for your business.
Our enhancement roadmap is driven by you - feedback from users and experienced business mentors. We've got some things on the go at the moment (but email us if you've got any better ideas):
- Allow users to register with a username and password rather than OAuth. We've been resisting this since we started because it's an extra password for people to remember - and it's much less convenient to have to validate your email address etc. However, there are still lots of people out there that don't trust OAuth so we'll be rolling-out email and password registration after all!
- Integrate with the most popular accounting packages to allow you to compare your actuals with your forecast. Accounting software is great at book-keeping and looking back - but awful at forecasting. That's where Finanscapes really shines, so we're going to pull the two together!
- Sometimes, overheads/ fixed costs change - for example maybe you know your rent will increase. Rather than entering the higher value as separate item, we'll be introducing an "advanced" overhead - one that increases automatically each year.
- If your business will turn-over (generate revenues of) more than £79,000, you must charge (and pay) VAT on your sales. We're planning to implement flat-rate VAT so you don't have to add these costs manually to the forecast.