As we strive to close the feature gap that has existed between our iOS and Android apps, that means addressing some big features (like Targets, which will finally come to Android with the revamp of our Spending section) and also some smaller features that may not be life-changing, but all add up to the overall delightful user experience that we strive for.
One of those things is Travel Reports, and so I’m happy to share with you this sneak peek of how they’ll look when they roll out soon to Android
One small thought: the way my brain is wired means that I tend to only understand currency amounts when it’s GBP to local currency, rather than the other way around (so €1.12 to the pound rather than 88p to the euro or whatever).
Perhaps a toggle here to flip the conversion? Or just standardise on one way of doing it (it’s currency to the pound on the transaction screen).
But looking forward to this. Where to go to test it?!
It would be great to create trips or events so you can tag transactions and then get the same feature view that you do from an overseas trip. So you can then cover a night out or a centre Parcs trip.
Hi!
I agree that a toggle might help. I am on the other conversion side; I read €10 pizza on a menu, and think ok that’s a little less than £9. When you’re reading a menu, youre converting euros to pounds, so it makes sense to me to think like this.
Thinking back on it, I see the logic for presenting it this way - just as you say, you’re converting local currency into GDP. But in my mind, I think “ah €1.30 is a good rate, €1.01 isn’t so much”, whereas 80p or 90p to the € makes me stop and think which one’s better (more or less a personal failing there!)
Personally, I’d quite like a persistent entry in the transaction screen (or somewhere else easily accessible) to see trip details including the current MasterCard rate… Toggleable (sic) of course!
+1 for supporting both GBP:Local ad Local:GBP. I always think of it as GBP to Local, like Peter_G, but I’m sure others would think the other way around. If a toggle, can you remember which way around the user selected and use the same way the next time etc,.
to @zancler for sharing this on Dribbble
