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DailyFinance iPhone App Dazzles With Design, Features

by Kaiser Hwang on April 20, 2009 at 09:22 AM

Do you find the iPhone's stock widget a bit anemic on features? Tired of shuffling through multiple apps for finance news, stock reports, and keeping track of personal portfolios? Then we highly suggest you download the just released DailyFinance (iTunes link) app. This one-stop application culls the best features of various finance apps, and presents them in an exceptionally handsome interface on par with some of the best we've seen on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

In terms of features, DailyFinance presents a plethora of financial information ranging from general market changes to currency adjustments to commodity prices. Best of all, all the stats are updated in real time, giving you a live view of the world markets in flux. You can, of course, drill down further and view highly detailed facts and figures for any given stock. For instance, a quick search for Apple's stock (AAPL) immediately shows today's low and high price (as well as yesterday's), the company's volume and market cap, and current earnings.

Switching over to the News tab shows any AAPL-related news stories aggregated from over 3,000 sources, and clicking on one opens the corresponding news story within the app itself rather than launching the Safari browser, providing a seamless user experience. Each stock also has a Charts tab that produces an easy-to-read graph of a stock's performance over a set amount of time, from one day up to five years. Even these charts show a fine attention to detail, with lows and highs marked by red and green lines on the x-axis, giving you an easy color-based way to analyze a stock's overall trend.

DailyFinance also allows you to set up and track personal watchlists and portfolios, view the day's biggest gainers and losers, and view a personalized list of financial news from tens of different of categories. You can search the news by company as well.

If it isn't obvious, we're thoroughly impressed by the DailyFinance app. We have yet to find another finance app for the iPhone/iPod Touch that provides as much detail and as many options as the app does. The stellar user interface (UI) design and seamless performance help seal the deal. It's clear that a lot of time and effort was spent polishing DailyFinance, and the results speak for themselves. Even if you don't follow the market regularly, there's a lot to be gained by simply browsing though the app. The price for this wealth of information? Absolutely nothing.

(Disclosure: AOL Daily Finance is an online site owned and offered by AOL, which also owns and operates Switched.com)

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