Why you have to sign in now

In order to know if your subscription is active, restore your purchases, back up notes, and other neat features, you have to sign up and log in to CapitolBuddy. I was hoping not to force users to do this, but it’s the only way to make sure you get what you pay for.

If you’re like me, you’re tired of making usernames, passwords, and giving your email for things. It’s just a serious pain to remember it. So I wanted to avoid it as much as possible. Thus, you only sign in once and CapitolBuddy remembers you forever (unless you sign out — which seems silly to do). Of course the usual password/username recovery features are built in, in case you do forget.

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Version 1.0 of CapitolBuddy submitted

I’m waiting for the Apple Store to approve my new version of CapitolBuddy. I submitted the binary a few times actually, but kept finding little bugs to fix. But I’m letting this one go all the way through. I figure it’s better to have it out there at least. Updates go quicker than new submissions.

It is targeted to iOS 7, so update your iOS! (I think it looks prettier too.)

I was hoping I’d be able to add more states without requiring an update, but with every new product you add, Apple requires an app update. Good news is that once you buy a state, that data will just keep coming to you for the duration of the subscription.

So look for version 1.0 in the next couple weeks. The app is free, Rhode Island is free, everything else is $24.99/year. A price that beats everyone else I’ve seen…